Phenytoin (Dilantin) 100 mg orally three times daily has been prescribed for a patient for seizure control. The nurse reinforces instructions regarding the medication to the patient. Which statement by the patient indicates an understanding of the instructions?

Because the older adult has decreased production of saliva and gastric secretions, they are at risk for:

Immediately after the nurse administers an intradermal injection of a suspected antigen during allergy testing, the patient complains of itching at the site, weakness, and dizziness. Which action by the nurse is most appropriate initially?

How would a nurse record the behavior when a patient with Alzheimer disease attempts to eat using a napkin rather than a fork?

Bobby Green is a 19-year old college student who is admitted after having recurring seizures. Which of the following is commonly used to control generalized tonic-clonic seizures?

As you assist with immunizations at a health clinic, you inform the patients that immunizations provide which kind of protection?

An 83-year-old patient has had a stroke. He is right-handed and has a history of hypertension and “little” strokes. He presents with right hemiplegia. To afford him the best visual field, the nurse should approach him:

An anxious patient enters the emergency room with angioedema of the lips and tongue, dyspnea, urticaria, and wheezing after having eaten a peanut butter sandwich. What should be the nurse’s first intervention?

The nurse has given suggestions to the client with trigeminal neuralgia about strategies to minimize episodes of pain. The nurse evaluates that the patient needs reinforcement of information if the patient makes which of the following remarks?

A transfusion using blood from one’s own blood is called a(n) _____ transfusion, which. is the best defense against a transfusion reaction. Which response best completes this statement?