After taking orlistat for one week, a female client tells the home health nurse that she is experiencing increasingly frequent faty stools and flatus. Which action should the nurse take?

A client with heart failure (HF) develops hyperaldosteronism and spironolactone is prescribed. Which instruction should the nurse include in this patient’s plan of care?

Which assessment data indicated to the nurse that a client is having an anaphylactic reaction to a medication?

A client with muscle spasticity receives a prescription for baclofen. Which information provided by the client requires additional instruction by the nurse?

A client with benign prostatic receives a new prescription of tamsulosin. Which intervention should the nurse use to monitor an adverse reaction?

A client with psychosis who is receiving an antipsychotic medication is continuously rubbing the back of the neck. Which nursing intervention is best for the nurse to implement?

The health care provider prescribes the antilipemic lovastatin for a client who has exhibited a consistently elevated serum cholesterol level. In evaluating the client’s treatment regimen, which remark by the client indicates to the nurse that the client understands the drug’s treatment protocol?

Two months after taking nitrofurantoin for a bacterial infection, a client reports the onset of severe, watery diarrhea to the home care nurse. How should the nurse respond?

The nurse is planning care for a patient with major depression who is receiving a new prescription for duloxetine.

Which information is most important for the nurse to obtain?

A client taking atorvastatin becomes an increased serum creatine phosphokinase (CK) level.

The nurse should assess the client for the onset of which problem?

A client is scheduled for a spiral computed topography (CT) scan with contrast to evaluate for pulmonary embolism. Which information in the client’s history requires follow-up by the nurse?