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Home health calls you about your patient with heart failure takes digoxin, amlodipine, lisinopril with hctz, and pravastatin. The patient reports nausea, vomiting, and a headache. The nurse notes a respiratory rate of 18 breaths per minute, a heart rate of 58 beats per minute, and a blood pressure of 120/78 mm Hg. What should be done next?

Which side effect is caused by the listed class of diuretic?

TT is a 52-year-old white male who presents to his primary care physician with a chief complaint of shortness of breath. He works in construction and finds himself winded more often than not. A smoker since the age of 15, TT now smokes 10 cigarettes per day. The primary care physician sends TT for spirometry testing, which reveals that his FEV/FVC is 50%. Concerned with this result, the physician refers to the guidelines and prescribes therapy. The promotion of smoking cessation is mandatory. In addition, which type of drug therapy would be most pharmacologically beneficial to TT? Select all that apply.

What is most important for clients receiving quinine to be monitored closely for?

What activity does not avoid rebound gastric hyperacidity when discontinuing long-term proton pump inhibitor (PPI) use?

Scopolamine is a popular agent used in topical patches to prevent seasickness.  Your client is going on a cruise and you prescribe these patches.  What should you teach your client about this medication?

Grace is a 23-year-old female who complains of excessive daytime sleepiness despite getting a full night’s sleep. She also states that she experiences sleep paralysis upon wakening and falls asleep in the middle of the day without warning. After obtaining further information from this patient, the doctor makes a diagnosis of narcolepsy. Due to the severe disruption in her work and social life, Grace would like to start pharmacotherapy immediately. What should Grace be told prior to starting medication?

A patient who is taking metronidazole calls the nurse to report severe nausea and vomiting along with heart palpitations. What should the nurse do?

What is an absolute contraindications to postmenopausal hormone therapy?

Your client is taking Minoxidil for hypertension.  What should you tell him he might experience?