BIOL 1550 Study Guide - Final Guide: Potassium Chloride, Tylenol (Brand), Metronidazole
23 Nov 2016
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The nurse is admitting a patient to the medical-surgical unit with pneumonia. The patient"s vital signs are as follows: temperature 100. 8 f oral, heart rate 98 beats per minute, respiratory rate 24/minute, and blood pressure 120/90. The patient"s height is 5" 6 with a weight of 186 pounds (lb). You have obtained an order for 40 mmol potassium chloride iv once to be started by the oncoming nurse. The patient"s nausea and abdominal pain are well controlled with prn medication, and the patient is in stable condition. Before you give a report to the oncoming nurse you must calculate the patient"s input and enter the data in millilitres. 1720ml: you are taking care of a patient for the second day in a row and you receive a report from the night nurse that he had a temperature of 39 c. Per the physician"s order, you can administer either:
