A patient diagnosed with hyperthyroid crisis is receiving propylthiouracil (PTU). The nurse will increase monitoring for which adverse reaction?
1. Tremors
2. Emotional outbursts
3. Elevation of white blood cells (WBC)
4. Widening of pulse pressure
Answer: 3
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A 29-year-old pregnant patient is extremely upset about having to take medication for a pre-existing medical condition
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The nurse teaching the phases of the menstrual cycle should include the fact that the corpus luteum begins to degenerate, estrogen and progesterone levels fall, and the blood supply to the endometrium is reduced in which phase?
1. Menstrual phase 2. Proliferative phase 3. Secretory phase 4. Ischemic phase
George Stephanene has an intense flu and his wife has come to pick up his prescription for Lomotil to stop the diarrhea. You hand her the generic ____________ , which is a Schedule ____ drug.
a. atrophine/diphenoxylate, V b. chlonazepam, IV c. phenobarbital, IV d. lacosamide, V