A nurse is teaching an 82-year-old client about amphotericin B, an antifungal ordered by the health care provider. Which client statement would suggest that teaching has been effective?

Taking this drug could damage my kidneys.

Explanation:

the side effect of taking amphotericin are kidney failure, fever, chills, and sometimes headaches after the medication is given, the Amphotericin B is an antifungal medicine used for severe fungal infections and leishmaniasis. The fungal infections it is used to treat include aspergillosis, blastomycosis, candidiasis, coccidioidomycosis, and cryptococcosis. For some certain infections it is given with the aid of flucytosine. It is one of those medicine typically given by injection into a vein.

The 82 year old client should be aware of the dangers of taking the drug which suggest that the teaching is now effective.

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Explanation:

When there is a need to treat some person or individual that has fungal diseases that are somehow chronic, the medication to use is known as amphotericin B. The medication amphotericin B is a Chemical with the molar mass of 924.079 g/mol and chemical formula of C47H73NO17. Although, the amphotericin B is a medication it also have effects and the nurse should teach the 82-year-old client about the dangers of using amphotericin B and some of the effects are weight loss, headache, loss of appetite, diarrhea and so on. So, if the client understand the effect of using the drug for instance if the client knows that the drug or medication can also damage his or her kidney.

the last statement is correct i.e.

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