The Nurse Is Caring for a Patient Who Has a History

question 12

Multiple Choice

The nurse is caring for a patient who has a history of congestive heart failure and takes once-daily furosemide (Lasix) to prevent fluid overload and pulmonary edema. The patient admits to stopping the medication due to nocturia. What is the nurse's best response?

• A) "You should ask your doctor to decrease the dose."
• B) "Take the diuretic early in the morning before breakfast."
• C) "Eat foods high in potassium and limit your salt intake."
• D) "Restrict your fluid intake after dinner and in the evening."

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Definitions:

Proglottids

Segments that make up the body of tapeworms, each capable of reproducing sexually.

Cercariae

The larval stage of certain parasitic flatworms belonging to the class Trematoda, which is released from the intermediate host and seeks out the definitive host in which it will mature.

Sporocysts

A form of parasitic flatworm larvae that develops within a snail host, part of the life cycle in certain flukes.

Scolexes

The head segments of tapeworms, equipped with suckers or hooks for attaching to the host's intestinal wall.