bronchospasms a nurse is assessing a client who has HF is taking digoxin. the nurse should monitor the client for which of the following manifestations as an indication of digoxin toxicity to report to the provider? - correct answer --vomiting (n/v, anorexia, blurred vision) a nurse is assessing a client who is receiving gemfibrozil, the nurse should identify what finding as an AE of this med? - correct answer --muscle tenderness (--> myopathy, rhabdomyolysis) a nurse is caring for 4 clients who have peptic ulcer disease, the nurse should recognize that misoprostol is contraindicated for which of the following clients? - correct answer --a client who might be pregnant (category X, can cause spontaneous abortion) a nurse is caring for a client who has a prescription for vancomycin 1g IV intermittent infusion over 30min every 12 hours, what should the nurse take? - correct answer --
contact the provider for prescription clarification (administer over 60min or more to reduce risk of infusion reaction --hypotension, flushing) a nurse is caring for a client who has an infection and is starting to take gentamicin, what lab test should the nurse monitor to detect an AE of the med? - correct answer --
creatinine (Cr, BUN, U.O.) a nurse is caring for a client who has HF and a prescription for acetazolamide. prior to administration of the first dose, the nurse should ask the client if she has allergy to what meds? - correct answer --sulfa -based meds a nurse is caring for a client who has HIV -1 and is starting therapy with ritonavir and zidovudine. the client asks why she has to take both medications, which explanation should the nurse provide? - correct answer --taking the 2 meds together keeps you fro m becoming resistant to either of them a nurse is caring for a client who has recurrent lower UTIs which of the following meds should the nurse expect to administer? - correct answer --nitrofuratoin ab for lower recurrent UTIs a nurse is caring for a client who has varicella zoster, what med should the nurse administer - correct answer --acyclovir a nurse is caring for a client who is receiving morphine, what assessment is priority - correct answer --RR a nurse is caring for a female client who has a new prescription for alosetron, what therapeutic effects should the nurse expect in this pt? - correct answer --a decrease in the frequency of defecation a nurse is caring for a female client who has osteoporosis and a new prescription for raloxifene, what should the nurse assess prior to initiating therapy? - correct answer --
pregnancy status (risk category X) a nurse is caring for a pt who has a prescription for HCTZ for the initial tx of hypertension, what should the nurse recognize as the action of this med? - correct answer --HCTZ decreases the reabsorption of sodium and water in the distal renal tubule