The nurse is providing client teaching regarding the administration of levothyroxine.
What is the nurse’s priority teaching point?

The client is 8 weeks pregnant and requires an antithyroid medication.
The nurse identifies what drug as the drug of choice for this client?

The nurse is teaching the client with a new prescription for ibandronate how to take the medication.
Which instruction provided by the nurse is correct?

The nurse is caring for a pediatric client with a new onset of hypercalcemia.
What condition would be most likely to cause this altered serum calcium level?

The nurse is caring for a client with renal dysfunction who requires an oral antidiabetic agent.
What drug will the nurse expect to see ordered?

The client, newly diagnosed with diabetic retinopathy, asks what caused this disorder.
What is the nurse’s best response?

A college student with migraine headaches that cause nausea and vomiting has been prescribed trimethobenzamide.
The nurse should caution the student to avoid using which substance?

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?

The home care nurse is caring for an older adult client who has type 1 diabetes. The client has visual impairment and cannot read the numbers on the syringe when preparing insulin for administration nor afford the cost of prefilled auto syringes.
What strategy might the nurse use to help this client comply with insulin needs between visits?

A client has begun reporting nausea and vomiting.
What would the nurse assess to determine the need for therapy?

A client has responded poorly to conservative treatment for nausea and vomiting and has subsequently been prescribed dronabinol.
In addition to monitoring the client’s nausea, the nurse should prioritize what assessment after administering the drug?