When teaching an older patient about the side effects of furosemide (Lasix), the nurse should instruct the patient to eat foods high in which mineral?
1. Iron
2. Sodium
3. Calcium
4. Potassium
4
Rationale: Lasix does not affect iron levels.
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The health care provider orders oral (PO) codeine as an adjunctive therapy to pain control medication. What order would be appropriate for the nurse to administer?
A) Codeine 5 mg PO every 6 hour B) Codeine 10 mg PO every 4 hour C) Codeine 15 mg PO every 2 hour D) Codeine 20 mg PO every 4 hour
A mother of a 6-year-old boy who has recently had surgery for the removal of his tonsils and adenoids complains that he has begun sucking his thumb again
The nurse caring for the child should assure the mother that this is a normal response for a child who has undergone surgery and that it is a coping mechanism that children use called 1. repression. 2. rationalization. 3. regression. 4. fantasy.
Name the four elements to the CUPS assessment.
A) C-spine, unstable, pulses, stable B) Circulation, unstable, potentially unstable, stable C) Critical, unstable, potentially unstable, stable D) Critical, unstable, pulses, stable
While the IVPB ciprofloxacin is being administered, which adverse effects might occur?
Select all that apply. a. Hypotension b. Headache c. Drowsiness d. Restlessness e. Nausea f. Tendon rupture