A nurse is assessing a client receiving an opioid as treatment for diarrhea. The nurse would notify the primary health care provider immediately if which of the following occur? Select all that apply
A) Constipation
B) Blood noted in the stool
C) Worsening of diarrhea
D) Report of severe abdominal pain
E) Diarrhea unrelieved
Ans: B, C, D, E
Feedback:
A nurse monitoring a client taking an opioid for diarrhea should notify the physician immediately if diarrhea is not relieved or becomes worse, if the client has severe abdominal pain, or if blood in the stool is noted.
You might also like to view...
A nurse recognizes that the term for the physical changes that occur in the size of human beings is
1. Growth. 2. Spirituality. 3. Regression. 4. Development.
The greatest risk to the newborn after an elective cesarean birth is
a. Trauma due to manipulation during delivery b. Tachypnea due to maternal anesthesia c. Prematurity due to miscalculation of gestation d. Tachycardia due to maternal narcotics
A client on the mental health unit has agoraphobia and refuses to go to the dayroom for a scheduled unit activity. The nurse can best reduce the client's anxiety by doing which of the following?
A) Offer to accompany the client and stay with her. B) Premedicate the client with a benzodiazepine. C) Reinforce that the client knows everyone else on the unit. D) Require the client to go and only stay for 10 minutes.
Family dynamics for children can impact:
1. Interactions with all family members. 2. Communication patterns. 3. Sibling rivalry. 4. 1 and 2 only. 5. All of the above.