Two weeks after returning from an overseas backpacking trip a 23-year-old woman developed severe malaise and a high fever, prompting her physician to diagnose her with malaria and prescribe chloroquine.
What nursing diagnosis should the nurse identify in the planning of this patient's care?
A) Impaired Skin Integrity related to rash resulting from drug therapy
B) Constipation related to decreased bowel motility resulting from adverse effects of drug therapy
C) Acute Pain related to headache resulting from drug therapy
D) Incontinence, Functional, related to CNS effects resulting from drug therapy
Question 2
A 20-year-old patient who had an open appendectomy this morning has just been admitted to the postsurgical unit from postanesthetic recovery. The patient has a persistent cough that is likely a result of airway irritation caused by intubation.
The patient has asked the nurse for something the help with his cough and the nurse is planning to ask the patient's physician for an order for codeine. The use of codeine is contraindicated in this patient because
A) the resulting GI upset will increase his chance of developing paralytic ileus.
B) codeine will not resolve coughing that is the result of physical airway irritation .
C) codeine cannot be administered less than 48 hours after general anesthetic.
D) codeine will make it more difficult for him to maintain a patient airway because of his post-operative status.
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