An employee at a meat-packing plant has been off work becaus…
An employee at a meat-packing plant has been off work because of low back muscle spasms secondary to his job. His wife contacts the occupational health nurse at the plant to report that her spouse is on a centrally acting skeletal muscle relaxant and is having problems with sleepiness. Based on the medication action, what should the nurse tell her? (Select all that apply.)
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An 86-year-old patient who was admitted with gastrointestinal bleeding secondary to salicylate therapy is being discharged. As the nurse reviews the discharge medication list, the patient states that she doesn’t understand why Tylenol doesn’t work as well as the aspirin she had been taking. What would be the nurse’s best response?
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