NUR 108 Chapter 7
- Which of the following is a parasympathetic nervous system action?
Answer The smooth muscles of the lungs constrict and restrict airways
- The _ prepares the body for immediate adaptation through the fight-or-flight response
Answer Sympathetic nervous system
- What do you suspect is happening to the client who complains of feeling jittery, is unable to
sit still, and has problems with eye movements?
Answer Extrapyramidal Side Effects of Antipsychotic Sx
- An informed decision made by a client not to follow the prescribed Tx program is called
Answer Noncompliance
- Why must salt intake be monitored in clients who are receiving lithium?
Answer Salt and lithium compete for excretion in the kidney.
- Four responsibilities for clients receiving psychotherapeutic drug therapy
Answer 1.To assess clients, 2.To coordinate care (& administer meds),
- to monitor & evaluate client responses,
- To teach clients about meds 1 / 2
- Tricyclic drugs Treats
Answer Treats depression
- Benzodiazepines Treats
Answer Treats anxiety
- Anticholinergic Reaction
Answer Dry mouth, blurred vision, sweating
- Extrapyramidal side effects (EPSEs)
Answer Akathisia, dyskinesia, akinesia
- Hypertensive Crisis
Answer Stiff neck, throbbing headache, tightness in the chest
- Psychiatric medications
Answer act on the body's nervous system primarily by alter- ing the delicate chemical balances within that system
- Most interrupt the chemical messenger pathways within the brain.
Answer -
neurotransmitter
- A primary responsibility of health care providers, especially nurse, is to
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