Question

A nurse is providing teaching for a client who has a new prescription for a drug with a high potential for toxicity. Which of the following information should the nurse include? (Select all that apply.) Periodic laboratory tests are essential to measure serum drug levels. Monitoring for indications of toxicity is important. Taking the drug with an inducing agent will increase the possibility of toxicity. Taking the smallest effective dose is crucial. Increasing fluid intake is recommended to avoid toxicity.

Answer 1

Periodically we should check the lab values to measure out wether this fixed dose of medicine is enough or not .it also help us to get a clarification that it is over dose in case of alternation in lab values so prevention of toxitito can be done

Monitoring of indication of toxicity is important. We have to be alert enough to identify the side effects of drugs which we are consuming.it will be explained by the heath staff when ever we needed an answer.general symptoms like feeling of being sick, diarrhoea, vomiting,dizziness,chills etc are some examples.

Taking the drug with an inducing agent will increase the chance of toxicity . Health care staff itself will give you the importance and the contraindicated drugs and other things while prescribing the drug.

Increased fluid in take is good for health and also good when we are consuming a particular drug.but taking a huge dose of drug and having plenty of water won't stop toxicity. So always should remember to have the accuarac dose of drug which is prescribed and should have follow up as adviced by the health care staff.