Answer to Question 1
ANS: A
Propranolol can reduce the number and intensity of attacks in approximately 70 of patients, but it does not abort acute attacks.
Propranolol is a preventive treatment for migraines, not an abortive treatment.
Propranolol is not more effective in women than men as a preventive treatment for migraines.
Menstrual migraines are more effectively managed with estrogen therapy, because they are hormone induced.
Answer to Question 2
ANS: A
With prolonged use, morphine sulfate produces tolerance in a patient.
Psychosomatic disorders are not expected in a patient taking morphine sulfate long term.
Until the patient stops taking the morphine sulfate, which is not indicated here, withdrawal would not be a concern.
Respiratory depression would most likely have occurred during the initial stages of drug therapy and would be less of a concern at 4 months into the regimen.
Client on IV patient-controlled analgesia (PCA).
A nurse communicates with her non–English-speaking patient through an interpreter
Positioning the Patient in the Supine Position
Drugs Commonly Prescribed According to Classification
Common patient positions.
Denture sore mouth in a patient who never removed partial dentures at night.