A patient is given a new medication and reports nausea within an ...

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A patient is given a new medication and reports nausea within an hour after taking the drug. The nurse consults the drug information manual and learns that nausea is not an expected adverse effect of this drug.
 
  When the next dose is due, what will the nurse do?
  a. Administer the drug and tell the patient to report further nausea.
  b. Hold the drug and notify the provider of the patient's symptoms.
  c. Report the symptoms of nausea to the MEDWATCH program.
  d. Request an order for an antiemetic to counter this drug's effects.

Question 2

A patient is being discharged after surgery. During the admission history, the nurse had learned that the patient normally consumes two or three glasses of wine each day.
 
  The prescriber has ordered hydrocodone with acetaminophen (Lortab) for pain. What will the nurse do?
  a. Request an order for acetaminophen without hydrocodone for pain.
  b. Suggest that the patient use ibuprofen for pain.
  c. Tell the patient not to drink wine while taking the Lortab.
  d. Tell the patient to limit his wine intake to one or two glasses per day.

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Answer to Question 1

ANS: A
Not all adverse drug reactions (ADRs) can be detected during clinical trials, and nurses should be alert to any effects that may result from drug administration. Because nausea is not a serious effect and because it is not yet known whether the drug is the cause of this patient's nausea, the nurse should administer the medication and observe the patient for recurrence of the symptom. It is not necessary to hold the drug, because nausea is not a serious side effect. The MEDWATCH program should be notified when there is a greater suspicion that the drug may have caused the nausea if the nausea occurs with subsequent doses. Until there is greater suspicion that the drug actually caused this patient's nausea, giving an antiemetic is not indicated.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: C
Combining a hepatotoxic drug with certain other drugs may increase the risk of hepatotoxicity. When even therapeutic doses of acetaminophen are taken with alcohol, the acetaminophen can cause liver damage. Patients should be cautioned not to drink alcohol; even two drinks with acetaminophen can produce this effect. Hydrocodone does not contribute to hepatotoxicity. Ibuprofen is not indicated for postoperative pain unless the pain is mild. Limiting wine to one or two glasses per day still increases the risk of hepatotoxicity.

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Both answers were spot on, thank you once again

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Great! Please up vote