A Nurse Prepares to Administer an Antipsychotic Medication to a Patient

question 10

Multiple Choice

A nurse prepares to administer an antipsychotic medication to a patient with schizophrenia.Additional monitoring of the medication's effects and side effects will be most important if the patient is also diagnosed with which health problem? Select all that apply.

• A)Parkinson disease
• B)Graves disease
• C)Osteoarthritis
• D)Epilepsy
• E)Diabetes

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