A nurse is providing client education to a client who has had corticosteroids prescribed.
What drug should the nurse teach the client to avoid while taking the corticosteroids?

A client with a duodenal ulcer is receiving sucralfate for short-term treatment.
What should the nurse advise the client to avoid?

The nurse is caring for a client with neurogenic diabetes insipidus and administers what drug to treat the condition.

The nurse is caring for a client who works night shift from 22:00 to 06:00 and normally sleeps from 08:00 (8 AM) until 16:00 (4 PM) each day.
The nurse should teach this client to take the prescribed corticosteroid at what time of the day?

A client taking a chemical stimulant laxative and medications for heart failure and osteoarthritis calls the clinic and reports, “I’m just not feeling right.” What is the priority question the nurse should ask this client?

The nurse is caring for a client newly diagnosed with hypothyroidism. The client also takes theophylline to control asthma symptoms.
What change may need to be made to the client’s theophylline dose?

The nurse admits to the clinic a 7-month-old infant whose parents report that the baby has not had a bowel movement in 4 days.
What is the nurse’s best action?

A client with type 2 diabetes presents at the clinic for a routine follow-up appointment. The client asks the nurse whether he or she can take the herbal supplement ginseng.
What is the correct response by the nurse?

A client has a history of atrial fibrillation and is taking an oral anticoagulant. The client has been newly diagnosed with hypothyroidism and placed on levothyroxine.
What assessment should the nurse prioritize?

The nurse is working with a client who is newly diagnosed with hypothyroidism. Diagnostic testing has indicated that the client’s health problem is caused by anterior pituitary dysfunction.
This client’s hypothyroidism is rooted in a deficiency of:

What type of insulin would the nurse administer if the fastest therapeutic effects are needed?