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Beheh

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Patients receiving ticarcillin should be monitored for which adverse effect(s)? You may select more than one answer.
 
  1. Heart failure
  2. Peripheral neuropathy
  3. Gastrointestinal erosions
  4. Kidney stones
  5. Bleeding

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The nurse prepares to administer a dose of procaine penicillin. The prescription reads, 1.2 million units IV q6h. What is the best nursing action in this scenario?
 
  1. Administer the drug as prescribed, but infuse it slowly.
  2. Administer the drug once and notify the physician that this dose does not need to be repeated.
  3. Hold the drug and notify the physician that this agent cannot be administered IV.
  4. Hold the drug and notify the physician that the dose is excessive.



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Answer to Question 1

Correct Answers: 1, 5

Answer to Question 2

Correct Answer: 3




Beheh

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Reply 2 on: Jul 23, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Great answer, keep it coming :)

 

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