An elderly, female patient with a complicated urinary tract infection was prescribed ciprofloxacin 6 days ago
The patient's nurse should consider which of the following assessment findings as a potential adverse effect of the patient's antibiotic therapy?
A) The patient has had only one bowel movement since beginning treatment and her bowel sounds are faint.
B) The patient has developed a cheese-like vaginal discharge with perineal erythema.
C) The patient's gums began bleeding when the nurse provided mouth care this morning.
D) The patient's systolic and diastolic blood pressures are 10 to 20 mmHg lower than her normal baselines.
B
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