ATI CAPSTONE PHARMACOLOGY 2019 (A+ Rated)

ATI CAPSTONE PHARMACOLOGY 2019 (A+ Rated) ATI CAPSTONE PHARMACOLOGY 2019 A nurse is caring for a client with many different medications who is newly prescribed acetazolamide. What medications can interact with acetazolamide? What class of medication is amitriptyline and why is this medication used as an adjuvant medication for pain? A nurse is caring for a client with asthma who asks if montelukast sodium can be taken for acute asthma symptoms. When should montelukast sodium be taken? A client has a new prescription for salmeterol. The nurse is teaching the client about adverse effects of the medication. What instructions should the nurse include in this education? A nurse is caring for a client prescribed the inhaled glucocorticoid beclomethasone (QVAR) for the treatment of asthma. What is a potential adverse effect of this medication and what are two (2) teaching points to discuss to address these adverse effects? A client has a new prescription for an albuterol inhaler and a beclomethasone inhaler. What instructions should the nurse include concerning use of these inhalers? When a client is prescribed albuterol and beclomethasone, albuterol should be administered first. Albuterol promotes bronchodilation and enhances absorption of the glucocorticoid. A nurse is instructing a client who has a new prescription for nitroglycerin transdermal patch about administration. What instructions should the nurse include? A nurse is administering a unit of packed red blood cells (PRBCs) to a client. What symptoms would indicate circulatory overload? Name three (3) clinical manifestations of circulatory overload. What are three (3) interventions the nurse can take action on if overload occurs? A nurse is caring for a client who has a new prescription for raloxifene. What are contraindications for this medication that the nurse should discuss with the client? A nurse is caring for a client who has a prescription for digoxin. What are manifestations for digoxin toxicity that the nurse should monitor for before administering this medication? A nurse is providing instructions to a client who has a prescription for methotrexate. What should the nurse include in the client education? A nurse is preparing to administer a topoisonmerase inhibitor to a client with ovarian cancer. What are adverse effects the nurse should monitor when administering this medication? A nurse is preparing to educate a client who has a new prescription for levodopa/carbidopa. What should the nurse included in the client instructions? A nurse is preparing to educate a client with gout who has a new prescription for allopurinol. What should the nurse included in the client instructions? A nurse is preparing to educate a client who has a new prescription for pregabalin. What should the nurse included in the client instructions? A nurse has provided education to a client has a new prescription for exenatide. What statements by the client would indicate they understand the instructions? A nurse is caring for a client who has a new prescription for alosetron. What are the expected therapeutic effects of this medication? An oncology client is prescribed filgrastim. What are the indications for this therapy? A client with an upper respiratory infection is prescribed guaifenesin. Identify two (2) teaching point to discuss with the client prior to administering this medication. The client asks why lab work is needed prior to starting the medication, nitrofurantoin. What information can the nurse provide to the client? The client with Klebsiella in the urine is ordered the medication ciprofloxacin. Identify three (3) complications associated with this medication the client can develop with administration of this medication. When a client is prescribed a protease inhibitor—ritonavir. Identify three (3) nursing consideration when administering a protease inhibitor. A client during a home visit asks the nurse what zidovudine is and what ‘side effects’ it has. What will the nurse teach the client about this medication? A client with hypokalemia is ordered potassium chloride. Identify three (3) points to teach the client about prior to the first dose.