You do the intake assessment on a young female patient in the clinic and you notice hand tremors. Her chart indicates that she started on chlorpromazine (Thorazine) following her last visit 2 weeks ago. Your first action is:
A) Report the symptom to the doctor immediately.
B) Teach her finger-strengthening exercises.
C) Tell her to stop taking the medication immediately.
D) Inform her that "this happens" and "not to worry."
A
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A) Have a cola-color B) Have fibrinous threads C) Contain renal calculi D) Be copious in amount
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1. tell the patient that getting his pain under control will be difficult because he uses heroin. 2. ask the pharmacist to help you compute the amount of pain medication that you think he will need. 3. try to use nonopioid medications so that you do not interfere with his heroin needs. 4. openly question the patient about his daily heroin use.
When administering IV bolus phenytoin to an infant, the nurse must use:
a. a scalp vein IV access. c. a central venous access device. b. an antecubital IV access. d. a brachial artery catheter.
The term that means pertaining to the eyes or sight is ________.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).