A patient is experiencing nausea and decreased appetite during drug therapy with a tetracycline antibiotic.
What is the nurse’s best advice to the patient?

A nurse is preparing to administer amoxicillin 2 gm/day PO divided into two doses.

The amount available is amoxicillin 500 mg tablets.

How many tablets should the nurse administer with each dose?

The nurse is preparing to educate a patient who has just been prescribed a sulfonamide.
Which statements should be included in the teaching plan?

When monitoring patients on antitubercular drug therapy, the nurse knows that which drug may cause a decrease in visual acuity?

A nurse is preparing to administer hydromorphone 2.5 mg. The available amount is 5 mg/5 mL elixir.

How many mL should the nurse administer?

A nurse is caring for a client who has tuberculosis and new prescriptions for rifampin and pyrazinamide.
Which of the following laboratory tests should the nurse instruct the client will be required while on this medication regimen?

When given an intravenous medication, the patient asks the nurse, “I usually take pills.
Why does this medication have to be given in the arm?” What is the nurse’s best response?

When teaching a patient a skill such as self-injection of insulin, what is the best way to set up the teaching/learning session?

When given a scheduled morning medication, the patient states, “I haven’t seen that pill before.

Are you sure it’s correct?” The nurse checks the medication administration record and verifies that it is listed.

Which is the nurse’s best response?

A patient has been prescribed a 2-week course of antifungal suppositories for a vaginal yeast infection.
She asks the nurse if there is an alternative to this medication, stating, “I don’t want to do this for 2 weeks!” What could be a possible alternative in this situation?

When a patient is undergoing aminoglycoside therapy, which indicators should the nurse monitor for potential toxicity?