When a patient is taught about the extrapyramidal effects of antipsychotic drugs, information about what symptoms that may develop early in therapy should be included?
a. Severe spasms of the muscles of the tongue, face, neck, or back
b. Pacing and squirming
c. Involuntary upward deviation of the eyes
d. Cramping causing joint dislocation
b
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Conjunctivitis in a child that is accompanied by acute otitis media is treated with:
1. Sulfacetamide 10% ophthalmic solution (Bleph-10) 2. Bacitracin/polymyxin B (Polysporin) ophthalmic drops 3. Ciprofloxacin (Ciloxan) ophthalmic drops 4. High-dose oral amoxicillin
The nurse is caring for a laboring client with thrombocytopenia. During labor, it is determined that the client requires a cesarean delivery. The nurse is preparing the client for surgery, and is performing preoperative teaching
The nurse should instruct the client that which method of anesthesia is recommended? A. General anesthesia B. Epidural anesthesia C. Spinal anesthesia D. Regional anesthesia
The nurse is caring for a client who has been diagnosed with migraine headaches that occur every 2–3 days and placed on preventive therapy with the beta blocker propranolol (Inderal). Which data indicates the medication is effective?
1. The client has supplemented propranolol with sumatriptan (Imitrex) four times this week. 2. The apical pulse is 78 beats per minute for this client. 3. The client had only one headache in the past week. 4. The client has developed orthostatic hypotension.
Persons who naturally relate aggressively to others, seldom have empathy, and lack appropriate guilt feelings are given the diagnosis of ____ disorder
a. Conduct b. Adjustment c. Impulse-control d. Oppositional defiant