Chapter 1:
A patient is admitted with aortic valve insufficiency. A murmuris auscultated during the assessment and reported to be a grade ofIV/VI. Convert the Roman numbers to describe the murmur toArabic numbers.
Chapter 2:
A nurse is recording the fluid intake for a client. Thefollowing questions pertain to this situation:
A. The nurse notes that the client has drank half of the waterin the water pitcher. The pitcher holds 900 mL of water. How manymilliliters would the nurse record?
B. The nurse notes that ¾ of the intravenous(IV) fluids have infused in the past 12 hours. The IV bag contained1000 mL of fluid at the beginning of the shift. How manymilliliters would the nurse record for the IV intake?
C. A nurse has calculated the volume of two medications to beadministered by injection. The first medication has a volume of ½mL, and the second medication has a volume of ¾ mL. What is thetotal volume of medication?
Chapter 3:
A nurse is preparing a patient for surgery. A preoperativemedication is ordered. The following questions pertain to thesituation.
A. A nurse has calculated the volume of two medications toadminister by injection. The first medication has a volume of 1/2mL, and the second medication has a volume of 3/4 mL.
The medications will be combined in one syringe. The syringe iscalibrated in 0.1-mL increments, so the total volume must beconverted from a fraction into a decimal. What is the total volumeof medication?
B. Adult doses are usually rounded to the nearesttenth. Round 1.25 mL to the nearest tenth.
Chapter 4:
A nurse is caring for a patient with a blood clot in the rightarm. The following questions pertain to this situation.
A. The pharmacy delivers a heparin bag with 25,000 units ofheparin in 250 mL of 0.9% normal saline (NS). How many units ofheparin are in 1 mL of NS?
B. A patient is to take 60 mEq of potassium chloridein six equal doses. How many mEq of potassium will the nurseadminister with each dose?
Chapter 5:
A. The amp of D50 contains a total of 50 mL.Calculate the number of grams contained in the amp ofD50.
B. A nurse is writing orders shereceived from the physician over the telephone. The followingquestions pertain to this situation: The nurse receives an orderfor one-half of a milligram for a medication. How should the nursewrite one-half?
