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A nurse from the surgical care unit has been floated to your unit for the day. Which of the following
patients would you want to assign to this nurse?

• A.Exacerbation of heart failure
• B.Emergency appendectomy
• C.Thyrotoxicosis
• D.Diabetes Type II, new onset

You are preparing to give an intravenous dose of 400,000 units of penicillin G benzathine (Bicillin). The 10
mL ampule label reads penicillin G benzathine 300,000 units per mL. You prepare to administer how
much of the medication?

• A.1.3 mL
• B.10 mL
• C.1.5 mL
• D.13 mL

You are assessing a patient with acute exacerbation of COPD. What would you expect to find on this
assessment?

• A.A widened diaphragm on chest x-ray film
• B.A hyperinflated chest on x-ray film
• C.Hypocapnia
• D.Increased oxygen saturation

You are caring for a patient who complains of sexual dysfunction. The patient was admitted for alcohol
dependence. What education should you provide this patient on sexual dysfunction and alcohol abuse?

• A.Alcohol abuse increases desire and performance ability.
• B.Alcohol abuse decreases desire and ability to perform.
• C.Alcohol abuse leads to headaches and too-tired syndrome.
• D.Alcohol abuse leads to hyperarousal and premature ejaculation.

There is a patient on the unit with herpes zoster. Which staff member would you avoid assigning to this
patient?

• A.A nurse who has never had mumps
• B.A nurse who has never had chicken pox
• C.A nurse who has never had German measles
• D.A nurse who has never had roseola