A client has been diagnosed with a fungal nail infection. The provider has prescribed griseofulvin. What will the nurse include in her teaching to the client?

A client has been diagnosed with a fungal nail infection. The provider has prescribed griseofulvin. What will the nurse include in her teaching to the client?

You have a 93-year-old female who is on 88 mcg of Synthroid daily for hypothyroidism. There are numerous drug interactions associated with this form of thyroid hormone therapy. With full understanding of the potential drug: drug interactions, which of the following medications would not be problematic if prescribed for this patient?

You are seeing a new patient to the practice. The patient is 66 years old and is on metoprolol XL for management of PSVT and HCTZ for her blood pressure. She states she has been thirstier lately and wonders if that has something to do with her HCTZ. As a part of your work up you order a ‘general health panel’. The patient’s fasting glucose is 157, creatinine is 1.0, and her TSH is 3.0. Based on her symptoms and her lab results she is diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. With your knowledge of pharmacodynamics and pharmacotherapeutics, you recognize there is a need for a change in her current medications due to which of the following?

To avoid a theophylline toxicity in her patients, a nurse should decrease the dosage of this medication when administering it concurrently with which of the following medications?

A nurse caring for a 52-year-old patient who's been prescribed Hydrocodone for chronic back pain must observe for manifestations of