A patient on antibiotics for a few weeks develops a fungal infection in the mouth. The health care provider would order which of the following to treat oral thrush?
1. Nystatin
2. Peroxide
3. Betadine
4. Cpacol
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Nystatin oral is an antifungal agent used to treat oral candidiasis, or "thrush."
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a. A person experiences each stage of grief once, and then grieving is resolved. b. Antianxiety agents are frequently recom-mended for reducing the pain of grief. c. The loss response model is concerned with the effect of loss on an individual. d. Referring to the deceased in the past tense can acknowledge the death's reality.
Your patient is receiving postoperative analgesic through a patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) pump. You have given the patient a bolus of an opioid medication. You should prioritize the assessment of what potential problem?
A) Sedation B) Respiratory depression C) Fluid overload D) Changes in their skin integrity
In caring for a client with severe hepatic abscess, the nurse would assess carefully for the common complication of
a. frequent diarrhea. b. increasing jaundice. c. increasing pruritus. d. pleural effusion.
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