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What are antibiotics used to treat a patient with an ulcer caused by Helicobacter pylori?

A patient has had a total hip replaced in surgery and has been placed on a PCA (patient controlled analgesia) pump.The patient’s daughter is concerned  her mother will overdose on morphine because she keeps pressing the button on her (PCA) pump. How should the nurse respond?

What is important for the nurse to teach a 25 year old woman who has been prescribed rifampin (Rifadin) as part of antitubercular therapy?

An clinic patient with peptic ulcer is receiving  Carafate (sucralfate). What would the nurse teach the patient?

The HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor is a common class of drugs used to decrease cholesterol levels What adverse effect should be monitored by health care professionals?

 The nurse is evaluating a patient’s response to antitubercular medication therapy. What assessment findings would indicate the patient is responding therapeutically? 

 A patient has been prescribed Famotidine (Pepcid). The nurse believes the patient understands the action of this medication when the patient makes what statement?

A patient asks the nurse about the difference between diphenoxylate with atropine (Lomotil) and the over-the-counter drug loperamide (Imodium). Which response by the nurse is correct?

An angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE inhibitor) has been prescribed. The nurse would assess for what potential side effects?

Many patients often use over-the-counter (OTC) drugs. Which statement would reflect accurate understanding of over-the-counter medications.