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A nurse is to use a single-dose 1 mL vial to administer 0.5 mL of epoetin alfa to a 39-year-old woman who is being treated for chemotherapy-induced anemia. Which of the following will the nurse do with the unused portion of the drug?
 
  A) Refrigerate the medication for a future use.
  B) Discard the unused portion of the drug.
  C) Store the medication in the drug cart for the next dose.
  D) Put the medication in the freezer compartment of the refrigerator.

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A 22-year-old patient is HIV-positive. She is 8 months pregnant and did not receive antiretroviral therapy during her pregnancy.
 
  The nurse explains to the women that the best way to reduce the risk of transmitting the HIV virus to her baby is by receiving
  A) intravenous zidovudine during delivery.
  B) zidovudine in the last 4 weeks of pregnancy.
  C) intravenous zidovudine during labor.
  D) zidovudine 1 week before the baby is born.



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Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

C




Lobcity

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Reply 2 on: Jul 23, 2018
Excellent


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
:D TYSM

 

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