A nurse is teaching a client who has asthma the appropriate use of inhaled fluticasone. What advice should the nurse give to help the client avoid complications with the use of inhaled steroids?

The nurse is talking with a new mother about medications that can be safely resumed now that she is no longer pregnant. All the following medications are contraindicated during pregnancy, but which one may be ingested while breastfeeding without causing known infant harm?

The nurse will include which information when teaching a client about hydroxyzine?

A client presents with tinea corporis, and the prescriber orders itraconazole. When educating the client about this medication, the nurse will include which statement?

A client receiving a cephalosporin has passed six distinct-smelling, unformed stools in the first 6 hours of the nurse's shift. What is the nurse's best action?

A nurse tells a nursing student that glucocorticoids given for rheumatoid arthritis are nearly identical to substances produced naturally by the body. The student remarks that the drug must be very safe. Which response by the nurse is correct?

A client who reports routine consumption of more than three alcoholic beverages per day asks about taking acetaminophen when needed for occasional recurrent pain. What will the nurse tell the client?

A client who has erectile dysfunction asks a nurse whether sildenafil would be a suitable medication. Which aspect of this client's history would be of most concern?

Which statement by the client shows a correct understanding of how they should take their levothyroxine?

Which of these statements best describes the concept of half-life?

A nurse is caring for a client and her newborn immediately after delivery. The client's medication history includes prenatal vitamins throughout pregnancy, one or two glasses of wine before knowing she was pregnant, occasional use of an albuterol inhaler in her last trimester, and intravenous morphine during labor. What is the nurse's most appropriate action?