A woman has been prescribed a daily Benadryl for allergy symptoms by her health care provider. She recently began have difficulty staying awake at work, most likely this is related to the Benadryl. Which of the following best describes this response?

A nurse is assisting with teaching a client about a new medication. Which of the following actions should the nurse take?

The health care provider orders pain medication to be given to a patient when the patient needs it to control pain. What type of order is this called?

A nurse is caring for a patient with impaired liver function and is jaundice. The nurse needs to make more focused assessments when administering medications to this patient because the patient may experience problems with the process of:

The nurse has an order to give Lopressor 75 mg po. Lopressor is available in a 50 mg tablet. How many tablets should the nurse administer?

A nurse is reinforcing teaching with a client who has a new prescription for simvastatin. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include?

A nurse is assisting with teaching a class about pharmacodynamics. The nurse should include that which of the following medication levels occurs when a medication is at the lowest serum concentration?

A patient with a respiratory infection asks the nurse why some antibiotics are prescribed to be given every 12 hours while others have to be taken 4 times per day. What is the nurse's best response?

A nurse is collecting data from a client who has heart failure, prior to the administration of furosemide. For which of the following findings should the nurse withhold the medication?

Upon receiving the assignment for the evening, a nurse notices that two of the patients have the same name. The best way to identify two patients on a medical unit who have the same name is to:

A nurse is caring for a group of clients. Which of the following clients should the nurse identify is at the greatest risk of developing medication toxicity?