You are teaching an older adult patient who

has been prescribed famotidine (Pepcid) and his or her family about the drug. Which common side effect should you instruct the patient's family to watch for and report to the prescriber?
a. Confusion
b. Anxiety
c. Depression
d. Psychosis


ANS: A

Nursing

You might also like to view...

In order to understand and treat clients from diverse backgrounds, it is important that care providers consider the clients'

1. medical diagnosis. 2. family structure. 3. cultural background. 4. educational background.

Nursing

The nurse caring for a patient discharged to the home after extensive pancreatitic surgery documents the nursing diagnosis of risk for imbalanced nutrition: less than body requirements

The home care nurse arrives at this nursing diagnosis based upon the potential complications that may occur after surgery. Potential complications include: A) Proteinuria and hyperkalemia B) Hemorrhage and hypercalcemia C) Weight loss and hypoglycemia D) Malabsorption and hyperglycemia

Nursing

A client with a history of complex partial seizures presents to the clinic for a follow-up visit. What manifestations of this type of seizure disorder might the nurse observe in this client?

A. Automatisms B. Blank staring C. Sudden loss of muscle tone D. Brief jerking of the extremities

Nursing

When converting a percent to a decimal, the decimal point is

A. moved two places to the left. B. dropped. C. moved two places to the right. D. moved one place to the left.

Nursing