Which type of immunity occurs when the body is exposed to a relatively harmless form of an antigen that imprints this information on the body’s memory bank and stimulates the body’s defences to resist any subsequent exposures?

A client has been prescribed a tetracycline. What important information should the nurse tell the client about taking this medication?

ADMINISTERCalculate the amount of medication you will give to administer one dose of the following medication orders. Assume all tablets are scored, when necessary. The problems and drug orders are presented for practice only, and actual prescribed dosages will vary according to a client’s age, condition, reaction, additional medications, and other factors. Order: levothyroxine 0.2 mg po dailySupply: bottle of 100 tablets of levothyroxine 100 mcg per tabletGive: __________ tablet(s)

ADMINISTERCalculate the amount of medication you will give to administer one dose of the following medication orders. Assume all tablets are scored, when necessary. The problems and drug orders are presented for practice only, and actual prescribed dosages will vary according to a client’s age, condition, reaction, additional medications, and other factors. Order: erythromycin ethylsuccinate 800 mg po q12hSupply: E.E.S. 400 (erythromycin ethylsuccinate) 400 mg per tabletGive: __________ tablet(s)

During drug therapy for pneumonia, a female client develops a superinfection. She asks the nurse how this could have happened. Which is the nurse’s best explanation to the client?

A client is taking omeprazole for the treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease. What important information should the nurse give the client about this medication?

Which drug is commonly used to induce total cleansing of the bowel before diagnostic or surgical bowel procedures?

A client taking an antibiotic suddenly develops hives. The hives are an example of which reactions?

While recovering from surgery, a 74-year-old woman started taking senna to relieve constipation caused by the pain medications. She is also taking digoxin and tetracycline. She tells the nurse that she likes how “regular” her bowel movements are now that she is taking the laxative. What important information should the nurse give to this client?

Which type of antidiarrheal medication works by decreasing the intestinal muscle tone and peristalsis of the intestines?