Josie has severe cystic acne and is requesting treatment with Accutane. The appropriate treatment for her would be:

1. Order a pregnancy test and if it is negative prescribe the isotretinoin (Accutane).
2. Order Accutane after educating her on the adverse effects.
3. Recommend she try oral antibiotics (minocycline).
4. Refer her to a dermatologist for treatment.


4

Nursing

You might also like to view...

The older adult patient with long-term emphysema complains of a sharp pleuritic pain after a severe period of coughing. The patient's heart rate and respiratory rate have increased. Auscultation reveals no breath sounds on the left side

These are signs and symptoms of what condition? a. Pulmonary embolus b. Spontaneous pneumothorax c. Early signs of unilateral pneumonia d. An attack of asthma

Nursing

A patient has been started on tube feeding by nasogastric tube. When his wife visits, she says, "I need to tell you that my husband is lactose intolerant so that feeding will make him sick." What nursing response is indicated?

1. "Even though the tube feeding fluid looks like milk it is lactose-free." 2. "We did not know that. I will contact his physician immediately." 3. "Since he is being fed by tube, the fact that he is lactose intolerant is not an issue." 4. "We will watch to see if he has any symptoms of lactose intolerance."

Nursing

Which of the following sets of terms represents an appropriate pairing of a probability sampling method and a corresponding nonprobability sampling one?

a. Cluster sampling—snowball technique b. Simple random sampling—convenience sampling c. Stratified random sampling—quota sampling d. Theoretical sampling—quota sampling

Nursing

Our main attitude towards food should be one of

a. self-control. b. necessity. c. enjoyment. d. healthy choices.

Nursing