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ATI Pharmacology Proctored Exam Remediation Adjuvant Medications for Pain: Adverse Effects of Hydroxyzine (RN QSEN - Safety, Active Learning Template - Medication, RM Pharm RN 7.0 Chp 37) ●Sedatio... n ○Advise clients to avoid hazardous activities, such as driving or operating heavy machinery ○Reduce dosage in older adults ●Dry mouth ○Advise clients to increase fluid intake, sip fluids throughout the day, and chew sugarless gum or suck on hard sugarless candy Blood and Blood Products: Priority Finding of Fluid Overload (Active Learning Template - System Disorder, RM Pharm RN 7.0 Chp 27) ●Cough, shortness of breath, crackles, hypertension, tachycardia, distended neck veins ●If manifestations occur, stop the transfusion, place the client in a sitting position with legs down, and notify the provider ●Administer diuretics and oxygen as appropriate and monitor I&O Antibiotics Affecting the Bacterial Cell Wall: Plan of Care for Client Administered Antibiotics (Active Learning Template - Medication, RM Pharm RN 7.0 Chp 44) ●Monitor for allergic reactions to penicillin and cross-sensitivity to penicillin ●Monitor for adverse reactions to antibiotics ●Instruct clients to complete the entire course of therapy, even if symptoms resolve Chemotherapy Agents: Monitoring for Toxicity (Active Learning Template - Medication, RM Pharm RN 7.0 Chp 42) ●Methotrexate can cause reproductive toxicity ○Advise female clients against becoming pregnant while taking this medication and for 6 months after ●Mercaptopurine can cause liver toxicity and reproductive toxicity ○Liver: monitor liver enzymes and for signs of jaundice ○Reproductive: advise female clients against becoming pregnant while taking this medication and for 6 months after ●Asparaginase can cause liver, pancreas, and renal toxicity ○Liver and pancreas: monitor liver enzymes, indications of jaundice, and also monitor pancreatic enzymes ○Renal: monitor kidney function; increase fluids and administer a diuretic if indicated Depressive Disorders: Adverse Effects of Sertraline (RN QSEN - Safety, Active Learning Template - Medication, RM Pharm RN 7.0 Chp 8) ●Sexual dysfunction: anorgasmia, impotence, decreased libido ●CNS stimulation: inability to sleep, agitation, anxiety ●Weight loss early in therapy; can be followed by weight gain with long-term treatment ●Serotonin syndrome: can begin 2 to 72 hours after starting treatment and can be lethal ●Withdrawal syndrome: resulting in headache, nausea, visual disturbances, anxiety, dizziness, and tremors ●Hyponatremia: more likely in older adult clients taking diuretics ●Rash ●Sleepiness, faintness, lightheadedness ●Gastrointestinal bleeding ●Bruxism [Show More]

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