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A client with chronic pain has been prescribed Celexicob, an NSAID. The nurse is reviewing the adverse effects and reads there is a Black Boxed warning for this medication. What does the warning refer to? 

The FDA requires that generic drugs have the same active and inactive ingredients as the brand name drug.

The nurse is caring for a patient who has been on antibiotic therapy for 2 weeks. Today the patient tells the nurse that he has begun having severe watery diarrhea and abdominal cramps. His oral temperature is 101 F. What does the nurse anticipate? 

A mother of a 3 year old child has received a prescription for amoxicillin to be given twice daily for 10 days. The mother call the clinic nurse after 6 days of using the medication and reports a “head-to-toe” rash has developed on her child. What is the best response by the nurse? 

Which patient would the nurse question an order for ipratropium, an anticholinergic?

Carbapenem antibiotics have a hazard of inducing a serious adverse effect in a small percentage of patients. Which patient will the nurse be most concerned for this AE? 

Diphenhydramine may be used for which of the following conditions? (Select all that apply) 

An ED nurse is assessing a client for possible aspirin (ASA) overdose. What symptom, if assessed, supports a possible overdose on aspirin? 

Which of the following is an example of a name-your-own-price model?

The practice of _________ encompasses all business activities in the sale of goods and services to the ultimate consumer for their personal, family, and household use.