When prescribing ciprofloxacin-hydrocortisone (Cipro HC otic) ear drops it is important to educate the patient:  

Patient taking amlodipine should be instructed to: 

Twenty-year-old Annie comes to see you complaining of copious yellow-green eye discharge.  Gram stain indicates she most likely has gonococcal conjunctivitis.  While awaiting the culture results, the plan of care should be:

When prescribing nicotine replacement therapy it is important for the provider to educate the patient:  

A nurse is caring for a patient with an acute spinal cord injury. During assessment, the patient is found to have a blood pressure of 82/50 mm Hg, heart rate of 42 bpm, flushed warm skin, and decreased urine output. Which action is the nurse’s priority?

Antonio was prescribed a calcium channel blocker for his hypertension.  This drug helps control blood pressure because it:

In a patient with chronic stable angina, Isosorbide dinitrate is prescribed.  This drug is administered twice daily, but the schedule is 7 a.m. and 2 p.m. because:

Through pharmacogenetic testing, you found out a patient is an ultra-rapid metabolizer at CYP 2D6. If this patient is taking a medication that is a prodrug that requires metabolism to its active form for efficacy, which of the following is likely to happen?

Patients taking angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors or angiotensin II receptor blockers should have what labs monitored:

According to the World Health Organization, the first step in the prescribing process is: