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luvbio

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A nurse cares for an 80-year-old man who takes tricyclic antidepressants. The patient just had a thyroidectomy, and morphine is prescribed for postoperative pain.
 
  Which nursing diagnoses should be added to the plan of care related to possible drug interactions? You may select more than one answer. a. Risk for urinary retention
  b. Risk for tachypnea
  c. Risk for constipation
  d. Risk for bladder spasticity
  e. Risk for infection

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The patient has an order for vitamin K, to be given intravenously (IV) now. The nurse would suspect that the patient most likely has been taking which medication?
 
  a. Heparin
  b. Aspirin
  c. Warfarin (Coumadin)
  d. Enoxaparin (Lovenox)


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Reply #1 on: Jul 23, 2018
Answer to Question 1

a, c

Answer to Question 2

C
The primary indication for IV vitamin K is to correct a warfarin overdose.
Protamine sulfate is indicated for heparin overdose.
No true antidote exists for aspirin overdose
Vitamin K would not treat an overdose of enoxaparin.


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Reply 2 on: Jul 23, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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:D TYSM

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