Skilled care nursing facilities often use a medication system that dispenses unit-dose medication for what period of time?
A) One dose
B) One day
C) One week
D) One month
D
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A) at bedtime. B) before a meal. C) after a meal. D) two hours before a meal.
Which of the following clinical manifestations in a client taking a nonselective beta-blocking agent should the nurse explore as a complication of drug therapy?
A. Headache B. Postural hypotension C. Nonproductive cough D. Wheezing
A patient with ascites because of hepatic dysfunction has a sudden drop in blood pressure. Which of the following should the nurse suspect is occurring with this patient?
1. intestinal wall injury 2. improved liver function 3. effects of immobility 4. reduced oral intake
The nurse is preparing several medications to administer via nasogastric tube. Which action by the nurse demonstrates correct technique?
1. Administering one medication at a time every 15 minutes 2. Giving one medication at a time, flushing the tube with water, and then administering another medication 3. Mixing the medications together and giving them at one time 4. Calling the pharmacy to ask if all of the medications may be safely mixed together