NURSING 180 EXAM 2 QUESTIONS & COMPLETE VERIFIED SOLUTIONS

NURSING 180 EXAM 2 QUESTIONS &
COMPLETE VERIFIED SOLUTIONS

Clonazepam - correct answer ✔✔(benzo) Antianxiety

- Take PRN

- May cause Rhinitis (runny nose) (not a medical emergency), drowsiness.

- check w/ dr for over the counter medication

- No alcohol



How should you discontinue clonazepam? - correct answer ✔✔Gradually to prevent seizures



What do you take before giving clonazepam? - correct answer ✔✔Liver function test (LFT)



Alprazolam - correct answer ✔✔(Benzo, antianxiety, anxielytic )



Take PRN



Side effects:

purpra (spot of blood under skin)



Jaundice - liver function



Report these immediately



lorazepam (Ativan) What is it given for - correct answer ✔✔(antianxiety)

, Taken PRN

given to alcohol addicted pt to prevent seizures that occur form withdrawals.

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Thiamine - B (what is it given for) - correct answer ✔✔Can be given PO IV and IM



Prevents alcoholics from getting these two:



Wernicke encephalopathy (acute and reversible)

Korasoff syndrome - chronic



Buspirone - correct answer ✔✔Non benzo



Usually given for anxiety before benzo



Taken daily



Takes 4 weeks for improvement



Usually taken short term



Do not take with benzo



Side effects: diziness, insomnia nervousness



Fluxetine (SSRI) - correct answer ✔✔Antidepressent