After Taking Chlorpromazine (Thorazine) for 1 Month, a Client Presents

question 16

Multiple Choice

After taking chlorpromazine (Thorazine) for 1 month, a client presents to an emergency department (ED) with severe muscle rigidity, tachycardia, and a temperature of 105^oF (40.5?C) . The nurse expects the physician to recognize which condition and implement which treatment?

• A)Neuroleptic malignant syndrome and treat by discontinuing Thorazine and administering dantrolene (Dantrium)
• B)Neuroleptic malignant syndrome and treat by increasing Thorazine dosage and administering an antianxiety medication
• C)Dystonia and treat by administering trihexyphenidyl (Artane)
• D)Dystonia and treat by administering bromocriptine (Parlodel)

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Definitions:

Conditional Expression

A conditional expression, often using the ternary operator ?:, evaluates to one of two values depending on the truth value of a specified condition.

Ternary Operator

The ternary operator in programming is a conditional operator that simplifies the if-else statement into a single line of code, typically used in the format condition ? expression1 : expression2.

Unconditional Transfer

In computer science, refers to instructions or statements that cause the program to continue execution from a different address or line without any condition.

Goto Statement

A programming instruction that causes the execution flow to jump to another point in the code, often considered harmful due to its potential for creating unmaintainable code.