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An infusion of phenytoin (Dilantin) has been ordered for a patient whose brain tumor has just caused a seizure. The patient has been receiving D5W at 100 mL/hour to this point and has only one IV access site at this point.
 
  How should the nurse prepare to administer this drug to the patient?
  A) Saline lock the patient's IV and wait 15 minutes before administering phenytoin.
  B) Administer the drug orally due to the risk of precipitation.
  C) Thoroughly flush the patient's IV with normal saline.
  D) Mix the phenytoin in a 50 mL minibag of D5W.

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Urinalysis has been ordered as part of a patient's diagnostic workup, and the nurse has obtained and submitted a sample. Assessment of this patient's urine osmolality may be undertaken to diagnose dysfunction of the patient's:
 
  A) Thyroid gland
  B) Adrenal cortex
  C) Adrenal medulla
  D) Posterior pituitary


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ciecieme

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Reply #1 on: Jul 11, 2018
Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

D


dbose

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Reply #2 on: Jul 11, 2018
Thank you


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