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Health Stream Medication Test
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Health Stream Medication TestA 48 year old female arrives to your facility complaining of dizziness,
shortness of breath, and mild chest pressure. Her vital signs reveal a heart
rate of 32bpm, blood pressure 80/58, and oxygen saturation of 96% on room
air. A 12 lead EKG is ordered and reveals a 3rd degree AV block with wide
QRS complexes. What is the best initial intervention for this patient? - -
Transcutaneous pacing
-Your patient weighs 75 kg and you are ordered to infuse 250 mg
dobutamine in 500 ml NS at 10 mcg/kg/min. How many milligrams of
dobutamine will infuse per hour? - -45mg/hr
-During the course of treatment, the patient experiences a respiratory arrest
and needs ventilatory assistance. What drug will reverse the effects of the
opiate medication given? - -Narcan (naloxone) 0.4mg IV
-Calculate the intravenous flow rate for 200ml of 0.9% normal saline over
120 minutes. Infusion set has drop factor of 20 drops/ml. - -33.33 drops/min
-A victim of a traffic accident enters your department. He is semiconscious,
combative, and in C-spine precautions. The staff is unable to adequately
assess him due to his combativeness. The doctor orders sedation for him. - -
Versed (midzolam) 2.5 mg IV
-The order is Solumedrol 3mg/kg for a child weighing 20kg. Solumedrol is
available as 125 mg / 2 ml. How many ml must the nurse administer? - -0.96
ml
-The order is Penicillin G 1.2 million units IM daily. Available: Penicillin G 9
million units/1 ml. How many ml will you give? - -0.13 ml IM
-All of the following medications may be helpful in the treatment of acute
pulmonary edema except: - -Epinephrine
-The above medication does not help. The doctor decides to use a
neuromuscular blocker on this patient. Which of the following medications
could be ordered? - -Vecuronium
-A 32 year old male presents to the Emergency Department with a
dislocated shoulder. The ED physician has tried numerous times to relocate
the shoulder without success. He orders an IV and drugs to consciously
sedate the patient.
What medication do you expect to be ordered? - -Both A and B
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