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The health care provider orders oral (PO) codeine as an adjunctive therapy to pain control medication. What order would be appropriate for the nurse to administer?
 
  A) Codeine 5 mg PO every 6 hour
  B) Codeine 10 mg PO every 4 hour
  C) Codeine 15 mg PO every 2 hour
  D) Codeine 20 mg PO every 4 hour

Question 2

The patient is a 34-year-old man who recently started taking theophylline. The nurse knows that medication teaching has been successful when he agrees to what activity?
 
  A) Avoiding caffeine
  B) Eating foods high in potassium
  C) Limiting fluid intake to 1,000 mL a day
  D) Taking the medicine on an empty stomach



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Answer to Question 1

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The correct dosage for codeine administered for pain by mouth is 15 to 60 mg q 4 to 6 hour. The other options are incorrect oral dosages because they are too low a dose or give an incorrect dosing frequency.

Answer to Question 2

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Both theophylline and caffeine are xanthenes. Theophylline increases cardiac output and heart rate. Caffeine also stimulates heart rate. This can have an additive effect. Eating foods high in potassium, limiting fluid intake, or taking the medicine on an empty stomach are not indications that the patient has understood the nurse's teaching.



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Both answers were spot on, thank you once again



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