The nurse reinforces instructions regarding when to take levothyroxine and determines teaching was effective when the client states the medication should be taken in which manner?

Which of these findings would cause the nurse to hold the administration of oral metoprolol 25 mg?

A client arrives in the emergency department with localized swelling of the lips and tongue. The client's medication list includes the following medications. Which of these medications does the nurse anticipate the provider discontinuing?

A nurse is giving discharge instructions to a client who is beginning theophylline. The nurse should tell the client that this medication might cause which of the following adverse effects?

A nurse is talking with a client who has peptic ulcer disease and starting therapy with sucralfate. What must the nurse include in the client education?

A client taking warfarin presents with bruises, dark tarry stools, and an international normalized ratio (INR) of 4.3. What is the nurse's action?

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?

The nurse is doing discharge teaching with the parent of an asthmatic child who will be going home on steroids. Which of these comments by the parent would indicate an accurate understanding of discharge teaching regarding these medications?

A client on a morphine PCA pump is noted to be drowsy and lethargic with pinpoint pupils and the following vitals: pulse 84 beats/minute, respiratory rate 10 breaths/minute, blood pressure 90/50 mm Hg. What is the nurse's best action?

A client is started on warfarin therapy. Identify the appropriate nursing implications associated with this medication. (Select all that apply.)

What should the nurse include in a client's discharge teaching when going home with a prescription for digoxin 0.125 mg by mouth once daily?