Pharmacology Chapter 43 Diuretics Nursing School Test Banks Questions And Answers
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Which of the following will a nurse encourage the Diuretic drug?
a. Change positions slowly to prevent dizziness and orthostatic hypotension
b. Keep a log of their daily weight
c. Encourage patients to return for follow-up visits and lab tests
d. watch for signs and symptoms of hypokalemia like...
MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity: Pharmacological and Parenteral Therapies
4. The nurse is caring for a patient who is to begin receiving a thiazide diuretic
to treat heart failure. When performing a health history on this patient, the
nurse will be concerned about a history of which condition?
a. Asthma
b. Glaucoma
c. Gout
d. Hypertension
✓~ ANS: C
Thiazides block uric acid secretion and elevated levels can contribute to gout.
Patients with a history of gout should take thiazide diuretics with caution; they
may need behavioral and/or pharmacologic changes to their gout treatment.
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