ATI Comprehensive Final Quiz

ATI Comprehensive Final Quiz What is a nurses priority action when a patient is experiencing anaphylactic shock while receiving IV medications? - ANSWER Priority action: stop the medication infusion The nurse can also: Administer epinephrine; infuse .9% sodium chloride, and elevate the lower extremities to help maintain adequate blood pressure What medication is contra indicated while taking St. John's wort? And why? - ANSWER Sertraline Taking concurrently puts the patient at risk for serotonin syndrome Both of these are used for Tx of depression Persistent otitis media - ANSWER An infection of the middle ear Passive smoking promote adherence of respiratory pathogen's to the lining of the middle ear space which prolongs inflammation and impedes drainage from the ear Exposure to cold weather does not cause otitis media Acarbose (Precose) adverse effects - ANSWER Sleepiness, headaches, anemia; the most common adverse effects are gastrointestinal - diarrhea, abdominal distention, cramping, flatulence presbyopia - ANSWER impaired vision as a result of aging Can affect one's ability to read the newspaper, the lens is unable to change shape to focus on close up objects Myelomeningocele - ANSWER Most severe form of spina bifida in which the spinal cord and meninges are in a cerebrospinal fluid-filled sac and protrude through the spine Neural tube defect pts are at Rx for latex allergy Most common complication of this disorder is UTI Prevention of the development of amblyopia - ANSWER A disorder of the eye and which unilateral central blindness occurs as a result of another problem, such as strabismus Parents should patch the unaffected I