The nurse is caring for a patient who is receiving an aminoglycoside. What would be a priority assessment on this patient?
A) Respiratory function
B) Vision
C) Cardiac function
D) Liver function
A
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Aminoglycosides come with a black box warning alerting health care professionals to the serious risk of ototoxicity and nephrotoxicity. Central nervous system effects include ototoxicity, possibly leading to irreversible deafness; vestibular paralysis resulting from drug effects on the auditory nerve; confusion; depression; disorientation; and numbness, tingling, and weakness related to drug-related adverse effects on other nerves. Visual alterations are not usually reported in relation to this drug. Respiratory function and liver function are not usually impacted by this drug.
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