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Mr. Wonderful

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on: Jul 23, 2018
A grade school has an outbreak of gastroenteritis with 80 of the schoolboth students and staffaffected. Which organism is most likely the cause?
 
  A) Norwalk-like virus (calicivirus)
  B) Clostridium difficile
  C) Vibrio vulnificus
  D) E. coli

Question 2

An adult hospital patient has been experiencing intractable nausea and vomiting for several hours, so the nurse has obtained an order for an antiemetic from the primary care provider. The order reads: Promethazine 25 mg sub-Q every 6 hours PRN.
 
   The nurse should contact the care provider to question what aspect of this order? A) The drug
  B) The dose
  C) The route
  D) The frequency


pikon

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Reply #1 on: Jul 23, 2018
Answer to Question 1

A

Answer to Question 2

C
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A black box warning alerts nurses that promethazine is contraindicated for subcutaneous administration. The other parameters of the order are within recommendations.


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