The nurse is caring for a newly admitted African American patient who has just returned from a mission trip to Africa. The patient contracted malaria and is being treated with primaquine
The nurse understands that careful, frequent assessment is required, especially monitoring of
a. the skin for photosensitivity.
b. urinary output for evidence of darkening urine.
c. the eyes for evidence of icterus.
d. the blood for evidence of hyperlipidemia.
ANS: B
The nurse should frequently monitor the patient's urine for evidence of hemoglobin, which is indicated by darkening urine.
The patient need not be monitored for photosensitivity, because primaquine does not cause that condition.
The patient need not be monitored for icterus, because primaquine does not cause icterus.
The patient's blood need not be monitored for evidence of hyperlipidemia.
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