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Since the patient says she is allergic to penicillin, the nurse's appropriate next action would be to: A) ascertain the exact nature of the patient's response to the drug.

What is a drug?

A drug can be defined as a type of chemical substance that is designed and developed to be ingested by a sick person (patient), so as to achieve any of the following:

  • Prevent or mitigate the occurrence of a disease.
  • Treat or cure a disease.
  • Diagnose a disease.  
  • Alleviate the symptoms of a disease.
  • Provide sound health and wellness.

This ultimately implies that, a drug is a chemical substance that has the ability to affect the physiologic processes associated with a living organism.

Since the patient says she is allergic to penicillin, the nurse's appropriate next action would be to: A) ascertain the exact nature of the patient's response to the drug.

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Complete Question:

The nurse is assessing a patient new to the clinic. The patient says she is allergic to penicillin. What would be the nurse's appropriate next action?

A) Ascertain the exact nature of the patient's response to the drug.

B) Document the patient is allergic to penicillin.

C) Mark the patient's chart in red that she has a penicillin allergy.

D) Continue to assess the patient for other allergies.

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