You give a patient who has nausea and vomiting in the ED prochlorperazine (Compazine) IM, as ordered by the physician. The patient is discharged 2 hours after the administration of this medi-cation
You ask the friend of the patient to drive him home. Why is this action necessary? 1. The patient is too nervous after this ED visit.
2. The patient does drive a car, but he is too elderly.
3. The medication causes hyperactivity of the brain.
4. The patient should not operate a motor vehicle after receiving this medication.
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Antiemetic agents should be used with extreme caution in patients doing tasks that require them to be mentally alert, because these products produce drowsiness.
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A) First-generation antihistamine agent: chlorpheniramine (Chlor-Trimeton) B) First-generation antihistamine agent: hydroxyzine (Vistaril) C) Second-generation antihistamine agent: loratadine (Claritin) D) Second-generation antihistamine agent: cetirizine (Zyrtec)
During a school presentation a male nurse is asked by a 12-year-old to explain wet dreams. What should the nurse respond to this question?
A) "When you are thinking about girls or having girlfriends you might have a wet dream." B) "It is not common to wet the bed or urinate when you have a wet dream." C) "Having wet dreams indicates that your body is going through a process of maturing." D) "It will be several years before you will start having wet dreams."
The nurse is performing a vision screening for a 4-year-old child. Which screening chart would be best for determining the child's visual acuity?
A) Snellen B) Ishihara C) Allen figures D) Color Vision Testing Made Easy (CVTME)
Breakdown of the retina, known as ____________________, occurs over a period of months or years.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).