A nurse is educating a patient who has Parkinson disease and her husband about the possible adverse effects of carbidopa-levodopa. The nurse should emphasize the need for the patient and her husband to monitor for any sudden increase in
A) involuntary movements.
B) perspiration.
C) appetite or thirst.
D) mobility.
A
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A patient is receiving hydroxyzine (Vistaril) for complaints of nausea and vomiting. Consider the following adverse effects of the drug, and select the one that is most significant
a. Excessive salivation b. Increased pulse c. Decreased respiratory rate d. Sedation
The nursing student tells her instructor, "My patient is Jewish and when I tried to teach her about her antihypertensive medication she said, ‘I'd rather eat chicken soup than take those medications.'"
What is the most appropriate response by the instructor? a. "This is common folk medicine among some Jewish people. You can talk to her about taking her medications and eating chicken soup." b. "There is no scientific evidence to support chicken soup as a substitute for antihypertensive medications. Maybe you should do some research on this." c. "The patient can make her own choices and decisions, and there is nothing we can do about this." d. "You can tell the patient she can eat her soup, but she needs to understand that she has to take her medications first."
The nurse should explain to a patient in heart failure that an aldosterone antagonist works by:
1. Reducing sodium and water retention 2. Filtering potassium out with the water in the renal tubules 3. Promoting the excretion of the urinary waste products urea and creatinine 4. Retaining calcium to improve the condition of blood vessels in the glomeruli
The patient's outflow (effluent) is cloudy as reported by the LPN/LVN. What would you instruct the LPN/LVN to do at this time?
A. Empty the outflow bag into the sink. B. Send a sample of effluent to the laboratory. C. Tell the patient to drink lots of fluids. D. Change the dressing around the patient's dialysis catheter.