A nurse is providing teaching to a newly licensed nurse about caring for a client who has a prescription for gemfibrozil. The nurse should instruct the newly licensed nurse to monitor which of the following laboratory tests?

1. Platelet count

2. Electrolyte levels

3. Thyroid function

4. Liver function

A nurse is providing discharge dietary teaching to a client who has a something and is taking medication theophylline and to provide general instructions the nurse should include?

Avoid caffeinated beverages

A nurse is providing teaching to a client who has gout and a new prescription for allopurinol. The nurse should instruct the client to discontinue taking the medication for which of the following adverse effects?

1. Nausea

2. Metallic taste

3. Fever

4. Drowsiness

the nurse is mixing regular insulin and NPH into a syringe for a client who has diabetes

mellitus. Which of the following actions should the nurse take first?

Inject air into the NPH vial

A nurse is providing teaching to a client who has ulcerative colitis and a newprescription for sulfasalazine. The nurse should instruct the client to monitorfor which of the following adverse effects of this medication?

1. Jaundice

2. Constipation

3. Oral candidiasis

4. Sedation