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WHEN ADMINISTERING VASOPRESSIN, WHAT IS THE PRIORITY
VITAL SIGN FOR THE NURSE TO MONITOR? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔blood
pressure
A NURSE IS ADMINISTERING OCTREOTIDE TO A PATIENT WHO HAS
A METASTATIC CARCINOID TUMOR. THE PATIENT ASKS ABOUT THE
PURPOSE OF THIS DRUG. WHAT IS THE NURSE'S BEST RESPONSE?
- 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔THIS DRUG HELPS CONTROL THE FLUSHING AND
DIARRHEA THAT YOU ARE EXPERIENCING
, A PATIENT HAS A POSSIBLE DIAGNOSIS OF ADRENOCORTICAL
INSUFFICIENCY. THE NURSE ANTICIPATES WHICH DRUG TO BE
USED FOR THIS DIAGNOSIS? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔COSYNTROPIN
THE NURSE WITH INSTRUCT A PATIENT TAKING DESMOPRESSIN
ACETATE AS A NASAL SPRAY FOR THE TREATMENT OF DIABETES
INSIPIDUS TO PERFORM WHICH ACTION TO OBTAIN MAXI-MUM
BENEFIT FROM THE DRUG? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔CLEAR THE NASA;
PASSAGES BEFORE SPRAYING THE MEDICATION
DURING VASOPRESSIN THERAPY, WHICH IS THE PRIORITY
NURSING ACTION? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔MONITOR THE IV SITE FOR
SIGNS OF INFILTRATION
WHICH DRUG ANTAGONIZES THE EFFECTS OF NATURAL GROWTH
HORMONE? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Octreotide
WHEN ASSESSING A PATIENT WHO IS RECEIVING OCTREOTIDE
THERAPY THE NURSE WILL CLOSELY MONITOR WHICH
ASSESSMENT FINDING? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVELS
WHEN MONITORING FOR THE THERAPEUTIC EFFECTS OF
INTRANASAL DESMOPRESSIN (DDAVP) IN A PATIENT WHO HAS