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The nurse is caring for a patient who comes to the clinic with tinea corporis, for which the prescriber orders clotrimazole. What education about this medication should the nurse provide?
 
  a. Use the medication over the entire body once a week for 1 month.
  b. Sun exposure will delay the drug's effects.
  c. Continue the therapy for at least 1 week after the symptoms have cleared up.
  d. This drug is effective after a single application.

Question 2

An OB/GYN nurse is teaching a class on medications that affect uterine function.
 
  The nurse asks the class, For what purpose or purposes are tocolytic agents used? Which response by a mem-ber of the class would indicate a need for further teaching? Tocolytics are used to a. augment labor.
  b. control postpartum bleeding.
  c. induce abortion.
  d. suppress preterm labor.


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Jordin Calloway

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Reply #1 on: Jul 23, 2018
Answer to Question 1

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The nurse should advise the patient to continue therapy for at least 1 week after the symptoms have cleared up.
The medication should be applied only to affected areas.
Sun exposure will not delay the effects of clotrimazole.
The drug is not effective after only a single application.

Answer to Question 2

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Tocolytic agents are not used to suppress preterm labor; this statement indicates that further teaching is necessary.
Tocolytic agents induce labor and abortion and control postpartum bleeding; no further teaching is needed.


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Wow, this really help

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