A patient on disulfiram should be cautioned to avoid ingesting alcohol used as an ingredient in certain preparations. Which of the following products have hidden alcohol?
1. Cough syrup
2. Chocolate candy
3. Fruit smoothies
4. Lifesavers
1
Cough syrup may contain alcohol. The patient should be cautioned against hidden forms of al-cohol, because small amounts of any form of alcohol will provoke a reaction.
You might also like to view...
A nurse is providing education to a patient taking rifampin as a result of an exposure to TB. What side effect of this drug should the nurse include?
a. Extreme drowsiness b. Illness if aged cheese or smoked meats are consumed c. Body fluids to become red-orange d. Oral contraceptive pills to become inef-fective
Which statement(s) will help the nurse give feedback to a coworker? (Select all that apply.)
a. "Can you tell me what happened?" b. "You did a great job positioning the post-operative patient.". c. "What do you think can be done to ensure that the blood pressures are charted?" d. "I don't understand why you didn't do what I asked you to do.". e. "I only gave you one job to complete.".
Which of the following statements best explains the difference between induction of general anesthesia and maintenance of general anesthesia?
A. Induction of general anesthesia is the time required to take a patient from Stage I to Stage III of anesthesia, whereas maintenance of general anesthesia is the ability to keep a patient safely in Stage III of anesthesia. B. Induction of general anesthesia is the time required to take a patient from consciousness to Stage IV of anesthesia, whereas maintenance of general anesthesia is the ability to keep a patient safely in Stage IV of anesthesia. C. Induction of general anesthesia is the time required to take a patient from consciousness to Stage III of anesthesia, whereas maintenance of general anesthesia is the ability to keep a patient safely in Stage III of anesthesia. D. Induction of general anesthesia is the time required to take a patient from Stage I to Stage IV of anesthesia, whereas maintenance of general anesthesia is the ability to keep a patient safely in Stage IV of anesthesia.
A 37-year-old man has been diagnosed with a mental disorder. On further diagnostic testing, the man's symptoms have been attributed to a new onset of a medical condition. This classification represents what?
A) Underlying psychiatric problems that result in a medical condition B) Underlying medical conditions that directly cause psychiatric symptoms C) Psychological conditions that result in physical illnesses D) The differentiation between psychiatric illness and physical illness