A nurse is teaching a nursing student about dalfopristin/quinupristin [Synercid]. Which statement by the student indicates an understanding of the teaching?
a. "Patients should stop taking the drug if they experience joint and muscle pain."
b. "Patients taking this drug should have blood tests performed frequently."
c. "Patients who are allergic to penicillin should not take this drug."
d. "This drug will be administered intrave-nously over a 30- to 60-minute period."
B
Patients taking dalfopristin/quinupristin should have blood levels measured twice the first week and then weekly thereafter to assess for hepatotoxicity. Joint and muscle pain are not an indica-tion for withdrawing the drug. There is no cross-sensitivity to penicillin. The drug is given intra-venously over a period of at least 1 hour.
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