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JGIBBSON

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on: Jul 24, 2018
The nurse is assessing a patient with nausea and vomiting. Which additional autonomic symptoms that often accompany vomiting will the nurse observe?
 
  a. Bradycardia, diarrhea, and flushing
  b. Pallor, sweating, and tachycardia
  c. Urinary urgency, chills, and dizziness
  d. Fever, hyperventilation, and bradycardia

Question 2

The nurse would expect to administer which drug when treating hyperemesis gravidarum?
 
  a. THC (Marinol)
  b. Haloperidol (Haldol)
  c. Dexamethasone (Prednisone)
  d. Metoclopramide (Reglan)


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xiaomengxian

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Reply #1 on: Jul 24, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANS: B
Autonomic symptoms of pallor, sweating, and tachycardia cause additional discomfort associated with vomiting. Bradycardia, diarrhea, flushing, urinary urgency, chills, dizziness, fever, and hyperventilation are not autonomic symptoms associated with vomiting.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: D
Metoclopramide is the drug of choice when treating hyperemesis gravidarum because no teratogenic effects have been reported with the use of this drug. THC is used in the treatment of nausea and vomiting associated with cancer and cancer treatment. Haloperidol is used in the treatment of nausea associated with chemotherapy. Prednisone is used in the treatment of nausea associated with pregnancy, postsurgical state, chemotherapy, radiation, and bowel obstruction.


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Reply 2 on: Jul 24, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
:D TYSM

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