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Zulu123 · **on:** Jul 23, 2018

The nurse is providing discharge instruction to a child and the family. To promote medication adherence, the nurse facilitates which conditions?

1. Minimal nursing guidance
2. Minimal adverse effects from the medications
3. A complex, expensive medication regimen
4. Low expectations for a successful outcome

Question 2

The pediatric nurse is aware that a child might experience the same adverse effects to a medication as an adult. For what class of medication could this reaction occur, and what reaction would the nurse anticipate?

1. Antianxiety; diarrhea
2. Antidepressants; diarrhea
3. Antipsychotics; CNS depression
4. Antibiotics; CNS depression

batool · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 23, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Correct Answer: 2
Rationale 1: Families need information and guidance to make decisions enhancing medication adherence.
Rationale 2: Minimal adverse effects from the medications are always the desired outcome.
Rationale 3: The more complex and expensive the medication regimen, the less likely adherence is.
Rationale 4: High expectations are more conducive to a successful outcome.
Global Rationale: Minimal adverse effects from the medications are always the desired outcome. Families need information and guidance to make decisions enhancing medication adherence. The more complex and expensive the medication regimen, the less likely adherence is. High expectations are more conducive to a successful outcome.

Answer to Question 2

Correct Answer: 3
Rationale 1: The adverse reaction to an antianxiety medication is CNS depression, not diarrhea.
Rationale 2: The adverse reaction to antidepressants is CNS depression, not diarrhea.
Rationale 3: CNS depression is the typical adverse reaction to antipsychotics.
Rationale 4: The adverse reaction to antibiotics is diarrhea, not CNS depression.
Global Rationale: CNS depression is the typical adverse reaction to antipsychotics. The adverse reaction to an antianxiety, antidepressant, and antibiotic medication is CNS depression, not diarrhea.