The Neurological System 1 Questions
and Answers | Latest Version | 2025/2026
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What is a key side effect a nurse should monitor for in a client taking phenytoin?
✔✔ Gingival hyperplasia
Which neurotransmitter is increased by donepezil in the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease?
✔✔ Acetylcholine
Why should a patient taking carbamazepine report a new skin rash immediately?
✔✔ It may indicate Stevens-Johnson syndrome
What is a serious adverse effect of valproic acid that requires liver function monitoring?
✔✔ Hepatotoxicity
What is the most appropriate action if a client taking diazepam becomes overly sedated?
✔✔ Notify the provider immediately and monitor respiratory rate
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, What is one common central nervous system side effect of baclofen?
✔✔ Drowsiness
Why should patients taking selegiline avoid foods high in tyramine?
✔✔ To prevent hypertensive crisis
What is the expected therapeutic effect of levodopa/carbidopa in Parkinson’s disease?
✔✔ Improved voluntary movement and decreased tremors
Which medication is used to abort an active migraine attack?
✔✔ Sumatriptan
What is the priority vital sign to monitor when administering diazepam intravenously?
✔✔ Respiratory rate
Which lab value should be monitored during long-term valproic acid therapy?
✔✔ Liver function tests (ALT, AST)
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and Answers | Latest Version | 2025/2026
| Correct & Verified
What is a key side effect a nurse should monitor for in a client taking phenytoin?
✔✔ Gingival hyperplasia
Which neurotransmitter is increased by donepezil in the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease?
✔✔ Acetylcholine
Why should a patient taking carbamazepine report a new skin rash immediately?
✔✔ It may indicate Stevens-Johnson syndrome
What is a serious adverse effect of valproic acid that requires liver function monitoring?
✔✔ Hepatotoxicity
What is the most appropriate action if a client taking diazepam becomes overly sedated?
✔✔ Notify the provider immediately and monitor respiratory rate
1
, What is one common central nervous system side effect of baclofen?
✔✔ Drowsiness
Why should patients taking selegiline avoid foods high in tyramine?
✔✔ To prevent hypertensive crisis
What is the expected therapeutic effect of levodopa/carbidopa in Parkinson’s disease?
✔✔ Improved voluntary movement and decreased tremors
Which medication is used to abort an active migraine attack?
✔✔ Sumatriptan
What is the priority vital sign to monitor when administering diazepam intravenously?
✔✔ Respiratory rate
Which lab value should be monitored during long-term valproic acid therapy?
✔✔ Liver function tests (ALT, AST)
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