A nursing role is to teach clients to watch for adverse medication reactions. The client should be able to recognize what about adverse reactions?
a. They are mild, easily treatable side effects.
b. They are therapeutic, expected effects.
c. They are undesired effects that may be severe.
d. They are the desired therapeutic effects.
ANS: C
Adverse reactions are a range of untoward effects (unintended and occurring at normal doses) of drugs that cause mild-to-severe side effects, including anaphylaxis (cardiovascular collapse). Adverse reactions are always undesirable and must always be reported and documented because they represent variances from planned therapy.
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