A 73-year-old male patient is in the clinic for a yearly physical and is asking for a prescription for sildenafil (Viagra).
He has listed on his health history that he is taking a nitrate for angina. The nurse is aware that which problem may occur if sildenafil is taken with a nitrate?
a. Significant increase in pulse rate
b. Significant decrease in blood pressure
c. Increased risk of bleeding
d. Reduced effectiveness of the sildenafil
Question 2
During the administration of finasteride (Proscar), the nurse must remember which important precaution?
a. It must be taken on an empty stomach.
b. It must not be handled by pregnant women.
c. It is given by deep intramuscular injection to avoid tissue irritation.
d. The patient needs to be warned that alopecia is a common adverse effect.
Darters such as this male greenside darter form a diverse and distinctive subfamily of fishes within
Signs and symptoms of a patient with heart failure.
Muscle male/female
(a) Chicken pox vesicles. (b) Chicken pox on back of young patient.