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Sportsfan2111 · **on:** Jul 23, 2018

The nurse is caring for a patient who has asthma and administers a selective beta2-adrenergic agonist to treat bronchospasm. The nurse will expect this drug to also cause which side effect?

a. Increased blood glucose
b. Increased blood pressure
c. Increased heart rate
d. Increased gastrointestinal (GI) motility

Question 2

Patients with which conditions would benefit from enteral feedings? (Select all that apply.)

a. Burns of face, chest, and neck
b. Cerebral palsy with severe dysphagia
c. Crohn's disease
d. Facial fractures
e. Gluten enteropathy
f. Stroke

todom5090 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 23, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: A
Drugs that act on beta2 receptors activate glyconeogenesis in the liver causing increased blood glucose. Selective beta2 drugs act on beta2 receptors only and not on beta1 receptors, so they do not cause increased blood pressure or increased heart rate. Adrenergic agonists cause decreased GI motility.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: B, D, F
Patients with an intact, functioning gastrointestinal tract will benefit from enteral nutrition. Patients with extensive burns will need total parenteral nutrition (TPN) to prevent negative nitrogen balance. Patients with Crohn's disease and gluten enteropathy have malabsorption problems and will need TPN.