A patient is receiving long-term clindamycin therapy for a life-threatening infection. The nurse will begin by monitoring this drug therapy by obtaining
A) blood glucose levels daily for 1 week.
B) establishing the patient's auditory abilities.
C) a baseline complete blood count.
D) liver enzymes weekly until the drug therapy is completed.
Question 2
A nurse is caring for a 78-year-old patient with renal insufficiency and chronic heart failure who is receiving rapid infusions of high-dose furosemide. It will be a priority for the nurse to monitor for
A) hepatic encephalopathy.
B) ototoxicity.
C) vascular thrombosis.
D) dehydration.
Sequence of patient positions for heart auscultation
Testing Whether Therapy has Empirical Support
Chain of infection.
Instruct the patient to use an applicator to apply a small amount of stool in the appropriate boxes ...
Electroconvulsive therapy.
Generalized life cycle for land plants