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meagbuch

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A patient has been administered a benzodiazepine one hour ago and is now agitated and angry. What does the nurse suspect the patient is demonstrating?
 
  1. A target effect
  2. A paradoxical response
  3. An anaphylactic reaction
  4. An idiosyncratic response

Question 2

A nurse is monitoring a patient who is taking lithium to make certain that the lithium levels are between 0.8 and 1.1 mmol/L. The nurse documents that the patient's levels comply with what criteria?
 
  1. Potency
  2. Target effect
  3. Drug dependence
  4. Therapeutic range



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: 2
Explanation: A paradoxical response is the development of a contradictory reaction to the medication. Because the desired effect of a benzodiazepine is to calm the patient, agitation and anger would be paradoxical responses to a benzodiazepine. An idiosyncratic response is a unique and strange response to medication resulting in pain, bleeding, over response or organ failure. Target effect describes the intended or expected response of a medication. An anaphylactic response is a life-threatening severe, whole-body allergic response.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: 4
Explanation: Therapeutic range is the range at which therapeutic efficacy can be achieved without risking harm to the patient. Drug dependence refers to a developed compulsive need to use a substance to function normally. The amount (dose) of the drug necessary to produce the desired response is its potency. Target effects occur when a medication reaches the target site and produces the desired effect or the expected or intended response.




meagbuch

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Reply 2 on: Jul 19, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
:D TYSM

 

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