A client is being assessed by the home care nurse for the appropriate use of a metered-dose inhaler. Instructions concerning which intervention will assist a client in the proper use of the device?

A client with cardiac arrhythmia is prescribed verapamil. The nurse would instruct the client about which of the following as a possible adverse reaction?

The nurse is caring for a 3-year-old patient with otitis media who reports an allergy to penicillin. Orders are received for amoxicillin 500 mg every 8 hr. Which of the following actions by the nurse is best?

A patient has been prescribed epoetin alfa. The nurse determines the drug is contraindicated as a result of what finding in the patient history?

The nurse is caring for a patient diagnosed with hypercalcemia related to cancer. Which of the following medications would the nurse anticipate being ordered?

The client is receiving chemotherapy for cancer. The physician has prescribed oprelvekin (Neumega). The nurse has completed medication education and evaluates it as effective when the client makes which statement?

The nurse should instruct the patient to take what action if one nitroglycerin tablet taken sublingually is not effective in eliminating chest pain?

 The nurse in the intensive care unit (ICU) is assessing the laboratory results of a 38-year-old male client who is receiving an intravenous (IV) heparin infusion in the treatment of a pulmonary embolus.  Select the laboratory results that the nurse should monitor during heparin therapy (Select all that apply).

An asthmatic patient taking a non-selective beta-blockers should be assessed by the nurse for what potential adverse reaction?

In the treatment of a postmenopausal woman with osteoporosis who has been prescribed raloxifene (Evista), which of the following should be included in the patient’s plan of care? Select all that apply.