A patient is being treated for pinworms with anthelmintics. In addition to taking the medication, what should the nurse be sure to cover during the teaching session?
a. Wash the toilet seat weekly.
b. There are special diet requirements before taking this medication.
c. There is no need to test other family members for this condition.
d. You may have diarrhea and abdominal pain while taking this medication.
ANS: D
Some people have diarrhea and abdominal discomfort while taking the medication. During the initial period of illness, patients must remember that they are contagious. Every effort must be made to protect those nearby.
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A patient is discharged from the hospital. To whom should all the medications the patient was taking that are classified as controlled substances be given?
a. The patient at discharge b. The patient's family at discharge c. The hospital pharmacy after the patient's discharge d. Another hospital patient after the patient's discharge
The patient is admitted with complaints of general malaise and fatigue, along with a decreased urinary output. The patient's urinalysis shows coarse, muddy brown granular casts and hematuria. The nurse determines that the patient has:
a. acute kidney injury from a prerenal condition. b. acute kidney injury from postrenal obstruction. c. intrarenal disease, probably acute tubular necrosis. d. a urinary tract infection.
Sample bias is greatest in which sampling strategy?
a. Quota b. Snowballing c. Convenience d. Stratified
On inspection of the external eye structures of an African American patient, the nurse notices the sclerae are not white, but appear a darker shade with tiny black dots of pigmentation near the limbus. How does the nurse document this finding?
a. As an indication of a type of anemia b. As a hordeolum or sty c. As jaundice d. As an expected racial variation