A patient is ordered 75mg of pethidine which comes in an ampoule of 100mg/2ml. What would the nurse do with the remaining pethidine after drawing up the required dose?
While preparing the midday medications, the nurse finds difficulty reading the label on a medicine bottle. The best action by the nurse is to:
The patient has a nursing diagnosis of altered cerebral tissue perfusion related to cerebral edema. An appropriate nursing intervention for this problem is to:
A newborn is diagnosed with ventricular septal defect. The baby is discharged with a prescription for digoxin syrup 20 micrograms bid. The bottle of digoxin is labeled as 0.05 mg/ml. The nurse should teach the mother to administer on each dose:
