A client is using the ocular therapeutic system. She tells the ...

[codyclark]

A client is using the ocular therapeutic system. She tells the nurse that she typically changes the Ocusert every 10 days to save money. What is the most accurate response from the nurse?
 
  a. This practice will allow you to achieve a more therapeutic response from your medication.
  b. This practice is not recommended, but is allowable under the circumstances.
  c. This practice is not acceptable because the Ocusert should be applied at bedtime nightly.
  d. This practice is not acceptable because the Ocusert should be changed every 7 days.

Question 2

The nurse is completing a health history on a client who is scheduled to be treated with cyclopentolate (Cyclogyl). Which finding would cause the nurse to contact the physician?
 
  a. Parkinsonism
  b. Pregnancy
  c. Asthma
  d. Glaucoma

[Jossy]

Answer to Question 1

ANS: D
The Ocusert disc should be changed every 7 days once it is applied; the gel form of the drug is applied nightly.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: D
The cycloplegic agents paralyze the ocular muscles and may cause an increase in intraocular pressure (IOP). Thus, the medication would be contraindicated for a client experiencing glaucoma.

[codyclark]

Excellent

[softEldritch]

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