6THEDITION BY F.ROBERT JACOBS AND RICH
2024//2025
You are caring for a patient with diabetes. Humalog insulin is ordered via sliding scale
AC and HS. When is the best time to administer Humalog insulin? - CORRECT
ANSWER15 minutes before meal arrives
A provider orders one liter of NS to be infused over four hours. At what rate would you
set the IV pump? - CORRECT ANSWER 250ml/hr
*WRONG* Which medication is used to treat iron toxicity? - CORRECT ANSWERA)
digoxin immune fab (Digi bind)
B) Naloxone (Narcan)
C) Mephyton (Vitamin K)
D) *WRONG* deferoxamine (Digibind)
Your patient presents with CHF and has a Potassium level of 5.8. Which diuretic do you
anticipate being ordered by the provider? - CORRECT ANSWER bumetanide (Bumex)
Your patient is on a Morphine PCA after a recent exploratory surgery. While doing your
rounds, you notice that your patient is slumped over, unresponsive, with delayed and
slow respirations. You suspect narcotic overdose. Which reversal medication would you
administer? - CORRECT ANSWER naloxone (Narcan)
A patient's capillary blood glucose reading is 33mg/dl. Which of the following
medications will the nurse administer if the patient is unable to tolerate PO? -
CORRECT ANSWER Dextrose 50% IV push
When a patient has pernicious anemia, the nurse would expect to give them: -
CORRECT ANSWER Vitamin B12
*WRONG* Which of the following anticoagulant is MOST commonly administered for
DVT prophylaxis in a patient who has undergone a hip replacement? - CORRECT
ANSWER A)*WRONG* heparin
B) enoxaparin
C) aspirin
D) warfarin
Which of the following is considered an antiplatelet medication? - CORRECT ANSWER
clopidogrel (Plavix)