The nurse administers a medication to sedate the client. When ...

[jho37]

The nurse administers a medication to sedate the client. When evaluating the effectiveness of the drug, the nurse finds the client more agitated and anxious than before receiving the sedative, and concludes the client is experiencing what type of
 
  effect? 1. Side effect
  2. Idiosyncratic effect
  3. Therapeutic effect
  4. Toxic effect

Question 2

The hospice nurse is discussing indications of death with a client's family. Indications of clinical death include: Standard Text: Select all that apply.
 
  1. Total lack of response to external stimuli.
  2. Inability to breathe independently.
  3. Absent reflexes.
  4. No voluntary muscular movement.
  5. Inability to open the eyes.

[stallen]

Answer to Question 1

2
Rationale: The client is experiencing an idiosyncratic effect because the drug caused the opposite effect anticipated, and was unpredictable. Side effects, or adverse effects, are unintended drug actions that may be tolerated for the therapeutic effect. Toxic effects occur when an overdosage or cumulative effect occurs, and are normally an intensification of the therapeutic effect.

Answer to Question 2

1,3,4
Rationale: Total lack of response to external stimuli is one clinical indication of death.