Health Promotion and Maintenance NCLEX | Nurselytic

Correct Answer: C

Rationale: CVADs allow administration of vesicant chemotherapeutic drugs into larger veins, reducing damage to smaller peripheral veins. They are more expensive, dosing varies, and home administration is not standard.

Correct Answer: B

Rationale: A client with an infection needs both antibiotics as soon as possible. However, the pH of ampicillin is 8-10, and the pH of gentamicin is 3-5.5 (making them incompatible when given together). Flushing well between drugs is necessary.

Correct Answer: B

Rationale: Healthy People 2010 has as its main goal elimination of health disparities among the U.S. population. Healthy People 2010 is a set of health objectives for the nation to achieve over the first decade of the twenty-first century and was developed by the Surgeon General's office. Earlier editions of this report, Healthy People and Healthy People 2000: National Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Objectives established national health objectives and served as the basis for the development of state and community plans.

Correct Answer: D

Rationale: Small volumes of medication or fluids are delivered and sometimes at slow rates to neonates and pediatric clients. The syringe pump allows precise infusion of small volumes.
Choice 1 is incorrect because a syringe pump can be used in almost any setting, but is not generally for adult clients.

Choices 2 and 3 are incorrect because large volumes of fluids are not administered with a syringe pump.

Correct Answer: B

Rationale: Dizziness can be a sign of hypotension, that may a contraindication with Morphine.