NCLEX Review
SSRI Side Effects
"BAD SSRI" - Body weight increase, anxiety, dizziness, serotonin syndrome, stimulated CNS, reproductive/sexual dysfunction, insomnia
A nurse is developing a care plan for bone marrow suppression, the major dose-limiting adverse reaction to floxuridine (FUDR). How long after drug administration does bone marrow suppression become noticeable?
7-14 days
A client with schizophrenia who receives fluphenazine develops pseudoparkinsonism and akinesia. What drug should the nurse administer as ordered to minimize this client's extrapyramidal symptoms?
Benztropine
What does Cullen's sign signify?
It is a hematoma around the umbilicus that is indicative of acute pancreatitis
When prescribed Gentamicin, the nurse should monitor for which severe side effect?
Ototoxicity
The nurse is preparing to assist with the removal of a chest tube. Which of the following is appropriate at the site from which the chest tube is removed?
Petroleum Gauze
The laboratory notifies the nurse that a client who had a total knee replacement 3 days ago and is receiving heparin has an activated partial prothrombin time (aPTT) of 75 seconds. After verifying the values, the nurse calls the physician. The nurse should anticipate receiving an order for:
Protamine Sulfate
What effect could Magnesium Sulfate have on a neonate?
Respiratory Depression
A neoplasm's grade and stage mean what?
The grade is the degree of anaplasia (differentiation). A low grade means well differentiated. The stage is how much it has spread or metastasized.
Which outcome indicates that the activity restriction necessary for a 7-year-old child with rheumatic fever during the acute phase has been effective?
The resting heart rate is between 60 and 100 bpm.
What is ticlopidine (Ticlid)?
Ticlopidine inhibits platelet aggregation by interfering with adenosine diphosphate release in the coagulation cascade and, therefore, is used to prevent thromboembolic stroke.
What is Aphthous Stomatitis
a canker sore of the oral soft tissues
Manifestations of Pheochromocytoma
hypertension, tachycardia, hyperglycemia, hypermetabolism, and weight loss
Side effects of Phenytoin (dilantin) include:
nystagmus, paresthesia, ataxia, bradycardia, hypokalemia, gingival hyperplasia
