The nurse is caring for a patient treated with flumazenil ...

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The nurse is caring for a patient treated with flumazenil (Anexate) for benzodiazepine toxicity. After administering flumazenil what will the nurse carefully assess for?
 
  A) Agitation, confusion, and seizures
  B) Cerebral hemorrhage and dystonia
  C) Hypertension and renal insufficiency
  D) Hypotension, dysrhythmias, and cardiac arrest

Question 2

The nursing instructor is discussing anemia. The instructor explains about when a person has chronic renal failure; how it leads to a decrease in the production of red blood cells and so the person becomes anemic.
 
  This anemia is usually caused by a loss of what? A) Erythropoietin
  B) Hydrogen ions
  C) Renin
  D) Urea

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Answer to Question 1

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Administration of flumazenil blocks the action of benzodiazepines. If the patient has been taking these medications for an extended period of time, the blockage of the drug's effects could precipitate an acute benzodiazepine withdrawal syndrome with symptoms including agitation, confusion, and seizures. Anexate does not cause cerebral hemorrhage and dystonia, hypertension, renal insufficiency, hypotension, dysrhythmias, and cardiac arrest.

Answer to Question 2

A
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When nephrons are lost, as in renal failure, the juxtaglomerular cells that produce erythropoietin are also lost leading to a decrease in red blood cell production and anemia. Urea, renin, and hydrogen do not affect red blood cell production and are not associated with anemia.

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