NURS 25102018_AD Quizzez. Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

A client with schizophrenia is given an antipsychotic drug. The nurse recalls all the extrapyramidal effects associated with this type of medication and anticipates that the drug will be discontinued if which occurs? 1 Akathisia Correct2 Tardive dyskinesia 3 Parkinsonian syndrome 4 Acute dystonic reaction Tardive dyskinesia is characterized by protrusion and vermicular movements of the tongue, chewing and puckering movements of the mouth, and a puffing of the cheeks. These adverse ef...