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The nurse suspects that the patient is experiencing a drug toxicity rather than a side effect. Which question will the nurse ask to help confirm this suspicion?
 
  a. When did you take your last dose of the medication?
  b. Have you been taking extra doses of the medication?
  c. Are you taking any other medications?
  d. Have you ever taken this medication in the past?

Question 2

During discharge teaching, the nurse is to give the patient a signed, dated, and timed prescription from the physician for medications to be taken at home. Which prescription drug order needs to be corrected before it is given to the patient?
 
  a. Warfarin (Coumadin) 5 mg PO daily before dinner
  b. Methotrexate (Trexall) 8 tablets PO once weekly on Saturdays
  c. Levothyroxine (Synthroid) 137 mcg PO daily before breakfast
  d. Zolpidem (Ambien) 5 mg PO at bedtime as needed for sleep



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Answer to Question 1

ANS: B
Asking if the patient has been taking extra doses of the medication will allow the nurse to determine if the patient has been taking too much of the drug or more than was prescribed. Toxicity occurs when the patient receives/takes excessive amounts of the drug.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: B
All prescriptions must have the name of the drug to be administered along with dosage, route, and frequency. The methotrexate order does not contain a dosage for the drug, just the number of pills to be taken.



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