Common Side Effects and Nursing Monitoring

1. Match each class of medication with its indications. Choose your answers from the list below (each answer can only be used once). *
2. Match each class of medication with its indications. Choose your answers from the list below (each answer can only be used once). *
3. Match each class of medication with its indications. Choose your answers from the list below (each answer can only be used once). *
4. Match The Drug Class with The Common Side Effect. *
5. Match The Drug Class with The Common Side Effect. *
6. Match The Drug Class with The Common Side Effect. *
7. Match The Drug Class with The Common Side Effect. *
8. Around 4:30 pm, an LPN who has just begun her shift at a CHSLD must take a beneficiary’s vital signs and give her her medication with a large glass of water. The MAR indicates the following:

Cholinesterase inhibitors (donepezil) 10mg PO HS 10mg/co.
Antidiabetic (metformin) 500mg PO TID 500mg PO/co.
Anticoagulant (warfarin) 2mg PO die 2mg/co.
Antibiotic (moxifloxacin) 1 drop in both eyes TID

Match The Drug Class with The Appropriate Nursing Intervention. *
9. A patient is hospitalized for diverticulitis. She says she feels a swelling in her stomach accompanied by cramps. She also says she has been constipated for a few days and is anxious because of the exams she underwent this morning. The MARS indicates the following:

Anticholinergic (scopolamine) 10mg PO TID PRN 10mg/co.
Stool softener (doc usage) 100 mg PO HS 100mg/caps.
Analgesic (acetaminophen) 650mg PO q4h PRN if abdominal pain 325mg/co. Anxiolytics (clonazepam) 0.5mg PO STAT 0.5mg/co.

Match The Drug Class with The Appropriate Nursing Intervention. *
10. A diabetic beneficiary uses a wheelchair because she has numbness in her left foot and joint when she rises. The LPN must administer the beneficiary’s morning medications. The MARS indicates the following:

Antidiabetic (insulin 30/70) 21 units S.C. BID
NSAID (ibuprofen) 400mg PO q6h PRN 200mg/co.
Antiarrhythmic (metoprolol) 50mg PO BID 50mg/co.
Antiulcer (cimetidine) 400mg PO HS 400mg/co.

Match The Drug Class with The Appropriate Nursing Intervention. *
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