Author Question: A nurse is caring for a 49-year-old woman in the intensive care unit. The patient was in a motor ... (Read 35 times)

ghost! · **on:** Jul 23, 2018

A nurse is caring for a 49-year-old woman in the intensive care unit. The patient was in a motor vehicle accident and is in severe pain. She is being given morphine. After 2 days in the unit, the nurse suspects that the patient is developing a cold.

The nurse will monitor for which of the following?
A) Renal impairment
B) Myocardial infarction
C) Hypersensitivity to the drug
D) Pneumonia

Question 2

A 38-year-old patient is obese and has abscesses around his inner thigh muscles. He is receiving IV antibiotics, but no improvement has been seen. The patient questions the nurse about the most likely cause for the drug therapy failure.

The nurse explains to the patient that the
A) surface area of the abscesses is not large enough for the drug to have the desired therapeutic effect.
B) route of administering the medication should not have been IV.
C) distribution of the drug to the area of the abscesses is impaired.
D) distribution of the drug to the thigh muscles is generally impaired, even in healthy individuals.