The nurse is preparing to administer a saline laxative with a ...

[faduma]

The nurse is preparing to administer a saline laxative with a patient who has been constipated for 4 days. Which is the priority task to be completed by the nurse first?
 
  a. Palpate the abdomen.
  b. Ask the patient to recall his or her last meal.
  c. Assess for bowel sounds.
  d. Assess the patient's respiratory rate.

Question 2

A gout patient's creatinine clearance is less than 80 mL/min. The nurse expects this patient to be started on which medication?
 
  a. NSAID
  b. Allopurinol
  c. ASA
  d. Salicylates

[Ashley I]

Answer to Question 1

ANS: C
Laxatives should never be given without assessing for bowel sounds because constipation could be caused by a small bowel obstruction.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: B
Allopurinol usually is used when objective findings show uric acid nephropathy with impaired renal function (creatinine clearance less than 80 mL/min).

[faduma]

TYSM

[ryansturges]

Gracias!