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The client with atrial fibrillation has a Prothrombin time of 27 and INR of 2.8 without any active bleeding.  The client does not have any mechanical heart valves nor history of stroke. Current dose for the last 3 weeks is warfarin 2.5 mg PO at bedtime.  What is the appropriate intervention by the  prescriber?

All of the following are true statements regarding guaifenesin EXCEPT: 

The client is prescribed carbamazepine.  All of the following testing is ordered for surveillance EXCEPT:

What is the appropriate agent to prescribe for a 7 year old client with Type 1 diabetes mellitus? 

The client is diagnosed with hypothyroidism.  The nurse practitioner is prescribing levothyroxine 25 mcg PO daily.  When is the soonest that the TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone) should be checked to assess at steady state?

What surveillance question is required when client is on metoclopramide to assess for ADR (adverse drug reaction)?

Triple inhaled therapy with an inhaled corticosteroid, a long-acting β2-agonist (LABA), and a long-acting muscarinic antagonist (LAMA) improves health status, lung function, and symptoms while reducing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbations. Which of the following would be appropriate triple therapy for COPD:

Several days after beginning dialysis therapy, a patient’s serum potassium level is 8.5 mEq/L. The patient is being cared for on the medical surgical floor. The patient’s nurse does not think immediate action is necessary, since the client is to have dialysis sometime today. How would you evaluate the nurse’s response?

When the nurse assesses dyspnea in a client with congestive heart failure, they know additional manifestations of fluid overload seen within the interstitial space includes which of the following?

The client presents to the unit with complaints of shortness of breath and dyspnea. A tentative diagnosis of respiratory acidosis r/t pneumonia is made. Which arterial lab values would support this diagnosis?