A nurse is conducting health education with a man who has Alzheimer's disease and his daughter, who is his primary caregiver.
The man has been deemed to be a good candidate for treatment with donepezil (Aricept) and will soon begin taking this medication. What teaching point should the nurse convey? A) Aricept should be taken 1 hour before or 2 hours after any dairy products.
B) It's important to take this medication at bedtime.
C) Aricept should be taken with food to reduce the chance of stomach upset.
D) If you don't notice any cognitive improvement within 2 weeks, the drug should be discontinued.
Question 2
A patient's antiretroviral therapy has not been as efficacious as her care team had predicted, and maraviroc (Selzentry) has consequently been added to her drug regimen.
The nurse should recognize this drug as belonging to what category of antiretroviral? A) Fusion protein inhibitors
B) Protease inhibitors
C) CCR5 antagonists
D) Integrase strand transfer inhibitors
The nurse is using Standard Precautions to draw blood.
A, A nurse is adding a medication to an IV line as a piggyback
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