A 28-year-old woman has been diagnosed with schizophrenia. The physician has prescribed a typical antipsychotic, haloperidol. Which of the following will the nurse include in the teaching related to the most common adverse effects?
A) Neuroleptic malignant syndrome
B) Agranulocytosis
C) Extrapyramidal symptoms
D) Gastrointestinal problems
C
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A 60-year-old man has just been told that he has benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH). He has a friend who just died from cancer of the prostate. He is concerned this will happen to him. How should the nurse respond?
a. "The swelling in your prostate is only temporary and will go away." b. "We will treat you with chemotherapy so we can control the cancer." c. "It would be very unusual for a man your age to have cancer of the prostate." d. "The enlargement of your prostate is caused by hormonal changes, and not cancer."
A nurse manager is concerned that actions by a female nurse may constitute sexual harassment. What element should the manager consider?
1. The number of male employees working on the unit 2. The females nurse's age 3. Does the nurse mean to be offensive? 4. Would a reasonable person's work be affected by this behavior?
Which of the following assessment findings would suggest to the nurse that a client is at risk for alterations in perfusion?
1. Blood pressure 110/68 mmHg 2. Apical heart rate 80; radial beats per minute 68 3. Respiratory rate 20 per minute 4. Temperature 98.8°F
Watson proposes that: The nurse's moral commitment, intentionality, and caritas consciousness is to protect, enhance, promote, and potentiate human dignity,
wholeness, and healing, wherein a person creates or co-creates his or her own meaning for existence, healing, wholeness, and living and dying. Indicate whether this statement is true or false.