During drug therapy with a tetracycline
antibiotic, a patient complains of some nausea and decreased appetite. Which statement is the nurse's best advice to the patient?
a. "Take it with cheese and crackers or yogurt."
b. "Take each dose with a glass of milk."
c. "Take an antacid with each dose as needed."
d. "Drink a full glass of water with each dose."
ANS: D
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A nursing student expresses some confusion about identifying the appropriate nursing diagnosis for a specific client. Which of the following responses by the clinical instructor is most instruc-tional?
1. "After defining the client's symptomatology, eliminate those nursing diagnoses that are not supported by the database." 2. "Assess your client and then select the nursing diagnosis that has the greatest number of observable defining characteristics." 3. "After assessing the client, compare their symptoms carefully to the defining characteristic of the nursing diagnosis in order to support or eliminate it as appli-cable." 4. "With experience you will become skilled at identifying the defining characteris-tics of a nursing diagnosis in your client. Until that time use a nursing diagnosis book to help in the selection process."
A patient is receiving a neomycin solution enema. Which primary goal is the nurse trying to achieve?
a. Prevent gaseous distention b. Prevent constipation c. Prevent colon infection d. Prevent lower bowel inflammation
Describe what the nursing assistant can do to be successful in dealing with patients with demanding behavior.
What will be an ideal response?
After a client begins pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy, the nurse will assess for
1. headache. 2. dry mouth. 3. nausea and vomiting. 4. falls.