A patient receives the usual dose of a medication for the first time and develops severe hypotension and bradycardia . The nurse reports this event as an __________ type of medication action
Fill in the blanks with correct word
adverse drug effect (ADE)
Adverse drug effects are unintended, undesirable, and often unpredictable. They occur at doses normally used.
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1. "This is normal. Just make sure the food he eats is nutritious." 2. "Take the child's temperature and call back if it is elevated, because he might be sick." 3. "Give the child ibuprofen before meals to help reduce teething pain." 4. "Let's make an appointment for him to be seen today so the doctor can see what's wrong with him."
Three emergency room nurses are planning community education offerings that will use the American Heart Association's "Heartsaver CPR" training
Which of these would be a disadvantage to using manikin simulation technology for CPR skills practice and testing? 1. More instructors would be needed to oversee the training and testing. 2. Instruction time may be increased for training and testing purposes. 3. Participants may need to perform the skills several times to pass the test. 4. Initial costs for program implementation may be increased.
Which section of the report allows the nurse researcher to address support of the theoretical framework?
a. Results b. Discussion c. Literature review d. Methods
A patient who has a small cell carcinoma of the lung develops syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone (SIADH). The nurse should notify the health care provider about which assessment finding?
a. Reported weight gain b. Serum hematocrit of 42% c. Serum sodium level of 120 mg/dL d. Total urinary output of 280 mL during past 8 hours