DAVIS'S DRUG GUIDE FOR NURSES 16th Edition

MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. The nurse is providing care for a patient scheduled to take Precose (acarbose) 25 mg three times daily with meals. The patient reports feeling sweaty, weak, and tremulous. Which of the following actions by the nurse is best? 2. Reassure the patient that these are common side effects with the medication. 3. Call the pharmacy to report an adverse drug reaction. 4. Check the patient’s blood glucose level. 5. Determine if the patient has a history of anemia. 2. While responding to a rapid response called on the cardiac step-down unit, the nurse from intensive care observes the unit nurse massaging a patient’s neck and instructing the patient to bear down. Which of the following medications will most likely be used if the patient’s pulse does not return to normal? 3. Adenocard (adenosine) 4. Adrenaline (epinephrine) 5. Tenormin (atenolol) 6. Saphris (asenapine) 3. The nurse is instructing the parent of a 6-year-old patient recently started on a ProAir HFA (albuterol) inhaler for exercise-induced asthma. The nurse recognizes that further teaching is necessary by which of the following client statements? 4. “He may feel like his heart is racing after he takes his inhaler.” 5. “He can use the inhaler as many times during football practice as he needs it.” 6. “He should avoid cola and other caffeinated drinks since they may increase his heart rate.” 7. “He should take two puffs about 15 minutes before gym class.”