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FINAL: Nursing Board Licensure Exam Results for December 2007
Watch out for the November 2008 Nursing Board Exam Result. UPDATE: CLICK HERE for the Official List of Nursing Board Exam Passers Last December 2007 The highly anticipated (NLE) PRC...
MIXING INSULINS IN ONE SYRINGE
Gather equipment. Check medication order against original physician’s order according to agency policy. Perform hand hygiene. If necessary, remove metal cap that protects rubber stopper on each vial. If insulin...
ADMINISTERING AN INTRADERMAL INJECTION
Assemble equipment and check physician’s order. Explain procedure to patient. Perform hygiene. Don disposable gloves. If necessary, withdraw medication from ampule or vial. Select area on inner aspect of forearm...
ADDING A BOLUS INTRAVENOUS MEDICATION TO AN EXISTING INTRAVENOUS LINE
Gather equipment and bring to patient’s bedside. Check medication order against physician’s order. Check a drug resource to clarify if medication needs to be diluted before administration. Explain procedure to...
DIFFERENT TYPES OF VACCINES
Whole virus vaccines. either live or killed, constitute the vast majority of vaccines in use at present. However, recent advances in molecular biology had provided alternative methods for producing vaccines....
ADMINISTERING AN INTRAMUSCULAR INJECTION
Assemble equipment and check physician’s order. Explain procedure to patient. Perform hand hygiene. If necessary, withdraw medication from ampule or vial. Do not add air to syringe. Identify the patient...
ADMINISTERING A SUBCUTANEOUS INJECTION
Assemble equipment and check physician’s order. Explain procedure to patient. Perform hand hygiene. If necessary, withdraw medication from ampule or vial. Identify patient carefully. Close curtain to provide privacy. Don...
ADDING MEDICATIONS TO AN INTRAVENOUS SOLUTION
Gather all equipment and bring to patient’s beside. Check medication order against physician’s order. Perform hand hygiene. Identify patient by checking the band on the patient’s wrist and asking patient...
