Question

A client being treated for an allergy has been prescribed antihistamines. The Kardex of this client reads as follows: Age: 32; Profession: Carpenter; Lifestyle & diet: Lives alone, average smoker, nonalcoholic, no food preferences, practices yoga; Medical history: Suffers from hay fever, recent urinary tract infection that has been treated successfully. What information from the Kardex is likely to have the greatest implication in educating the client about antihistamine administration?

Answer 1

Hi !

What information from the Kardex is likely to have the greatest implication in educating the client about antihistamine administration?

The client's profession

(antihistamines cause drowsiness, not to operate machinery or perform tasks that require alertness when taking antihistamines.)

Answer 2

It would be helpfull to know his work schedule because one of the side effects of antihistamines is that induce a sleepy (mode) disposition