PAIN
Complete this sentence: "About 80% of the population experiences __________ _________ while hospitalized"
What is unrelieved pain
This is the other use for Gabapentin, an anticonvulsant.
What is pain relief?
This occurs if you stop benzodiazepines abruptly
What is withdrawal?
These foods cannot be consumed with taking MAOI inhibitors
Aged meats and cheeses containing tyrosine.
The side effects seen specifically in patients take angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors? (Captopril, Lisinopril etc)
What is a cough?
The reason a person takes AZO for a UTI
It helps with numbing the urinary tract.
This is the drug category that relieves most pain:
What is analgesic
This is the reason opioids are high alert drugs.
This drug can cause sexual dysfunction, but it is typically temporary.
What is an SSRI?
What is it called when your muscles contract involuntarily.
Tardive Dyskinisia
The specifics of storage for nitroglycerine sublingual tablets.
What are dark colored bottles which medications are dispensed in?
The drug pregnant nurses should never handle
What is Procor?
This is the best way to evaluate pain in a patient:
What is a pain rating scale?
This is the anecdote for opioid overdose.
What is narcan?
This is the length of time SSRI's and SNRI's typically take to become fully effective.
What are 4-6 weeks?
When facial movements happen involuntarily. A sucking or chewing motion with your mouth, stick out your tongue, or blink your eyes a lot.
The mineral in the body that is specifically depleted when taking a diuretic.
What is potassium?
When a patient presents with burning on urination and a sense of urgency this is what the nurse should do even prior to seeing a provider.
What is obtain a urine specimen?
After medicating a patient for pain, if their respiratory rate has slowed, this is what you do first.
What is check pulse oximetry?
What is flumazenil?
The original prototype drug for bipolar disorder.
What is Lithium.
A feeling of restlessness like you can't sit still. You may have the urge to tap your fingers, fidget, or jiggle your legs.
Akathisia
The vital sign that one should observe after giving a dose of nitro glycerin.
What is blood pressure.
This is the lab that urine specimens should always be sent for when a patient is suspected of having an infection.
This is the inherent danger in using acetaminophen for pain relief.
What is liver toxicity?
What are Ativan, Valium, Versed
The most important part of medical monitoring for a patient taking Lithium.
What are blood tests?
The condition when tremors and shaking include difficulty finishing thoughts or speaking, and stiff facial muscles.
What is Parkinsinism?
The drug digoxin treats this.
What his heart failure by improving cardiac output.
Whis is the antibiotic given most broadly for UTIs but with many significant side effects.
What are fluoroquinolones?