Quiz 9
Administer the drug with the first bite of the meal
A patient has been prescribed acarbose. Which of the following interventions should the nurse perform to promote an optimal response to the medication?
After six to 12 weeks
A child is brought by his parents to the health care center for MMR vaccination. On taking the medical history, the nurse understands that the child had received an antivenin injection for snakebite two days before. Which of the following is the most appropriate time period for administration of live vaccines to the child?
Reye's syndrome
A child who is recovering from a chickenpox infection is given aspirin for his fever. Which of the following conditions develop following the simultaneous administration of salicylates and the varicella vaccine?
Rabies vaccine
A forest ranger arrives at a community clinic for prophylactic vaccination. Which of the following vaccines would be most important to be administered to the ranger?
Inspect the previous injection site for inflammation.
A nurse at a health care facility is assigned to administer insulin to the patient. Which of the following interventions should the nurse perform before administering each insulin dose?
Avoid mixing glargine with other insulin.
A nurse is assigned to administer glargine to a patient at a health care facility. What precaution should the nurse take when administering glargine?
When the patient is upright, remove the solution running out of the ear with gauze
A nurse is caring for a patient who is prescribed Coly-Mycin S Otic for bacterial infections of the external auditory canal. Which of the following instructions should be followed by the nurse administering the otic solution?
Vesicle formation
A nurse is caring for a patient who is prescribed haloprogin for the treatment of tinea manuum. Which of the following adverse reactions to haloprogin should the nurse monitor in the patient?
Observe the patient for hypoglycemic episodes
A nurse is caring for a patient with diabetes mellitus who is receiving an oral antidiabetic drug. Which of following ongoing assessments should the nurse perform when caring for this patient?
Avoid drug administration in the case of a skipped meal.
A nurse is preparing a teaching plan for a patient who is prescribed a meglitinide. What instruction should the nurse include in the teaching plan for the patient?
12 weeks
A nurse is required to administer a varicella vaccine to a female patient planning to start a family. How long after the vaccination should the nurse instruct the patient to wait before getting pregnant?
Tachycardia
A patient at a health care facility has been prescribed diazoxide for hypoglycemia due to hyperinsulinism. What adverse reactions to the drug should the nurse monitor for in the patient?
Decreased night vision
A patient has been prescribed betaxolol for ocular hypertension. Which of the following should the nurse monitor in the patient as a local adverse reaction to betaxolol
Urinary incontinence
A patient is being treated for accommodative esotropia and has been prescribed phospholine iodide. The nurse caring for the patient should know that which of the following is a systemic adverse reaction to phospholine iodide?
Increased hypoglycemic effect
A patient is receiving glipizide, a sulfonylurea, at a health care facility. The patient is also prescribed an anticoagulant. What effect of interaction of these two drugs should the nurse monitor the patient for?
BCG vaccine
A patient with a history of chronic cough is suspected of having pulmonary tuberculosis. Which of the following vaccinations is used to prevent the condition?
Breathing difficulties
A patient with glaucoma has been prescribed carbachol. Which of the following should the nurse monitor in the patient as a systemic adverse reaction to carbachol?
Foreign-body sensation
A patient with open-angle (chronic) glaucoma has been prescribed brimonidine tartrate for lowering intraocular pressure (IOP). Which of the following should the nurse monitor in the patient as a local effect of brimonidine tartrate?
Transient pruritus
Azelaic acid is being used in a patient for the treatment of rosacea. Which of the following adverse reactions to azelaic acid should the nurse monitor in the patient?
Bitter taste
Brinzolamide is being administered to a patient who is being treated for ocular hypertension. The nurse caring for this patient should know that which of the following is a systemic reaction to brinzolamide?
Deafness
Chlorhexidine gluconate is being used in a patient for preoperative skin preparation. Which of the following adverse reactions to chlorhexidine gluconate should the nurse monitor in the patient
Respiratory disorders
Mupirocin is being used nasally in a patient for treating eradication of methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA). Which of the following adverse reactions to nasal mupirocin should the nurse monitor in the patient?
Excessive drying
The primary health care provider has prescribed benzoyl peroxide for a patient being treated for moderate acne vulgaris. Which of the following adverse reactions to benzoyl peroxide should the nurse monitor in the patient?
Allergic contact dermatitis
The primary health care provider has prescribed dexamethasone sodium phosphate for a patient being treated for immunologic skin. Which of the following adverse reactions to dexamethasone sodium phosphate should the nurse monitor in the patient?
Passive immunity
When educating a group of nursing students on immunologic agents, the nurse explains about a particular kind of immunity that develops by injecting ready-made antibodies found in the serum of immune individuals or animals. Which of the following kinds of immunity is the nurse referring to?