A homebound patient drinks a six-pack of beer daily. The patient tells the nurse, I've been having pain from my arthritis lately, so I take acetaminophen four times a day..
The nurse's priority interventions include: (Select all that apply.)
a. determining the safety of the dose the patient is ingesting daily.
b. inquiring about sleep disturbances caused by mixing alcohol and analgesics.
c. advising the patient of the harmful effect of alcohol and acetaminophen on the liver.
d. suggesting increasing the acetaminophen dose, since alcohol causes faster excretion.
e. assessing for declining functional status associated with medication-induced dementia.
Question 2
Antidepressant drugs
1. keep the client from becoming manic.
2. increase certain neurotransmitter activity.
3. cure the problems associated with depression.
4. help the client ignore feelings of depression.
Sharing patient information with colleagues is an important nursing role
Symptoms of a patient in shock.
Responsibilities of the nurse manager
Patient education
Tooth enamel is laid down in daily increments, with darker bands accumulating about once a week.
Cyanosis as shown here at the patient’s fingertips results from a lack of oxygen in the tissues