A client reports confusion and blurred vision after receiving a dose of glipizide. Which action should the nurse implement?

The nurse is administering SUBQ enoxaparin to a client following knee replacement surgery to prevent a deep vein thrombosis. Which laboratory result requires immediate action by the nurse?Reference Range:Hematocrit [42% to 52% (0.42 to 0.52 volume fraction)]Platelets [150,000 to 400,000/mm³ (150 to 400 x 10⁹/L)]Creatinine [0.5 to 1.1 mg/dL (44 to 97 umol/L)]Blood Urea Nitrogen (BUN) [10 to 20 mg/dL (3.6 to 7.1 mmol/L)]

What are the signs and symptoms of hypothyroidism?

Levothyroxine sodium is prescribed for a client with hypothyroidism. The nurse should instruct the client to report which symptom because it indicates that the client is taking too much levothyroxine sodium?

A client with narcolepsy receives a new prescription for methylphenidate. Prior to administration of the medication, the nurse should review the medical record for which condition?

A client is receiving tamsulosin for the management of urinary retention due to benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). Which instruction is most important for the nurse to provide?

A female client with mild depression reports to the nurse recently starting St. John's wort. Which information provided by the client requires further instruction?

When the nurse discontinues a 24-hour postoperative client's patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) pump, the client asks to go to the hospital's smoking area to smoke a cigarette. Which response should the nurse provide?

The nurse discontinues the client's patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) pump. Which response should the nurse provide to the client's request to go to the smoking area?

A client is receiving pilocarpine hydrochloride ophthalmic drops for glaucoma. The client calls the clinic nurse and reports difficulty seeing at night. Which explanation should the nurse provide?

Prior to administering an oral dose of methylprednisolone, the nurse determines the client's serum total calcium level is 5.5 mg/dL (1.4 mmol/L). Which action is most important for the nurse to take?Reference Range: Total Calcium (9 to 10.4 mg/dL (2.3 to 2.6 mmol/L))

A client is scheduled for a spiral computed tomography (CT) scan with contrast to evaluate for pulmonary embolism. Which information in the client's history requires follow-up by the nurse?

Furosemide is prescribed for a client with a history of heart failure (HF). Which foods should the nurse encourage this client to eat?

A client with chronic kidney disease (CKD) is receiving calcium acetate 667 mg PO. A decrease in which blood value indicates to the nurse that the medication is having the desired effect?

A client with a history of smoking cigarettes for many years arrives at the clinic and expresses a desire to stop smoking. The client receives a prescription for bupropion to reduce nicotine cravings. Which information should the nurse include in the discharge teaching?

Based on a client's serum digoxin level, the client is diagnosed with digoxin toxicity. Which action should the nurse expect to implement?

The nurse is planning discharge teaching for a client with type 2 diabetes mellitus who has a new prescription for insulin glargine. Which action should the nurse plan to include in the discharge teaching?

A client with iron deficiency anemia is taking ferrous sulfate elixir. Which instruction should the nurse provide this client?

A client with bulimia and depression who is taking phenelzine 90 mg daily is admitted to an acute care hospital for uncontrolled hypertension. Which dietary item should the nurse instruct the client to avoid?

A client with a history of angina reports the onset of chest pain. The nurse determines that the heart rate is 104 beats/minute and the blood pressure is 138/86 mm Hg. A transdermal nitroglycerin patch was applied 30 minutes ago to the right upper chest. Which action should the nurse take?

A young adult female client who is planning to become pregnant asks the nurse if she can continue taking isotretinoin for cystic acne. Which information is most important for the nurse to provide this client?

A client with cystitis receives a prescription for phenazopyridine. Which information should the nurse explain to the client about its therapeutic effect?

A client who experiences migraine headaches reports having fewer headaches since using the herbal remedy feverfew. Which information is most important for the nurse to include in a teaching plan for this client?

The nurse is administering IV fluconazole to a client who has systemic candidiasis. After reviewing the client's diagnostic studies, the nurse identifies a rising trend in the liver enzyme levels for aspartate aminotransferase (AST). Which action should the nurse implement?