A patient recently diagnosed with diabetes is to take metformin (Glucophage) po every morning. The nurse knows that the type of diabetes the patient has is:

Administration of potassium supplements is contraindicated in patients taking which of the following diuretics?

_____ involve taking reports and providing information and assistance to the public.

The student nurse realizes that learning about a prototype or example drug in a pharmacologic class allows application of that knowledge to other drugs in that same class. Which information can be predicated to other drugs in the same pharmacologic class when known about a prototype?

Leading is the process of preparing for the future by setting goals and objectives and developing courses of action for accomplishing them.

Which of the following would reflect a positive outcome for the patient who is being treated with diltiazem (Cardizem), a calcium channel blocker for angina pectoris?

Community crime prevention is based on the assumption that if a community can be changed, so can the behavior of those who live there.

The provider prescribes cyclobenzaprine (Flexeril) for the patient.  When doing medication education, what is the best information for the nurse to include?

A calcium supplement such as calcium salts has been added to a patient’s drug regimen. The nurse should advise the patient to:

Heat sensitivity, spasticity, fatigue, and visual impairment are symptoms most likely associated with which disorder?