PHARMA -RESPIRATORY MEDS

3. The nurse teaches a client about the effects of diphenhydramine (Benadryl), which has been prescribed as a cough suppressant. The nurse determines that the client needs further instruction if the client makes which statement?

1. "I will take the medication on an empty stomach."

7. A client has been taking isoniazid for 1½ months. The client complains to the nurse about numbness, paresthesias, and tingling in the extremities. The nurse interprets that the client is experiencing which problem?

2. Peripheral neuritis

8. A client is to begin a 6-month course of therapy with isoniazid. The nurse should plan to teach the client to take which action?

2. Report yellow eyes or skin immediately.

12. The nurse has a prescription to give a client salmeterol (Serevent Diskus), two puffs, and beclomethasone dipropionate (Qvar), two puffs, by metered-dose inhaler. The nurse should administer the medication using which procedure?

2. Salmeterol first and then the beclomethasone

9. A client has been started on long-term therapy with rifampin (Rifadin). The nurse should provide which information to the client about the medication?

3. Causes orange discoloration of sweat, tears, urine, and feces

5. Terbutaline is prescribed for a client with bronchitis. The nurse understands that this medication should be used with caution if which medical condition is present in the client?

3. Diabetes mellitus

11. A client with tuberculosis is being started on antituberculosis therapy with isoniazid. Before giving the client the first dose, the nurse should ensure that which baseline study has been completed?

3. Liver enzyme levels

6. Zafirlukast (Accolate) is prescribed for a client with bronchial asthma. Which laboratory test does the nurse expect to be prescribed before the administration of this medication?

3. Liver function tests

2. The nurse is preparing to administer a dose of naloxone hydrochloride intravenously to a client with an intravenous opioid overdose. Which supportive medical equipment should the nurse plan to have at the client's bedside if needed?

3. Resuscitation equipment

A client has a prescription to take guaifenesin (Mucinex). The nurse determines that the client understands the proper administration of this medication if the client states that he or she will perform which action?

3. Take the tablet with a full glass of water.

4. A cromolyn sodium inhaler is prescribed for a client with allergic asthma. The nurse provides instructions regarding the side and adverse effects of this medication and should tell the client that which undesirable effect is associated with this medication?

4. Bronchospasm

10. The nurse has given a client taking ethambutol (Myambutol) information about the medication. The nurse determines that the client understands the instructions if the client states he or she will immediately report which finding?

4. Difficulty in discriminating the color red from green