The home health nurse provides client teaching to a client who is taking oral prednisolone.
The nurse provides what instruction to the client?

When providing client teaching to the family of a 12-year-old child receiving somatropin, the nurse stresses the need to notify prescriber if what manifestation occurs?

The nurse administers teriparatide and evaluates the drug as effective in achieving desired effects when what is assessed?

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?

For which client would the use of a phenothiazine most likely be contraindicated?

The nurse teaches the client to best promote optimal GI function by including what in the daily routine?

A client presents at the clinic with a dry nonproductive cough. The client is diagnosed with bronchitis, and it has been determined that assistance is needed in thinning the sputum so the cough can become productive.
What does the nurse expect the provider will prescribe?

A client has an important presentation to make in 4 hours, and he needs relief from the congestion of seasonal rhinitis. The client calls the nurse, explains the situation, and tells the nurse that he cannot afford to be drowsy.
What medication is most likely to meet this client’s needs?

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?

What statement by a client who is to take an antitussive with codeine indicates that the nurse’s teaching has been effective?

The nurse is instructing a patient who will take psyllium (Metamucil) to treat constipation.
What information will the nurse include when teaching this patient?