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The nurse understands that the role of sucralfate (Carafate) is to:

A nurse is teaching a client who has a vitamin K deficiency about the effects of vitamin K. Which of the following information should the nurse include in the teaching? 

The health care provider prescribes hydrochlorothiazide (Diurel) for a client in chronic heart failure. Which of the following manifestation would be a sign that a stronger diuretic is now necessary? 

A female patient has been prescribed ezetimibe (Zetia). What information should the nurse provide to the patient? 

A nurse is teaching a client who has anemia and a new prescription for a liquid iron supplement. Which of the following information should the nurse include in the teaching? 

A nurse is teaching a client who has a new prescription for amoxicillin (Moxatag) for otitis media. Which of the following adverse effects should the patient report to the provider? 

The nurse is caring for a 55-year-old female who states she has taken omeprazole (Prilosec) daily for the past 15 years. The nurse knows that based on this information, the client should receive screening for:

Your patient with acute kidney injury has the following arterial blood gas:  pH 7.2, PaCO2 45, HCO3- 15 Which of the following medications would you use to treat this disorder? 

A nurse is teaching a client who has anemia and a new prescription for a liquid iron supplement. Which of the following information should the nurse include in the teaching? 

Why is atropine added to the diphenoxylate used in the anti-diarrheal drug Lomotil?