A patient is administered telithromycin (Ketek) to treat a community-acquired pneumonia. What blood levels should be monitored closely with this medication?
A) Creatinine
B) AST and ALT
C) CPK
D) Differential
B
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Which patient behavior would the nurse assess as possible indication that the patient will have health information literacy deficiency?
Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected. Select all that apply. 1. The patient asks questions that are not pertinent to the information provided. 2. A patient reports that she took many herbal medications before emigrating from Viet Nam. 3. The patient fiddles with his hearing aid during instruction. 4. The nurse finds the medication information sheets she gave the patient tucked into a novel as a bookmark. 5. The patient's wife cannot visit in the evenings because of her work schedule.
Which change in status should alert the nurse to increased intracranial pressure (ICP) in a child with a head injury?
a. Rapid, shallow breathing b. Irregular, rapid heart rate c. Increased diastolic pressure with narrowing pulse pressure d. Confusion and altered mental status
A nurse is caring for older adults in a nursing home. Which of the following age-related changes may affect the respiratory functioning of the patients living there? Select all that apply
A) increased elastic recoil of the lungs B) less fibrous tissue in alveoli C) increase in vital capacity and residual volume D) less air exchange, more secretions in lungs E) greater risk for aspiration due to slower gastric motility F) impaired mobility and inactivity, effects of medication
When discontinuing an IV line, you should FIRST:
A. shut off the flow from the IV with the roller clamp. B. disconnect the administration set from the IV bag. C. remove the securing tape from the site. D. remove the IV tubing from the catheter hub.