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The nurse is discussing nutritional needs with a client who is considering pregnancy. The nurse correctly tells the client the caloric needs typically start to increase at which point in the pregnancy? → Second trimester A client who is 23 weeks pregnant tells the nurse she is considering taking an herbal supplement to help relax in the evenings. What would be the nurse's best response? → The safety of herbs in pregnancy is not known The nurse is discussing healthy weight gain w...

A male client with chronic atrial fibrillation and a slow ventricular response is scheduled for surgical placement of a permanent pacemaker. The client asks the nurse how this device will help him. How should the nurse explain the action of a synchronous pacemaker? → An electrical stimulus is discharged when no ventricular response is sensed. → - → The artificial cardiac pacemaker is an electronic device used to pace the heart when the normal conduction pathway is damaged or disea...

potassium (mEq/L): → 3.5-5 Magnesium (mEq/L): → 1.3-2.1 Calcium (total) (mg/dL): → 9-10.5 Phosphate (mg/dL): → 3-4.5 Sodium (mEq/L): → 135-145 Stool: lactoferrin (μg/g): → <7.25 RBC male: → 4.7-6.1 RBC female: 2 0 2 4 /2025 | © copyright | This work may not be copied for profit gain Excel! 1 | P a g e | G r a d e A + | 2 0 24 / 2 0 2 5 → 4.2-5.4 Hemoglobin male (g/dL): → 14-18 Hemoglobin female (g/dL): → 12-16 Hematocrit male (%): → 42-52 Hemato...

Morphine adverse effects → - respiratory depression → - sedation → - constipation → - orthostatic hypotension → - urinary retention → - bradycardia Naloxone (Narcan) → pure opioid antagonist, reverses opioid induced respiratory depression Medications for muscle spasticity → - Baclofen → - Diazepam → - Dantrolene → - Tizanidine Baclofen (Lioresal) → - relieves muscle spasms and spasticity due to MS or spinal cord injury → - GI and CNS side effects → - ...

I am a direct-acting muscarinic agonist. I can help when patients have urinary retention. 1) What drug am I? 2) What is a possible side effect? → 1) Bethanechol → 2) Diiness, lightheadedness, nausea, vomiting, abdominal cramps/pain, diarrhea, increased saliva/urination, sweating, flushing, watery eyes, or headache may occurzz Atropine 1) Is it cholinergic or anticholinergic 2) Side effects? → 1) Anticholinergic → 2) Dry mouth, blurry vision, constipation, drowsiness, trouble u...

naloxone → MOA: Pure opioid antagonist that competes and displaces opioids at opioid receptor sites. methadone, buprenorphine, buprenorphine+naloxone → Treatments for opioid use disorder. buprenorphine+naloxone → Treatment for opioid use disorder with comorbid pain. opioids → Inappropriate use of what substance may be due to uncontrolled pain? tablet, injectable, implant → Naltrexone delivery methods. implant → Form of naltrexone limited to inpatient use. buprenorphine ...

A patient with depression mentions to the nurse, My mother says depression is a chemical disorder. What does she mean? The nurses response is based on the theory that depression primarily involves which of the following neurotransmitters? a. Cortisol and GABA b. COMT and glutamate c. Monamine and glycine d. Serotonin and norepinephrine → d. Serotonin and norepinephrine A patient has experienced a stroke (cerebral vascular accident) that has resulted in damage to the Broca area....

The study of the use of psychotropic medications in the treatment of psychiatric disorders: → Psychopharmacology The study of what the body does to drugs: → Pharmacokinetics The study of what the drugs does to the body: → Pharmacodynamics Involves the absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion of meds: → First Pass Metabolism (C.Y.P. 450) Increase serum levels of other drugs that are substrates of that enzyme: → Enzyme inhibitors will slow down metabolism causing toxic...

Pharmacokinetics → Studies how the body acts on the drug Pharmacodynamics → Studies how the drug acts on the body First-generation antipsychotic → - first developed in the 1950s, first available treatment for psychosis → - aka typical antipsychotics → - increased risk for EPS, Tardive dyskinesia → - d2 blocker → - Currently 11 FDA-approved and commerically available FGAs → - Most common differences between individual FGAs are their potency and side effects → - e...

What is the mechanism of action of Naloxone? → Pure opioid antagonist that competes and displaces opioids receptor sites. What medications treat opioid disorder? → Methadone; → Buprenorphine, buprenorphine + Naloxone What medication for opioid use disorder is used with comorbid pain? → Buprenorphine + Naloxone Inappropriate use of what substance may be due to uncontrolled pain? → Opioids What are the Naltrexone delivery methods? → Tablet; → Injectable; → Implant What...