A patient admitted to the hospital in hypertensive crisis is ordered to receive hydralazine (Apresoline) 20mg IV stat for blood pressure greater than 190/100 mmHg. The best response of the nurse to this order is to:
To promote accuracy of self-monitoring blood glucose by patients the nurse should:
Pain management for terminally ill patients is most effective when analgesics are given:
Immediately after a craniotomy for head trauma, the nurse must monitor the drainage on the dressing. Which of the following should be reported?
The patient with liver cirrhosis receives 100 ml of 25% serum albumin intravenously. Which of the following findings would best indicate that the albumin is having its desired effect?