The patient's health care provider prescribed cyclobenzaprine ...

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The patient's health care provider prescribed cyclobenzaprine (Flexeril) for the treatment of neck spasms. The patient reports that the medication is not working, even though it has been a week since the medication was started. What changes in this patient's plan of care would the nurse anticipate? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected. Standard Text: Select all that apply.
 
  1. Increase in the dosage frequency
  2. Discontinuation of the medication
  3. Waiting a few more days for full medication effect
  4. Change to a different medication

Question 2

The nursing instructor is teaching student nurses about humoral and cell-mediated immune responses. What does the best teaching plan include?
 
  1. Helper T cells are an important part of humoral immunity.
  2. Humoral immunity refers to immune responses where targets are attacked by immune cells.
  3. B lymphocytes are an important part of cell-mediated immunity.
  4. Humoral immunity refers to immune responses that are mediated by antibodies.

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Answer to Question 1

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Rationale 1: Increasing the dosage frequency is not indicated.
Rationale 2: It is not yet time to discontinue the medication.
Rationale 3: Full effects of this medication may take two weeks.
Rationale 4: It is not yet time to change medications.
Global Rationale: Full effects of this medication may take two weeks. Increasing the dosage frequency is not indicated. It is not yet time to discontinue the medication or to change the medication.

Answer to Question 2

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Rationale 1: Helper T cells are part of cell-mediated immunity, not humoral immunity.
Rationale 2: Humoral immunity refers to immune responses that are mediated by antibodies.
Rationale 3: B lymphocytes are part of humoral immunity, not cell-mediated immunity.
Rationale 4: Humoral immunity refers to immune responses that are mediated by antibodies.
Global Rationale: Humoral immunity refers to immune responses that are mediated by antibodies. Helper T cells are part of cell-mediated immunity, not humoral immunity. Humoral immunity refers to immune responses that are mediated by antibodies. B lymphocytes are part of humoral immunity, not cell-mediated immunity.