A nurse is preparing to administer lactated Ringer's (LR) 1,000 mL IV to

infuse over 8 hr. The drop factor or the manual IV tubing is 10 gtt/mL. The

nurse should set the manual IV infusion to deliver how may gtt/min?

(Round the answer to the nearest whole number).

1 hr/60 min = 8 hr/X min

X = 480 min

1,000 mL/480 min x 10 gtt/mL = X gtt/min

X = 20.833 21 gtt/ min

A nurse is caring for a client who has a new prescription for tamoxifen.

The nurse should recognize that tamoxifen has which of the following

therapeutic effects? ?

1. Antiestrogenic

2. Antimicrobial

3. Androgenic

4. Anti-inflammatory

A nurse is preparing to administer furosemide 4 mg/kg/day PO divided into

2 equal doses daily to a toddler who weighs 22 lb. How many mg should

the nurse administer per dose? (Round the answer to the nearest whole

number)

2.2 lb/1 kg = 22 lb/X kg