Pharm B

A nurse is teaching about zolpidem with a client who has insomnia. The nurse should identify that which of the following client statements indicates an understanding of the teaching?

"I will use this medication for a short period of time."

A nurse is assessing a client who has received atropine eye drops during an eye examination. Which of the following findings should the nurse expect as an adverse effect of the medication?

Blurred vision

A nurse is preparing to teach a client who is to start a new prescription for extended release verapamil. Which of the following instructions should the nurse plan to include?

Change positions slowly

A nurse is providing teaching to a client who is to start taking sumatriptan. Which of the following adverse effects should the nurse instruct the client to monitor for and report to the provider?

Chest pressure

A nurse is administering baclofen for a client who has a spinal cord injury. Which of the following should the nurse document as a therapeutic outcome?

Decrease in flexor and extensor spasticity

A nurse is providing teaching to a client who has a prescription for trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include in the teaching?

Drink 8 to 10 glasses of water daily

Contraceptive patches

Fold sticky sides before disposing

A nurse is caring for a client who has sickle cell anemia and is taking hydroxyurea. Which of the following findings should the nurse report to the provider? (select all that apply)

Hemoglobin 7.0 g/dL Platelets 75000/mm3 Potassium 5.2 mEq/L

Carbamazepine

Measure urine glucose levels and WBC

A nurse is caring for a client who reports lethargy and myalgia after taking clozapine for 6 months. Which of the following actions should the nurse plan to take?

Obtain WBC with absolute neutrophil count

Action to take prior to administering hydrochlorothiazide

Obtain blood pressure

A nurse is providing teaching for a client who has a new prescription for ferrous sulfate. The nurse should instruct the client to take the medication with which of the following to promote absorption?

Orange juice

A nurse is reviewing the medical record of a client who has schizophrenia and a prescription for clozapine. Which of the following laboratory tests should the nurse review before administering the medication?

Total cholesterol

A nurse is reviewing the medical record of a client who has hypertension. The nurse should identify which of the following findings as a contraindication to receiving propranolol?

Asthma

Phenytoin level

10-20 mcg/mL

A nurse is teaching a client who is starting to take amitriptyline. Which of the following findings should the nurse include in the teaching as an adverse effect of the medication?

urinary retention

A nurse is caring for a client who has pneumonia. The client tells the nurse she is pregnant and that she has not told her provider yet. The nurse should identify that pregnancy is a contraindication to receiving which of the following medication?

doxycycline

Manifestations of hypomagnesemia

neuromuscular irritability, muscle weakness, tremors, seizures, muscle cramps

A nurse is monitoring for adverse effects of hydrochlorothiazide after administering the medication to an older adult client who has heart failure. Which of the following findings should the nurse identify as an adverse effect of the medication?

orthostatic hypotension

Carbamazepine level

5-10 mcg/mL

Management of hypermagnesmia

IV calcium

A nurse is teaching a client who is to start taking ranitidine for peptic ulcer disease. Which of the following client statements should the nurse identify as understanding of the teaching?

Smoking makes it less effective Do not drink alcohol

A nurse is caring for a client who has heart failure and is receiving an IV infusion of dopamine. Which of the following findings indicates that the medication is effective.

Increase cardiac output