When the Patient Who Is Receiving Large Doses of Chlorpromazine

question 12

Multiple Choice

When the patient who is receiving large doses of chlorpromazine (Thorazine) began to exhibit extrapyramidal signs of involuntary muscle movement,the nurse anticipates that _________ drugs will be added to the protocol.

• A) Antiparkinsonian
• B) Antihypertensive
• C) Anticonvulsant
• D) Antiemetic

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Definitions:

Perennial Herbaceous Plants

Plants that live for more than two years, lacking woody stems, and dying back at the end of the growing season only to regrow from the same root system.

Scramble Competition

See Exploitation Competition.

Intraspecific

Pertaining to interactions or relationships occurring within the same species, such as competition or mating.

Negative Feedback

A regulatory mechanism in which a stimulus causes an opposite output in order to maintain an optimal level of whatever is being regulated.