A patient is complaining of gastrointestinal symptoms when taking a prescribed muscle relaxant. The nurse would recommend which beverage to help alleviate these symptoms?
Milk
A patient has been receiving subcutaneous heparin every 12 hours. The patient is scheduled to have a lumbar puncture at 0900. Which action is the nurse’s priority?
Notify the health care provider the patient is receiving heparin.
A patient who has difficulty swallowing solids is prescribed darunavir tablets. Which action by the nurse is correct?
Notify the health care provider to change the prescription to an oral solution.
Darunavir is available in oral solution for patients who are unable to swallow pills.
A patient with which condition cannot safely receive ribavirin?
Autoimmune hepatitis
A patient with an autoimmune hepatitis should not receive ribavirin.
Which outcome would a nurse anticipate from the drug interaction that may occur in a patient who is receiving diazepam and has been newly prescribed omeprazole?
Increase in serum concentration of diazepam
A patient with a mechanical heart valve has been taking warfarin. The patient tells the nurse that vegetables and fruits have been added to the diet. Which effect will most likely occur with the increase in fruit and vegetable intake?
INR will decrease.
Rational:
Fruits and vegetables can contain vitamin K-rich food. Vitamin K promotes the production of clotting factors, which increases the risk for blood clots.
A patient calls the clinic 1 week after beginning therapy with phenytoin to report urine that is pinkish red. How would the nurse respond?
Reassure the patient that this is a harmless side effect of phenytoin.
Which statement by the nursing student about the mechanism of action of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) requires further intervention?
“PPIs work by blocking histamine2 receptors, which reduces gastric acid secretion.”
Which laboratory result(s) would a nurse monitor for a patient taking an atypical antipsychotic drug?
Serum glucose, cholesterol, and triglycerides
Which drugs are type 5 phosphodiesterase (PDE5) inhibitors used to treat erectile dysfunction (ED)?
