Your patient is a 67-year-old homeless man with malnutrition. Laboratory test results show that he has hypomagnesemia. What arrhythmia should you monitor for until a dose of magnesium sulfate can be administered?

In what route of administration is medication absorbed directly into the bloodstream through the mucous membranes of the cheek?

A) Transdermal B) Buccal C) Sublingual D) Oral

You determine that a blood gas sample that requires analysis has been sitting in ice slush for 90 min. What should you do?

a. Go ahead and analyze the sample (because it was on ice). b. Warm the sample to room temperature before analysis. c. Readjust the blood gas analyzer tempera-ture to 0° C. d. Discard the sample and notify the appro-priate clinician.