A 75-year-old woman is prescribed magnesium hydroxide for constipation. The nurse's assessment reveals that the patient is being treated for rheumatoid arthritis and hypertension. The patient lives in assisted living and is on a low-sodium diet.
A. medication history
A 72-year-old man with pai...
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NURS 6521 Week 1 Quiz ALL ANSWERED 100% CORRECT
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A 75-year-old woman is prescribed magnesium
hydroxide for constipation. The nurse's assessment
reveals that the patient is being treated for A. medication history
rheumatoid arthritis and hypertension. The patient
lives in assisted living and is on a low-sodium diet.
A 72-year-old man with pain issues is being given a
drug by the intramuscular route. His serum blood A. decreased blood flow
level concentrations have been erratic. The nurse to tissues and muscles.
suspects that this may be due to
A 70-year-old woman has experienced peripheral
edema and decreasing stamina in recent months D. “This drug won't cure
and has sought care from her primary care your disease, but it will
provider. The patient's subsequent diagnostic help you be able to
workup has resulted in a diagnosis of chronic heart exercise more and be
failure. The woman has new meds. What should you more comfortable.”
tell her about it?
Mr. Penny, age 67, was diagnosed with chronic
B. Mr. Penny requires
angina several months ago and has been unable to
concurrent treatment
experience adequate relief of his symptoms. As a
with a beta blocker,
result, his physician has prescribed ranolazine
nitrate, or a calcium
(Ranexa). Which of the following statements is true
channel blocker.
regarding the med
A 77-year-old man with a long history of absence
seizures has been treated with ethosuximide for
many years. The man is now in the process of
C. Risk for Falls
moving to a long-term care facility and a nurse is
creating a plan of care. The nurse understands the
potential a
A 76-year-old woman has a complex medical
history that includes emphysema, osteoporosis,
malnutrition, and hypothyroidism. Recently, the C. her history of
woman fell outside her home as a result of emphysema.
weakness and suffered a fracture to her femoral
head. The woman's subsequen
An 80-year-old man has been prescribed oxycodone
A. there is risk of an
for severe, noncancer, chronic pain. He tells the
extremely high dose
nurse that he has difficulty swallowing and asks if
available all at once
he can crush the tablet before swallowing. The
if the tablet is
, NURS 6521 Week 1 Quiz ALL ANSWERED 100% CORRECT
nurse will advise the patient that
crushed
A nurse is creating a plan of care for a 68-year-old A. Acute Pain, Headache,
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