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Chelseaamend

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A nurse is teaching a smoking cessation program. Which symptom, described by a patient, best demonstrates a need for further teaching about the adverse effects of nicotine gum?
 
  a. Belching
  b. Headache
  c. Sore throat
  d. Hiccups

Question 2

A nurse is making rounds on the unit and enters a patient's room to find the patient unresponsive in the bathroom with a bottle of diazepam (Valium) beside her.
 
  The nurse should immediately call for assistance and prepare to administer which of the following drugs?
  a. Naloxone (Narcan)
  b. Phenobarbital (Luminal)
  c. Bromocriptine (Parlodel)
  d. Flumazenil (Romazicon)


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

ANS: B
Headache is not an adverse effect of nicotine gum; further teaching is indicated.
The most common adverse effects of nicotine gum are mouth and throat soreness, jaw muscle ache, belching, and hiccups; no further teaching is required.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: D
If severe benzodiazepine overdose occurs, signs and symptoms may be reversed with flumazenil, which is used to treat overdoses of central nervous system depressants.
Phenobarbital is not indicated for benzodiazepine overdoses.
Bromocriptine is indicated for central nervous system stimulant withdrawal.
Naloxone is indicated for opiate overdoses.


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Reply 2 on: Jul 23, 2018
:D TYSM

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