The nurse is developing a teaching plan for a patient with rheumatic disease who is being prescribed salicylate therapy to monitor herself for what?
A) Tinnitus
B) Visual changes
C) Stomatitis
D) Hirsutism
Ans: A
Feedback: The DMARD category of antimalarials may cause visual changes, GI upset, skin
rash, headaches, photosensitivity, and bleaching of hair. Tinnitis is associated with salicylate therapy, stomatitis is associated with gold therapy, and hirsutism is associated with corticosteroid therapy.
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