A nurse is teaching a patient how to take Imitrex in the home setting in order to maximize therapeutic benefit while reducing the risk of adverse effects. The nurse should teach the patient to take Imitrex
A) before breakfast each day.
B) on days when migraines may be anticipated.
C) as soon as the earliest symptoms of migraine are sensed.
D) when the pain of a migraine becomes too much to bear.
C
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It is important to administer sumatriptan at the onset of migraine symptoms. The drug is not taken on a daily, scheduled basis and is not used as a preventative treatment.
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Which of the following factors results in rural residents having less access to health care than urban dwellers? (Select all that apply.)
a. Employment opportunities may be low paying and seasonal. b. There are greater distances to travel and limited choice of health care providers. c. Health care providers prefer to work in higher-paying urban settings. d. Rural residents are less likely to have health insurance. e. Rural persons' economic resources are tied up in land, not easily accessible cash. f. Rural persons believe in self-sufficiency and self-care, not asking others for help.
An older client is prescribed metoprolol for hypertension. The nurse identifies the highest priority nursing diagnosis for this client after receiving this medication is:
a. Hyperthermia. c. Risk for injury, falls. b. Vital Signs Monitoring. d. Risk for decreased cardiac output.
What do drug blood levels indicate?
a. They confirm if the patient is taking a generic form of a drug. b. They determine if the patient has sufficient body fat to metabolize the drug. c. They verify if the patient is taking someone else's medications. d. They determine if the amount of drug in the body is in a therapeutic range.
Prior to beginning a client's intravenous antibiotics the nurse needs to culture the wound. In which order should the nurse perform the steps to obtain this culture? 2. Use non–cotton-tipped swab 6. Place swab in culture medium 3. Rotate swab while obtaining specimen
1. Rinse wound thoroughly with sterile saline 5. Do not take specimen from exudate or eschar 4. Swab edges starting at top, crisscross wound to bottom