Your client is taking clozapine (Clozaril) and complains of a sore throat. This symptom may be an indication of which adverse reaction?
A. Extrapyramidal reaction
B. Tardive dyskinesia
C. Reye's syndrome
D. Agranulocytosis
Answer: D. Agranulocytosis
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Which of the following variables is most likely to be negatively skewed in a general population?
a. Number of times arrested b. Age at retirement c. Number of times married d. Age at birth
The nurse is preparing a prenatal class about infant feeding methods to include maternal nutritional requirements for breastfeeding and formula-feeding. What statement should the nurse include?
1. "Formula-feeding mothers need a high protein intake to avoid fatigue." 2. "Producing breast milk requires calories, but any source of food is fine." 3. "Breastfeeding requires a continued high intake of protein and calcium." 4. "Formula-feeding mothers should protect their health with a lot of calcium."
A new nurse has been assigned a client who is in the hospital to receive iodine-131 treatment. Which action by the nurse is best?
a. Ensure the client is placed in protective isolation. b. Hand off a pregnant client to another nurse. c. No special action is necessary to care for this client. d. Read the policy on handling radioactive excreta.
The nurse is assessing a client who was described during shift report as being obtunded, and finds which of the following consistent with that description?
1. Answers questions minimally and is indifferent to stimuli. 2. Disoriented to time, place, and person with auditory hallucinations. 3. Responds only to vigorous continuous stimulation. 4. Intermittent periods of impaired judgment.