The practical nurse (PN) is caring for a client who has a finger stick blood glucose result of 130 mg/dL (7.21 mmol/L). Prior to administering the scheduled dose of acarbose, the PN is informed that the morning meal trays will be delayed 30 minutes.

Which action should the PN take?

A client with a history of long-term administration of ibuprofen receives a prescription for misoprostol. Which finding indicates to the practical nurse (PN) that the medication was effective?

A patient with depression who is taking a tricyclic antidepressant (TCA) reports frequent early morning awakening and difficulty going back to sleep.

Which information from the patient is important for the Practical Nurse (PN) to obtain to improve the patient’s sleep pattern?

A patient with angina pectoris has been discharged with a new prescription for nitroglycerin tablets.
What is the most important instruction for the practical nurse (PN) to emphasize to the patient regarding the administration of nitroglycerin?

The practical nurse (PN) is helping with the care plan for a client who is taking the nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug ketorolac for painful back muscle spasms.
What intervention should the PN include in the client’s care plan?

The practical nurse (PN) is managing a patient who is receiving fentanyl subcutaneously (SubQ) every hour for pain
control.
The patient’s pain level remains at 8 on a 10-point scale.
What is the most appropriate action for the PN to take?

Amitriptyline, a tricyclic antidepressant, is prescribed for an adult client who is clinically depressed.
The client is admitted to the hospital due to suicidal ideation five days after starting the medication.
The client informs the practical nurse (PN) that the medication isn’t working as suicidal thoughts persist.
What information should the PN provide?

A client receives a prescription for drospirenone.
Which symptom should the practical nurse (PN) report to the healthcare provider?

Four hours after administering promethazine to a male patient, the practical nurse (PN) takes his temperature.
When the patient asks the PN about the reason for taking his temperature, how should the PN respond?

Mark whether the assessment finding represents a therapeutic result of the Bisacodyl administered, a non therapeutic side-effect, or an unrelated finding.