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I am taking a sulfonamide, an anti-infective. I am also taking an anti-diabetic & warfarin, an anti-coagulant. I am now prone to this
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Hypoglycemia & bleeding.
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I am taking penicillin, an anti-infective. The nurse told me to avoid this
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Acidic fruit & juices.
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I am an aminoglycoside and you would monitor for this when giving me
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Hearing & renal function (ototoxicity & nephrotoxicity)
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I have a UTI. I have these symptoms…
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Urgency, frequency, hematuria, suprapubic pain, fever.
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I am taking Pyridium, a urinary analgesic. I can expect these possible side effects
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N & V, diarrhea, orange urine.
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I am taking getting over an infection while taking anti-infective drugs. This would indicate the anti-infective are effective
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WBC count WNL, temperature WNL.
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I have tuberculosis and am taking INH and rifampin. The nurse instructs the patient to
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Take supplemental vitamin b6 (INH) and expect reddish, brown stools (rifampin)
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I am a pepsin inhibitor anti-ulcer drug. When do you tell the patient to take me
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½ hour before meals & at bedtime.
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I am ranitidine, a histamine 2 receptor blocker, what serious side effect have I been known to cause
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Depression
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Taking Lomotil, an opiate- related anti-diarrheal, and an anti-histamine can result in this
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CNS depression.
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I am given to decrease inflammation, but I suppress the immune system making the patient prone to infection
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Corticosteroids.
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I am an opioid agonist. When giving me the nurse monitors the patient for
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Respiratory depressions & urinary retention.
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Opioid agonists are contraindicated with
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Head Trauma
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I am an opiate anti-diarrheal drug. What patient teaching would you do with this drug
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Can cause drowsiness; don’t take with other drugs that affect CNS.
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I treat TB & usually am given in combination for 9mos – 2 yrs. I am 1st line treatment of TB I am given as a prophylactic to family members with close Exposure. Who am I
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Isoniazid (INH)
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I am a Zithromax- a macrolide. When would you tell the patient to make me
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1-2 hrs before meals or 2-3 hours after meals.
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I am a sulfonamide. The nurse instructs the patient to
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Avoid sun or wear sunscreen (photosensitivity) and increase fluid intake (crystalluria)
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I am an opioid agonist and I am the drug of choice to treat terminal cancer pain
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Morphine
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I rid the body of both Gram + & Gram – bacteria. Give me with food. I am hard on the kidneys & cause you to sunburn
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Fluoroguinolones (Cipro. Levaquin)
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Magnesium antacids can cause this
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Diarrhea
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Aluminum antacids can cause this
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Constipation
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I am the peak and trough level of a drug. If the peak is too high the nurse would expect ____ and if the trough is low the nurse would expect______
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Toxicity(peak) and ineffective (through)
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I am an anti-infective drug. I am given to someone allergic to penicillin Give me on an empty stomach with water. I can’t be given at the same time as iron
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Tetracycline
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I am a nonopioid analgesic. I am used to treat this type of pain
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Acute, mild pain.
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I am effective against a limited number of organisms. What am I
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Narrow spectrum anti-infective
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I am in acute pain & addicted to opioids. I am given nalbuphine (Nubain) an opioid agonist. The nurse can expect the patient to experience
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Withdrawal symptoms.
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Instructions the nurse would give to a patient taking NSAIDs
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Take with meals, report any bleeding.
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I am a pregnant 34 years old. What precautions should I take with immunization
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Don’t give varicella & rubella, influenza allowed with asthma, pneumococcal allowed with asthma or chronic illness.
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