A patient has a past medical history of hypertension, hyperl…

A patient has a past medical history of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, peripheral arterial disease along with a recent diagnosis of left sided heart failure. Their medication reconciliation is as follows:  Amlodipine 10 mg PO daily  Lisinopril 50 mg PO daily  Simvastatin 10 mg PO nightly  Multivitamin PO daily  Niacin 1,000 mg PO daily  You understand the amlodipine is prescribed to _______________. 

A client who has been diagnosed with type II diabetes mellit…

A client who has been diagnosed with type II diabetes mellitus has been prescribed glipizide in addition to diet and exercise changes for their treatment plan. When reviewing the client’s laboratory values, the nurse interprets which value as the best evidence of a therapeutic response to the glipizide?