The nurse teaches a patient with rheumatic disease who is being prescribed antimalarials to monitor him for:
A) Tinnitus
B) Visual changes
C) Stomatitis
D) Hirsutism
Ans: B
Chapter: 54
Cognitive Level: Application
Difficulty: Moderate
Integrated Process: Teaching/Learning
Objective: 4
Patient Needs: D-2
Feedback: The DMARD category of antimalarials may cause visual changes, GI upset, skin rash, headaches, photosensitivity, and bleaching of hair. Tinnitus is associated with salicylate therapy, stomatitis is associated with gold therapy, and hirsutism is associated with corticosteroid therapy.
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