A Patient Is Being Treated for an Infection with Erythromycin

question 9

Multiple Choice

A patient is being treated for an infection with erythromycin. The nurse obtains a health history and learns that the patient has migraine headaches. The nurse will tell the patient to avoid which medication while taking the erythromycin?

• A) Acetaminophen
• B) Ergotamine (Ergomar)
• C) Sumatriptan (Imitrex)
• D) Topiramate

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Definitions:

Deductive Reasoning

A logical process in which a conclusion follows necessarily from the premises presented, such that if the premises are true, the conclusion cannot be false.

Centration

A cognitive limitation in early childhood thinking, where the focus is on one aspect of a situation or object at a time, ignoring other relevant aspects.

Irreversibility

A cognitive limitation in young children's thinking whereby they are unable to mentally reverse an action or process.

Egocentrism

The inability to differentiate between one's own perspective and another person's perspective, often observed in early childhood development.