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A mother asks the nurse when she should give her child cough medicine. What is the best response by the nurse?
 
  1. When he is coughing up green secretions.
  2. When he has a temperature over 102F.
  3. When he has bronchitis.
  4. When he has a dry cough and cannot rest.

Question 2

The physician prescribes fluticasone (Flonase) for the client. The nurse would hold the drug and contact the physician with which assessment finding?
 
  1. The client has diabetes mellitus.
  2. The client is pregnant.
  3. The client has glaucoma.
  4. The client has hypertension.



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Answer to Question 1

Correct Answer: 4
Rationale 1: If the client is coughing up green secretions, he needs to receive an antibiotic, not cough medicine. The child needs to clear these secretions so a cough suppressant would not be used.
Rationale 2: If a client is febrile, he needs an assessment prior to receiving cough medication.
Rationale 3: It is not desirable to suppress the cough reflex in a client with bronchitis; the child should not receive cough medicine.
Rationale 4: Dry, hacking, and nonproductive cough is irritating to the membranes of the throat and deprives the client of much needed rest, so a cough medicine would be warranted in this case.

Answer to Question 2

Correct Answer: 2
Rationale 1: There is no contraindication for use of this drug in a client who has diabetes mellitus.
Rationale 2: This is a class C drug so effects on pregnancy are not known; the client should not receive this drug.
Rationale 3: There is no contraindication for use of this drug in a client diagnosed with glaucoma.
Rationale 4: There is no indication that use of this drug is contraindicated in the client who is hypertensive.



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