The nurse is providing instructions to a client beginning medication therapy with divalproex sodium (Depakote) for treatment of absence seizures
The nurse instructs the client that which of the following represents the most frequent side effect of this medication? 1. Tinnitus
2. Irritability
3. Blue vision
4. Nausea and vomiting
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Rationale: The most frequent side effects of medication therapy with divalproex sodium (Depakote) are gastrointestinal (GI) disturbances, such as nausea, vomiting, and indigestion. The items in the other options are incorrect.
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A terminated employee files a grievance against the nurse manager. Which situations would benefit the employee's claim? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected
Standard Text: Select all that apply. 1. The nurse manager wrote notes on the expectations discussed during disciplinary sessions. 2. The terminated employee's last evaluation discusses problems with performance, but no coaching is described. 3. When problems with the employee arose, the manager's average time of intervention was less than 1 day. 4. There are notes in the employee's record from human resources indicating the nurse manager had discussed issues with the HR director. 5. In one note, the manager describes the employee as "petulant, immature, and uncaring."
The nurse is caring for a patient in the intensive care unit who has been receiving neuromuscular junction (NMJ) blockers, sedatives, and analgesics for the past 2 weeks
The NMJ blocker therapy has been discontinued and the other medications are being reduced gradually. The patient is now alert and awake, communicating with his or her family by using paper and pencil. The family asks why the patient cannot sustain normal respirations. What is the nurse's best response? (Select all that apply.) A) "His or her muscles need to get their strength back again." B) "This is a common occurrence in situations like this." C) "He or she is likely to breathe better each day." D) "The drugs created temporary muscle damage." E) "He or she will not be taken off the mechanical ventilator until he is ready."
In what alternate health care practice do Latino individuals believe? (Select all that apply.)
a. Use of a folk healer b. Folk remedies c. Self-mutilation d. Sweating in a smoke tent e. Use of peyote
The nurse is caring for a client in the clinic whom she suspects has vaginosis. Which test best determines whether this sexually active woman has the disorder?
1. The observation of mycelia upon direct microscopy in a 10% potassium hydroxide preparation 2. The addition of a 10% potassium hydroxide solution to the vaginal secretions 3. A vaginal pH of less than 4.5 4. A Gram stain positive for the fungus