Author Question: The nurse must tell a client taking a drug that acts by inhibiting MAO to avoid certain foods and ... (Read 153 times)

fagboi · **on:** Jul 19, 2018

The nurse must tell a client taking a drug that acts by inhibiting MAO to avoid certain foods and
drugs or risk

a. hypotensive shock.
b. hypertensive crisis.
c. cardiac dysrhythmia.
d. cardiogenic shock.

Question 2

A client displaying acute mania is found pacing atop the pool table in the recreation room. She
waves a cue in one hand and gestures that she'll throw the pool balls if anyone comes near her. The
priority intervention is to

a. get her down off the table.
b. tell her she will be taken to seclusion.
c. clear the room of all clients.
d. assemble a show of force.

zhanghao · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 19, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: B
Clients taking MAO inhibiting drugs must be on a tyramine-free diet to prevent hypertensive crisis.
In the presence of MAO inhibitors, tyramine is not destroyed by the liver and in high levels produces
intense vasoconstriction, resulting in elevated blood pressure.

Answer to Question 2

C
The safety of the other clients in the room is of primary importance. Once other clients are out of the
room, a plan for controlling this client can be implemented.