A 31-year-old woman is 20 weeks pregnant and has sought care because of a vaginal yeast infection. She has requested fluconazole from her care provider, citing the successful treatment of previous cases of candida vaginitis with this drug
How should her care provider respond?
A) "Fluconazole has actually been linked to severe birth defects, so you should certainly avoid it while you're pregnant."
B) "You can safely take fluconazole while you're pregnant, but you'll need lower doses for a longer time than you would otherwise."
C) "Yes, you can take fluconazole because it doesn't cross your placenta and get to your baby."
D) "Fluconazole isn't absolutely prohibited during pregnancy, but we need to consider carefully whether you need it."
D
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A nurse manager is delegating a new, complex task to the unit secretary. Which strategies should the manager use? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected
Standard Text: Select all that apply. 1. Begin the instruction with a statement such as "It would be good if you could help me with this project." 2. Make eye contact with the secretary when explaining the task. 3. Talk to the secretary in person rather than by telephone or in e-mail. 4. Introduce the generalities of the task with a promise that details such as a time line will follow shortly. 5. Discuss the importance of the task to the organization.
Upon releasing the tourniquet from the patient's upper thigh while performing the retrograde filling test, you would observe which of the following in a patient whose valves are functioning normally?
a. blood filling the veins from below the compression b. blood continuing to pool in the leg veins for more than 35 seconds c. blood filling the veins from the thigh downward d. blood pooling around the incompetent valves
When giving IV potassium, the nurse takes the precaution of
a. agitating the bag to prevent bolus administration. b. ensuring potassium dilution with glucose solution. c. leaving the IV cannula inserted as long as possible. d. using a large cannula for infusion.
The health care provider has prescribed penicillin and probenecid for a patient with a sexually transmitted disease. What is the purpose of combining these medications?
a. To accelerate the excretion of the penicillin b. To inhibit the absorption of penicillin to allow the drug to remain in the transport phase c. To inhibit the excretion of the penicillin d. To reduce toxic effects associated with penicillin