A patient is taking a cholinergic medication and has developed diarrhea, lacrimation and vomiting. The nurse would expect that the provider would order which of the following medications?

A patient who has asthma asks the nurse why the preferred route of administration for corticosteroids is inhalation. What should the nurse reply?

A patient will begin taking phenytoin 100 mg twice a day. Which of the following statements made by the patient would indicate that the nurse’s teaching was effective?

The nurse is caring for a 7-year-old patient who will receive oral antibiotics. Which antibiotic order will the nurse question for this patient?

The nurse is teaching a patient about naproxen. Which of the following statements by a patient leads you to believe teaching has been effective?

Hypertension, moon face, edema, thinning skin, and salt retention are potential side effects of which medication?

            The formed elements of the blood include:

A patient is taking digoxin and a furosemide daily. When the nurse enters the room with the morning medications, the patient states, “I am seeing a funny yellow color around the lights.” What is the nurse’s best response?

The nurse is caring for a patient with an ordered laxative due to constipation. The patient explains that the drug is supposed to add bulk to the stool, facilitating a bowel movement. The nurse determines the medication the patient is describing is what?

Docusate sodium is ordered for an adult who had a myocardial infarction yesterday. The patient asks the nurse why this has been prescribed. The nurse would reply that this medication will help ease the passage of stool by which of the following mechanisms of action?