NURS 301

A patient has been taking oral prednisone 60 mg daily for 3 days for an asthma exacerbation, which has resolved. The patient reports having gastrointestinal (GI) upset. The primary care nurse practitioner (NP) should: a. discontinue the prednisone. b. begin tapering the dose of the prednisone. c. order a proton pump inhibitor (PPI) to counter the effects of the steroid. d. change the prednisone dosing to every other day. The patient’s asthma symptoms have resolved, so the prednisone may...

NURS 301 300 NCLEX Challenge 3 1. A nurse is preparing to administer clindamycin 300 mg by intermittent IV bolus over 30 min to a client who has staphylococci infection. Available is clindamycin premixed in 50 mL 0.90% sodium chloride (NaCl). The nurse should set the IV pump to deliver how many mL/hr? (Round the answer to the nearest whole number). 100 mL/hr 2. A nurse is preparing to administer 0.9% sodium chloride (NSS) 3000 mL IV to infuse over 24 hr. The drop factor on the manual IV t...