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?

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?

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

Which of the following medications promotes increased cough production by increasing and thinning mucous secretions to allow patients to decrease chest congestion

A nurse is treating a 75-year-old female patient who'd receiving heparin therapy for recurring deep vein thromboses. Before discharging the patient, the nurse should advise her to monitor for which of the following symptoms?

How long after the onset of thrombotic symptoms should the use of thrombolytic agents take place?