A patient calls the clinic and reports feeling unwell, with symptoms of rapid heart rate, severe headache, and light-headedness. The nurse notes that the patient was prescribed metronidazole a few days ago.

What substance could likely be causing these symptoms?

A client who has recently been prescribed Sucralfate makes which statement that indicates they need more education about their medication?

The nurse is to administer insulin to a diabetic client. The finger stick blood glucose is 128.

The client has 4 units of insulin lispro scheduled with meals in addition to the following adjustments scale. How many units of insulin will the nurse administer?

The physician orders psyllium for constipation.

Which client situation would require the nurse to his order?

A client is prescribed milk of magnesia.

After reviewing the client’s lab results, which potential electrolyte imbalance is the nurse concerned about?

A patient is prescribed erythromycin for an infection.

What medication should the nurse instruct the patient to avoid while on erythromycin?

The nurse is teaching a patient who will be taking a proton pump inhibitor as long-term therapy about potential side effects. Which statement should the nurse include in the education to the patient?

A patient has been prescribed the antibiotic doxycycline.

What is the most important information for the nurse to include when educating the patient?

A patient has been administered famotidine.

Which observation would suggest that the medication has not had its intended effect?

When the nurse is about to administer nystatin, which has been prescribed by the physician for a client with an oral candida infection that includes the roof of the mouth and the back of the throat, what should be the first step?

The nurse is administering a vancomycin infusion.

What measure should the nurse implement to reduce complications that may occur with this drug’s administration?