The nurse is caring for a patient with bacterial meningitis. The provider has prescribed mannitol to this patient. The patient’s mother asks why this medication has been prescribed. Which of the following responses by the nurse is most appropriate?
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- Pharmacological and Parenteral Therapies
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- Category: Pharmacological and Parenteral Therapies
- Difficulty: 5
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