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A 72-year-old patient is prescribed ophthalmic ciprofloxacin for a bacterial infection in her right eye. The nurse will teach her to observe for which of the following adverse effects of the drug?
 
  A) Lid margin crusting and pruritus
  B) Cognitive changes
  C) Nephrotoxicity and neurotoxicity
  D) Tendon ruptures

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A Native-American man is admitted to the emergency department exhibiting a reddened face and an increased heart rate. He reports that he does not normally drink alcohol but at a party had punch that contained vodka.
 
  The nurse recognizes that this reaction may be related to the ethanol exposure and caused by
  A) retarded absorption from the small intestine.
  B) immediate distribution at the rate proportional to blood flow and water content.
  C) metabolism using the enzyme alcohol dehydrogenase.
  D) deficiency in the enzyme aldehyde dehydrogenase.


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

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Answer to Question 2

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