A nurse works at a nursing home and notices that a client's hearing has diminished significantly over the past couple of days.The client has been receiving gentamicin IV for an infection.What should the nurse do?
A) Suggest checking the client's peak gentamicin level, and immediately report the loss in hearing in the chart and to the physician.
B) Tell Mrs.Jones that she is going to need a hearing aid.
C) Continue gentamicin IV, and check the peak level in a week.
D) Continue gentamicin IV, and suggest adding vancomycin IV to improve the ototoxicity.
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