The nurse is reviewing the medication administration record of a patient who is taking isoniazid (INH). Which drug or drug class has a significant drug interaction with isoniazid?
a. Pyridoxine (vitamin B6)
b. Penicillins
c. Phenytoin (Dilantin)
d. Benzodiazepines
Ans: c. Phenytoin (Dilantin)
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A 58-year-old female patient with a history of high blood pressure, chronic bronchitis, and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency is being seen in the clinic for a urinary tract infection and is prescribed SMZ-TMP
The nurse should express concern to the physician who prescribed the SMZ-TMP because the patient A) is a 58-year-old woman. B) has G6PD deficiency. C) has chronic bronchitis. D) has high blood pressure.
The nurse in the newborn intensive care unit is caring for a low birth-weight newborn, born at 36-weeks' gestation, who was delivered in a car en route to the hospital in a snowstorm. Which statement by a parent of the newborn indicates a lack of understanding of the risks of hypothermia?
A) "My baby is burning calories at a higher rate." B) "My baby is under a radiant warmer because he doesn't have enough body fat to keep warm." C) "Now that my baby is warmed, I can give him a bath outside the warmer." D) "When my baby is out of the warmer, I need to keep him wrapped."
What category of medication should be avoided in the client with delirium?
a. antipsychotic c. benzodiazepines b. antidepressant d. anticoagulant
The nurse is executing a patient's care plan. The phase of the nursing process in which this nurse is functioning would be:
a. Assessment c. Implementation b. Planning d. Evaluation