ADVANCED CONCEPTS What precaution do you teach a patient who is prescribed to take an oral sulfonylurea agent to maintain control of blood glucose levels?

ADVANCED CONCEPTS What is the difference between primary hypertension and secondary hypertension?

BASIC CONCEPTS What are the most common side effects of alpha blockers?

ADVANCED CONCEPTS A patient newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes who is prescribed rosiglitazone (Avandia) has all the following health problems. For which problem do you check with the prescriber to make certain rosiglitazone is an appropriate drug choice?

ADVANCED CONCEPTS A 38-year-old patient has been prescribed nadolol (Corgard) 80 mg daily for hypertension. The patient tells you that he has stopped taking the drug. What is your best first action at this time?

A patient is prescribed potassium chloride (KCl). What dosage of KCl would the nurse expect to see ordered for this patient?

ADVANCED CONCEPTS A patient who has been prescribed enalapril (Vasotec) has developed a persistent nonproductive cough. What is your best action?

Sam is a boy scout leader taking a group of scouts on a hike up a moutain to a camping site. He observes that the hiking group keeps getting spread out because one boy, Joshua, walks more slowly than the others. To keep the group moving together, Sam puts Joshua at the head of the line. This change illustrates which key principle of Theory of Constraints operations management?

ADVANCED CONCEPTS A 33-year-old female patient is currently taking captopril (Capoten) and metoprolol (Lopressor) to control her blood pressure. She tells you that she plans to become pregnant. What should you teach the patient about the use of this drug during pregnancy?

ADVANCED CONCEPTS A patient who is taking nicardipine (Cardene) develops skin lesions, itching, fever, and achy joints. What is your best first action?