Drug therapy with atorvastatin (Lipitor) is initiated for a patient with hyperlipidemia. Nursing implications for this drug include:

Which of the following assessment findings indicates a therapeutic effect when receiving therapy with finasteride (Proscar)?

The patient is to start sumatriptan (Imitrex) for migraine headaches.  What is important for the nurse to include in the teaching plan for this medication?

A provider has written an order for a patient to receive diphenoxylate with atropine (Lomotil). The nurse recognizes that this agent is used in the treatment of:

Which of the following is NOT a goal of chemotherapy:

The nurse has completed medication education for the patient who takes psyllium mucilloid (Metamucil).  The nurse recognizes that additional teaching is indicated when the patient makes which statement?

A patient has been receiving the opioid agonist morphine (MS Contin) for chronic pain. When the patient says that she has recently been experiencing increased pain despite continuing the morphine, the nurse realizes that the patient is experiencing:

A patient is prescribed cyclophosphamide (Cytoxan) and vincristine (Oncovin) for Hodgkin’s disease.  How should the nurse answer a patient who asks why several chemotherapy agents are prescribed to treat his cancer?

The nurse provides teaching to a patient taking the antitussive dextromethorphan (Robitussin) for cough that was recommended by the physician.  The nurse knows that education has been effective if the patient makes the following statement:

The student nurse asks the nursing instructor, “Do the medications we are studying actually make more neurotransmitters?”  What is the best response by the nursing instructor?