N221 Ch 21 NCLEX Practice Questions and Complete Solutions

An adult patient presents with symptomatic bradycardia. The nurse prepares to administer which dose of atropine intravenously? -0.3 mg -0.5 mg -1.25 mg -2 mg -0.5 mg The recommended dose of atropine to treat symptomatic bradycardia is 0.5 to 1 mg. An adult patient presents to the emergency room with insecticide poisoning. The nurse prepares to administer which dose of atropine intravenously? -0.3 mg -0.5 mg -2 mg -4 mg -2 mg Higher doses of atropine (1 to 3 mg) are needed to treat cholinergic overdoses such as insecticide poisoning. The nurse monitors a patient taking tolterodine (Detrol) for which therapeutic effect? -Decrease in gastrointestinal motility -Decrease in urinary frequency -Increase in heart rate -Increase in blood pressure -Decrease in urinary frequency Tolterodine (Detrol) blocks the muscarinic receptors in the bladder to decrease urinary frequency and urgency. The nurse monitors a patient prescribed dicyclomine (Bentyl) for which therapeutic effect? -Decrease in gastrointestinal motility -Decrease in urinary frequency -Increase in heart rate -Increase in blood pressure -Decrease in gastrointestinal motility