A Patient Is Given a New Medication and Reports Nausea

question 9

Multiple Choice

A patient is given a new medication and reports nausea within an hour after taking the drug. The nurse consults the drug information manual and learns that nausea is not an expected adverse effect of this drug. When the next dose is due, what will the nurse do?

• A) Administer the drug and tell the patient to report further nausea.
• B) Hold the drug and notify the provider of the patient's symptoms.
• C) Report the symptoms of nausea to the MEDWATCH program.
• D) Request an order for an antiemetic to counter this drug's effects.

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Definitions:

Exophthalmometry

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Gonioscopy

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Ophthalmoscopy

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Tonometry

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