You are driving along your delivery route when you witness one car hitting another car at a high rate of speed. Trained as a first aid provider, you stop to help. The scene is safe, and the driver of the car whom you have gone to help has no immediate life threats that you can assess. However, she is not wearing a seat belt and it appears she was thrown forward into the windshield, hitting it with her head. There is a small cut on her forehead, but she does not complain of pain in her neck, or numbness and tingling in her arms or legs. What should you do

11. two 1 l iv bags are to be administered at 150 ml/hr. how long will the iv last? round to the nearest hundredths

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?

Anurse on a medical unit is administering heparin by continuous iv infusion to a client who has a pulmonary embolism. the client’s most recent aptt is 70 seconds. which of the following actions should the nurse take? a. increase the iv infusion rate. b. decrease the iv infusion rate. c. discontinue the iv infusion. d. continue the iv infusion.