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The nurse is caring for a 79-year-old male patient who was admitted through the emergency room for mental status changes determined to be caused by a urinary tract infection. The patient is started on norfloxacin (Noroxin) before his discharge home.
 
  What adverse effect should the nurse observe this patient for? A) Liver toxicity
  B) Photosensitivity
  C) Excess saliva
  D) Congestive heart failure

Question 2

A 78-year-old patient is admitted to the emergency department and is diagnosed with bradycardia. The patient tells the nurse he or she is taking donepezil (Aricept), a cholinergic agent, for Alzheimer's disease.
 
  The nurse will anticipate what drug will be ordered to treat the patient's bradycardia? A) Atropine
  B) Pseudoephedrine
  C) Propranolol
  D) Bethanechol


jaykayy05

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

B
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Adverse effects include photosensitivity, headache, dizziness, nausea, vomiting, dry mouth, and fever. Generally, adverse effects of norfloxacin do not include liver toxicity, bone marrow depression, or congestive heart failure.

Answer to Question 2

A
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Maintain a cholinergic blocking drug on standby, such as atropine, to use as an antidote for excessive doses of cholinergic drugs to reverse overdose or counteract severe reactions arising from use of cholinergic agonists. Atropine will block cholinergic effects that are causing this patient's heart rate to decline. Bethanechol will slow the heart rate further whereas propranolol and pseudoephedrine will not reverse the cholinergic stimulation.


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