Client teaching is important when antipsychotics are taken after discharge from the hospital. Nursing instruction should include giving which information to the client and family?
a. Therapeutic effect should occur in 2 to 3 days with maximum effect in 1 week.
b. The drugs should not be discontinued without consulting a healthcare provider.
c. Taking barbiturates in small dosages with the drug is usually permissible.
d. Rapid change in position has little effect on dizziness or blood pressure.
Question 2
A client is taking an anxiolytic agent secondary to grief-related anxiety. The client questions the nurse about abruptly discontinuing these agents.
The nurse's response is based on the knowledge that, when discontinuing these medications:
a. the dosage must be tapered to avoid withdrawal.
b. the client must be evaluated for hyperglycemia.
c. hangover syndrome must be planned for.
d. blood levels must be monitored.
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