A client is ordered to receive a cephalosporin to treat a bacterial infection. Regarding monitoring of the client, the highest priority action on the part of the nurse includes assessing the client for which side effects?
a. Nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea
b. Photophobia and phototoxicity
c. Pain with urination and blood in the urine
d. High fevers and sweating
ANS: A
Common side effects of cephalosporins include anorexia, nausea, vomiting, headache, dizziness, itching, and rash.
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a. Physician Quality Reporting Initiative b. Home Health Compare c. The Leapfrog Group d. Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems
What is the correct term for the difference between the apical pulse and the radial pulse?
a. Pulse pressure b. Pulse deficit c. Pulse ratio d. Pulse quality
The Institute of Medicine Report (2011):
a. recommended that only physicians have the legal privilege to prescribe medications. b. called for increasing the number of baccalaureate-prepared nurses in the workforce to 80% by 2020. c. called for a minimum staffing ratio be in place in no later than 10 years. d. called for nurse technicians to provide care during the nursing shortage.
The nurse teaching clients using vasodilators should include:
a. "Double the next dose if you have forgotten to take a dose." b. "You should rise and change position slowly." c. "Take the medication before getting out of bed in the morning." d. "Do not take these drugs with dairy products."