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A nurse is caring for a client who has an infection and a prescription for gentamicin intermittent IV bolus every 8 hr. A peak and trough is required with the next dose. Which of the following actions should the nurse take to obtain an accurate gentamicin serum level?

After the administration of rifampin, what should be included in patient education? 

A nurse is caring for a client who is receiving mydriatic eye drops. Which of the following manifestations indicates to the nurse that the client has developed a systemic anticholinergic effect?

A client is being assessed by the home care nurse for the appropriate use of a metered-dose inhaler. Instructions concerning which intervention will assist a client in the proper use of the device?

The nurse notifies the health care provider that a client receiving a heparin infusion has an abnormally prolonged aPTT result and GI bleeding. What drug will the provider order to antagonize heparin?

What is the proper administration when an inhaled corticosteroid and a bronchodilator are scheduled for the same time frame?

A nurse is caring for a client who is on warfarin therapy for atrial fibrillation. The client’s INR is 5.2. Which of the following medications should the nurse prepare to administer? Therapeutic INR: 2-3.5

A nurse is teaching a client who has tuberculosis and is to start medication therapy with isoniazid, rifampin and pyrazinamide. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include?

The nurse is caring for an 82-year-old woman with superior vena cava syndrome due to a clot formed around the patient’s implanted port. The patient is on a heparin drip at 12 units/hr on an IV infusion pump. Which of the following laboratory values will be used to titrate the infusion rate?

A nurse is teaching a client who has a prescription for long-term use of oral prednisone for treatment of chronic asthma.  The nurse should instruct the client to monitor for which of the following manifestations as an adverse effect of this medication?