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A 75-year-old client is Benzodiazepine toxicity
brought to the emergency
department by the family.
The family relates that the
client has confusion,
seizures, and abnormal
perception of movement.
When the nurse looks at
the medication that the
family has brought to the
ED, the nurse discovers
that twice the number of
tablets are missing from
the vial as there should be
if the prescription orders
were being followed.
What should the nurse
suspect is wrong with this
client?
Clients taking Falls
benzodiazepines,
especially older adult
clients, are at high risk for
which effect?
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A client informs the nurse Advise the client to contact his healthcare provider
that he plans on about tapering off the medication.
discontinuing the
prescribed lorazepam
(Ativan) he has been
taking for the past four
months. What is the nurse's
best action in response to
this client's statement?
The client suffers from Increased sedative effect
GERD and diverticulosis
and has been admitted to
a medical floor. The
admitting physician orders
cimetidine and a sedative
to calm the client. What
should the nurse be
concerned about?
A 70-year-old patient has a dose adjustment should be made if these symptoms
just started taking persist.
lorazepam 10 days ago for
anxiety issues related the
death of her husband. She
is staying with her
daughter for a couple of
weeks. The patient's
daughter has noticed that
her mother is having
difficulty walking and
seems to be confused at
times and calls the clinic
to report this to the nurse.
The nurse will inform the
daughter that:
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A male patient is being The risks of injuries if mental and physical responses
discharged home from the are slowed by drugs
hospital after having
pneumonia. At home, the
patient will be taking the
same drugs he was taking
before he was
hospitalized. These drugs
include an anti-anxiety
medication and a
medication for insomnia.
During the home care
nurse's initial visit, what
should the nurse review
with the patient?
The nurse is caring for a "I take an over-the-counter antihistamine each day for
client who has been my allergies."
prescribed oxazepam.
What statement by the
client would suggest an
increased risk of CNS
depression to the nurse?
A nurse is caring for a Anxiety, nausea, and vomiting
patient who has just been
transported to the
operating room. Twenty
minutes prior to leaving
for the operating room,
this patient was medicated
with topical promethazine.
What is the rationale for
giving promethazine prior
to surgery?
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