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For an adult with rheumatoid arthritis and a concurrent diagnosis of which of the following would the nurse question a prescription for infliximab? You may select more than one answer.
 
  1. Asthma
  2. Diabetes
  3. Heart failure
  4. Gallstones
  5. Hepatitis

Question 2

A patient on colchicine telephones complaining of abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting. The nurse should:
 
  1. instruct the patient to continue the drug and to use antacids and antihistamines to control the symptoms.
  2. inform the patient that these are viral symptoms unrelated to the colchicine.
  3. instruct the patient to stop the drug regardless of the status of the joint pain.
  4. instruct the patient to continue at a lower dose if the joint pain is under good control.



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Answer to Question 1

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Both answers were spot on, thank you once again



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