A homebound patient drinks a six-pack of beer daily. The patient tells the nurse, I've been having pain from my arthritis lately, so I take acetaminophen four times a day..
The nurse's priority interventions include: (Select all that apply.)
a. determining the safety of the dose the patient is ingesting daily.
b. inquiring about sleep disturbances caused by mixing alcohol and analgesics.
c. advising the patient of the harmful effect of alcohol and acetaminophen on the liver.
d. suggesting increasing the acetaminophen dose, since alcohol causes faster excretion.
e. assessing for declining functional status associated with medication-induced dementia.
Question 2
Antidepressant drugs
1. keep the client from becoming manic.
2. increase certain neurotransmitter activity.
3. cure the problems associated with depression.
4. help the client ignore feelings of depression.
B, The nurse teaches the postoperative client to use an incentive spirometer to expand the lungs.
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