Which instruction should the nurse provide to a patient taking an antifungal medication?
1. "Do not stop treatment when symptoms disappear."
2. "Two weeks of therapy is usually all that is needed."
3. "Keep your unused medication for up to 1 year in case you need it again."
4. "Thankfully, there are very few side effects to these drugs."
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The patient should take all medication as ordered and not stop treatment when the symptoms disappear. The therapy might have to continue for many weeks before lab tests show that the in-fection is gone.
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escalates is a. staff should match client's affective level, tone of voice, and so forth. b. immediately use physical containment measures. c. ask the client what will be most helpful to him or her. d. begin with the least restrictive measure possible.
Which of the following are advantages to asynchronous learning? Standard Text: Select all that apply
1. Teachers and learners can connect in the classroom at different times 2. Teachers and learners can connect in the classroom at the same time 3. Asynchronous learning is more flexible than on-ground learning 4. Asynchronous learners must commute to the classroom 5. Asynchronous learners can access online library databases
A nurse responds when a patient asks why the smallpox vaccine is no longer given. Which statement by the patient indicates a need for further teaching?
a. "The smallpox vaccine can cause serious side effects." b. "The smallpox vaccine can confer protec-tion when given after exposure." c. "The smallpox vaccine is too expensive to give routinely." d. "The smallpox vaccine may cause live virus to spread to others."
A nurse witnesses a young patient watching his older sibling and then imitating everything the older sibling does. The nurse identifies this as an example of the cognitive development of
1. Infants. 2. School-age children. 3. Toddlers. 4. Adolescents.