Daily for treatment of depression

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The nurse is caring for a client who has a newly written prescription for "fluoxetine 20 mg by mouth daily for treatment of depression." The nurse is unfamiliar with this medication. What information should the nurse acquire prior to administration of this drug? Contraindications of the drug. If the client has taken the medication previously. Previous side effects the client has had. The trade name of the drug.

Reference no: EM133688010

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