Choose the most likely options for the information missing from the statement(s) by selecting from the lists of options provided. The nurse should expect for the insulin glargine to start working in ------------------ and to continue working for---------------------------.
- A. 2 hours
- B. 24 hours
- C. 6 hours
- D. 30 minutes
- E. 8 hours
Correct Answer: A,B
Rationale: Insulin glargine starts working in about 2 hours and lasts approximately 24 hours, providing steady basal insulin.
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During a home visit, the nurse assesses a client with Alzheimer's disease who recently started a new prescription for rivastigmine. The caregiver reports that the client seems to be thinking more clearly but is not sleeping well at night. Which action should the nurse take?
- A. Advise the caregiver that the purpose of the medication is to promote sleep, so a change in medication may be needed.
- B. Explain to the caregiver that insomnia is a common and temporary side effect when the medication is first started.
- C. Instruct the caregiver to withhold the medication until the dosage can be decreased to ensure the client's safety.
- D. Notify the healthcare provider that the dosage of the medication may need to be increased to manage the client's insomnia.
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Insomnia is a common, often temporary side effect of rivastigmine. Explaining this reassures the caregiver. Rivastigmine is for cognition, not sleep, and withholding or increasing the dose is inappropriate without provider guidance.
The nurse is providing discharge instructions for a client with metastatic cancer who is prescribed morphine for bone pain. Which information from the client indicates to the nurse an understanding of the medication?
- A. Observe bowel movement pattern and take a stool softener.
- B. Watch for signs of agitation and record any insomnia.
- C. Take the benzodiazepine at the same time as taking the morphine.
- D. Do not drink grapefruit juice after taking morphine.
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Morphine causes constipation, so monitoring bowel movements and using a stool softener demonstrates understanding. Agitation/insomnia, benzodiazepine timing, and grapefruit juice are not primary concerns.
Review H and P, nurse's notes, laboratory results, flow sheet, and prescriptions. Click to mark whether the assessment finding represents a therapeutic result of the minoxidil administered, a non-therapeutic side-effect, or an unrelated finding. Each row must have one option selected.
- A. Dizziness while sitting up: Non-therapeutic side effect
- B. Blood glucose 218mg/dl: Unrelated finding
- C. Mouth dryness: Non-therapeutic side effect
- D. Blood pressure 162/111mmHg: Therapeutic result
- E. Heart rate 99: Non-therapeutic side effect
- F. Pain of 1 out of 10: Unrelated finding
- G. Urine output 600ml: Unrelated finding
Correct Answer:
Rationale: A: Dizziness is a minoxidil side effect (hypotension). B: High glucose relates to diabetes. C: Dry mouth is a possible side effect. D: Lowered blood pressure is therapeutic. E: Tachycardia is a side effect. F: Pain reduction relates to ibuprofen. G: Urine output is unrelated.
A female client who is starting a new prescription for doxycycline hyclate tells the nurse that she takes birth control pills. Which action should the nurse take?
- A. Instruct the client to take the two medications at least two hours apart.
- B. Advise the client that the birth control pills will be less effective while taking doxycycline hyclate.
- C. Notify the healthcare provider of the contraindication to tetracyclines.
- D. Encourage the client to stop taking birth control pills until she has finished taking all the doxycycline hyclate.
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Doxycycline can reduce birth control pill effectiveness, requiring additional contraception. Timing separation, contraindication notification, or stopping birth control are incorrect actions.
The nurse is assessing the client to update the plan of care.Choose the most likely options for the information missing from the statement by selecting from the lists of options provided. "The nurse determines that the client's is experiencing -----------, and the blood pressure changes are the result of-------------------.
- A. Adverse drug reaction
- B. Antibiotic
- C. Syncope
- D. Heart failure
- E. IV infiltration
Correct Answer: A,B
Rationale: The client’s symptoms (dizziness, hives, etc.) indicate an adverse reaction (Red Man Syndrome) to vancomycin, causing hypotension. Both blanks are correctly filled by 'Adverse drug reaction' and 'Antibiotic' (vancomycin).