BRAND NEW Week 5 - Quiz!!!
NURS-6512N-53, Advanced Health Assessment
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Course NURS-6521N-37, Advanced Pharmacology.
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A nurse who provides care on an acute medicine unit has frequently recommended
the use of nicotine replacement gum for patients who express a willingness to quit
smoking during their admission or following their discharge. For which of the
following patients would nicotine gum be contraindicated?
Response Nicotine in any dosage form should not be used in patients Feedback:
immediately after myocardial infarction, or in those with life- threatening arrhythmias or
, severe or worsening angina pectoris. Antibiotics, anticoagulants, and renal failure are not
contraindications for the use of nicotine as an aid to smoking cessation.
A 64-year-old-patient has been prescribed lorazepam (Ativan) because of
increasing periods of anxiety. The nurse should be careful to assess for
Response The patient who has history of alcohol or substance abuse may be a
Feedback: poor candidate for lorazepam because the patient is more likely to
develop dependence on the drug. Alcohol will also have an additive
effect with lorazepam. A diet high in fat and carbohydrates or nicotine
use should not affect the use of lorazepam.
A patient has a history of tonic-clonic seizures that have been successfully treated
with phenytoin (Dilantin) for several years. Phenytoin achieves a therapeutic effect
by