A 68-year-old man complains of a chronic, nonproductive cough. He states that he has to have relief, that he has been coughing every 2 to 3 minutes, and he is worn out. Dextromethorphan is prescribed for him
Before he leaves the clinic he asks how long it will take for the medicine to work. The nurse will advise him that he should experience therapeutic effects in
A) 5 minutes.
B) 10 minutes.
C) 15 to 30 minutes.
D) 60 minutes.
C
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The nursing student is considering ways to apply some of the characteristics of critical thinkers to the care of clients in the clinical setting. Which of the following would be an example of subjecting the egocentric self to close scrutiny?
1. Adjusting attitudes regarding clients from another culture 2. Arriving to clinical in a timely fashion 3. Dressing in a professional manner 4. Reviewing the client's diet tray
An elderly patient, in the intensive care unit recovering from an abdominal aortic aneurysm repair, begins to show signs of decreased responsiveness
The nurse realizes that which of the following could be the cause of this patient's changing mentation? 1. kinked intravenous infusion line 2. oxygen saturation 96% 3. PCA pump with morphine for pain 4. nothing by mouth status
A client is taking a high dose of azithromycin (Zithromax). The client should be monitored for which adverse reaction?
a. Nephrotoxicity b. Hepatotoxicity c. Neurotoxicity d. Blood dyscrasias
A patient with severe heart failure asks why the prescriber has lowered the dosages of most of the patient's daily medications. What is the nurse's best response?
a. "With a weaker heart, the drugs stay in your system longer, so you don't need as high a dosage." b. "Your heart drugs enhance the action of your other drugs, reducing the need for higher dosages." c. "Your heart is not strong enough to tolerate these drugs, making the risk for a heart attack higher." d. "The drugs are very expensive, and with these heart problems your health is not expected to improve."