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newbem · **on:** Jul 23, 2018

A 70-year-old woman who is on long-term ibuprofen therapy for osteoarthritis has returned to the clinic for her regular 6-month visit. In the last couple of months, she has been having increasing periods of abdominal pain.

The nurse suspects that this pain may be related to
A) anemia.
B) peptic ulcer disease or gastritis.
C) interstitial nephritis.
D) constipation.

Question 2

On the 1 AM rounds, the nurse finds a patient awake and frustrated that she cannot go to sleep. The nurse administers an ordered hypnotic to help the patient sleep.

Two hours later, the nurse finds the patient out of bed, full of energy and cleaning her room. The nurse evaluates the patient's response to the hypnotic as
A) an allergic reaction.
B) an idiosyncratic response.
C) a synergistic effect.
D) a teratogenic effect.