Question

a nurse is teaching a client about the adverse effects of a newly prescribed medication. which of the following statements should the nurse include in the teaching?

• \adverse effects are the intended effects of the medication.\
• \adverse effects indicate a severe allergy to the medication.\
• \decrease your medication dose if adverse effects occur.\
• \contact your provider if adverse effects occur.\

Explanation:

1. Analyze the first option: Adverse effects are unintended, not intended, so this is wrong.
2. Analyze the second option: Adverse effects ≠ severe allergy (allergies are a type of adverse effect but not all adverse effects are allergies), so this is wrong.
3. Analyze the third option: Patients should not adjust doses without provider guidance, so this is wrong.
4. Analyze the fourth option: Contacting the provider for adverse effects is correct nursing teaching.

Answer:

D. "Contact your provider if adverse effects occur." (Note: Assuming the options are labeled A - D with the fourth option being D; if original labels differ, adjust, but based on content, the correct statement is "Contact your provider if adverse effects occur.")