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1. A nurse is car-
The priority finding the nurse should report is
ing for a
yellow sclera
female client
because it indicates
who has
Crohn's hepatotoxicity
disease.
When using the urgent vs. nonurgent approach to client care, the
Complete the nurse deter- mines that the priority finding to report is yellow sclera. This,
following along with elevated liver enzymes, indicates hepatotoxicity. A report of
sentence by nausea when taking azathioprine is non-urgent because taking the
using the lists medication on an empty stomach may cause gastric irritation.
of options. Therefore, there is another finding that is the nurse's priority
to report. A report of fatigue is non-urgent for a client who has a history
The priority of
finding the iron-deficiency anemia and whose Hct and Hgb are unchanged;
nurse should therefore, there is another finding that is the nurse's priority to report.
report is
because it
indicates
2. A nurse is When analyzing cues, the nurse should identify that sulfasalazine should
caring for a be ad- ministered with caution to a client who has a history of asthma,
client who renal impairment,
has inflammatory and anemia because sulfasalazine may cause these conditions to
worsen. The client
bowel disease. should indicate to the nurse that the client's
newly prescribed medication should be
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highlight the
findings that
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has a history of asthma,
their BUN and creatinine
are elevated, and their
Hgb and Hct are below
the expected ranges for a
male client.
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Sulfasalazine 1
g PO every 8
hr.
Inflammatory bowel disease
3. A nurse
should
recognize
that
diphenoxylate/at- Diphenoxylate is an opioid, which can cause the severe complication of
toxic
ropine should megacolon in clients who have inflammatory bowel disease. The nurse
be used with should have the client monitor the consistency and frequency of stools
caution for a throughout therapy.
client who has
which of the
following
conditions?
4. A nurse is
caring for a
Abdominal pain
client who
has a new
Aldosterone, a serotonin 5-HT3 receptor antagonist, can cause ischemic
pre- colitis. The
scription for alos- nurse should tell the client to report abdominal pain, bloody diarrhea,
or rectal
etron to treat port which of
ir- ritable bowel the following ad- verse effects of the
syn- drome. medication?
The nurse
should 5. A nurse is ad- ministering sul- fasalazine
instruct the to a client. Which of
client to re-