The insulin order reads, “Give 15 units insulin glargine, SUBQ, every evening after dinner.” Choose the proper syringe for this injection.

A patient is about to undergo a kidney transplant. She will be given an immunosuppressant drug before, during, and after surgery to minimize organ rejection. During the preoperative teaching session, which information will the nurse include about the medication therapy?

The prescriber has ordered the leukotriene receptor antagonist (LTRA) montelukast asthmas part of a patient’s treatment for asthma. The nurse will emphasize which point about this medication?

The nurse is providing teaching regarding drug therapy to the husband of a woman with Alzheimer’s disease. She was diagnosed 3 months ago, has mild memory loss, and will be receiving donepezil. What is the drug’s expected action?

A patient is receiving oxytocin to induce labor. During administration of this medication, the nurse will also implement which action?

When a patient is taking an anticholinergic such as benztropine as part of the treatment for Parkinson’s disease, the nurse should include which information in the teaching plan?

A patient is receiving instructions regarding the use of caffeine. The nurse shares that caffeine should be used with caution if which of these conditions is present? (Select all that apply.)

A patient is admitted to the intensive care unit with the following symptoms: restlessness, hyperactive reflexes, talkativeness, confusion and periods of panic, and tachycardia. The nurse suspects that he may be experiencing the effects of taking which substance?

A patient was diagnosed with hypothyroidism and has started thyroid replacement therapy with levothyroxine. After 1 week, she called the clinic to report that she did not feel better. Which response from the nurse is correct?

During the night shift, a patient’s central parenteral nutrition (PN) infusion ran out, and the nurse discovered that there was no PN solution on hand to continue the infusion. The pharmacy is closed and will not reopen for 8 hours. The nurse will have to implement measures to prevent which consequence of abruptly discontinuing PN infusions?