Amelia is heading into the isolation room of a patient with a contact-transmitted disease in order to draw blood for a test. She brings the blood-drawing equipment and blood container, gloves and PPE, and clean paper towels. What did Amelia forget? a biohazard specimen bag
a specimen container
a respirator
a gown

This gentleman has worsening bilateral hydronephrosis. he did not have much of a post void residual on his bladder scan. he is taken to the operating room to have a bilateral cystoscopy and retrograde pyelogram. cpt code: icd10-cm code: icd10-cm code: icd10-cm code

Mr rogers is 2 days postoperative of a thoracotomy of removal of a malignant mass in his left chest. his pain is being managed via epidural catheter with morphine. as the nurse assumes care of mr rogers, he is alert and fully oriented and states that his current pain is 2 on a 1 -to-10 scale. his vital signs are 37.8-92-12, 138/82. what are benefits of epidural versus systemic administration of opioids? the nurse monitors mr roger’s respiratory status and vital signs every 2 hours. what is the rationale for this frequent assessments? the nurse monitors mr rogers for what other complications of epidural anelgesis?

Acharge nurse is observing a newly licensed nurse provide care to a group of clients. which of the following actions by the newly licensed nurse requires an incident report by the charge nurse? a. a client who has a lithium level of 1.8 meq/l receives her morning dose of lithium. b. the nurse administers ondansetron to a client who has two episodes of vomiting after receiving meperidine 75 mg im. c. the nurse requests a higher dose of morphine for a client who reports severe pain 30 min after receiving morphine 2 mg iv bolus. d. a client who has a blood glucose level of 120 mg/dl receives her morning dose of insulin.