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robinn137

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The client has been placed on Ativan. The nurse is planning a client instructional session. Which herbal preparation should the nurse emphasize that the client avoid taking with Ativan?
 
  a. Kava kava
  b. St. John's wort
  c. Ginseng
  d. Ginger

Question 2

A client is brought to the emergency department unconscious. The client's spouse tells the nurse that the client was found in bed with an empty pill bottle nearby.
 
  The client's spouse believes that there were 20 to 25 diazepam (Valium) pills in the bottle. What represents an appropriate nursing priority?
  a. Administer an emetic agent followed by activated charcoal.
  b. Lavage the stomach using a nasogastric tube.
  c. Prepare the client for emergency surgery.
  d. Monitor the client because there is no antidote.



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Answer to Question 1

ANS: A
Kava kava in combination with Ativan will increase the sedation effects of the Ativan.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: B
Because the client is unconscious, this is the correct course of action.




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