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jparksx

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The nurse, providing patient teaching about home medication use to an older adult, explains that even when drugs are taken properly they can produce negative or unexpected effects. What are these negative or unexpected effects called?
 
  A) Teratogenic effects
  B) Toxic effects
  C) Adverse effects
  D) Therapeutic effects

Question 2

The mental health nursing instructor is talking with the class about depression. What deficiency does the instructor explain will result in depression?
 
  A) Epinephrine, norepinephrine, and acetylcholine
  B) Norepinephrine, dopamine, and serotonin
  C) Acetylcholine, gamma-aminobutyric acid, and serotonin
  D) Gamma-aminobutyric acid, dopamine, and epinephrine


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Reply #1 on: Jul 23, 2018
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Negative or unexpected effects are known as adverse or side effects. Teratogenic effects are adverse effects on the fetus and not a likely concern for an older adult. Toxic effects occur when medication is taken in larger than recommended dosages caused by an increase in serum drug levels. Therapeutic effects are the desired actions for which the medication is prescribed.

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A current hypothesis regarding the cause of depression is a deficiency of norepinephrine, dopamine, or serotonin, which are all biogenic amines, in key areas of the brain. Acetylcholine is a neurotransmitter that communicates between nerves and muscles. Epinephrine is a catecholamine that serves as a neurotransmitter that is released in the sympathetic branch of the autonomic nervous system and can be hormones when released from cells in the adrenal medulla. Gamma-aminobutyric acid is a neurotransmitter that inhibits nerve activity and prevents over excitability or stimulation.


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Reply 2 on: Jul 23, 2018
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