The nurse is obtaining a health history on a patient admitted to ...

[Medesa]

The nurse is obtaining a health history on a patient admitted to the unit with a low hemoglobin and hematocrit. What antibiotic drug, taken concurrently with iron, would most concern the nurse?
 
  a. Tetracycline
  b. Cephalosporin
  c. Metronidazole (Flagyl)
  d. Penicillin

Question 2

A 17-year-old young woman is brought to the hospital by her mother, who is concerned about her daughter's fatigue. Upon assessment, the patient displays listlessness, pallor, and fatigue.
 
  The patient is diagnosed with iron deficiency anemia. While providing discharge instructions, the patient's mother asks the nurse how her daughter acquired this problem. The nurse correctly explains that the most likely cause of her daughter's iron deficiency is
  a. pregnancy.
  b. juvenile status (age).
  c. celiac disease.
  d. heavy menstruation.

[kardosa007]

Answer to Question 1

ANS: A
Coadministration of tetracycline and iron reduces absorption of both iron and tetracycline.
Cephalosporin, metronidazole, and penicillin have no significant drug-drug interaction with iron.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: D
The most common cause of iron deficiency in adolescent females is heavy menstrual cycles.
No evidence indicates that this patient is pregnant.
Being a juvenile does not automatically put a patient at risk for iron deficiency.
No evidence indicates that celiac disease is a factor in this situation.

[Medesa]

Both answers were spot on, thank you once again

[kardosa007]

Great! Please up vote