Question Bank #1 Exam Questions (55 Terms) With Verified Definitions Updated 2024

The primary healthcare provider prescribes glycopyrrolate 0.2 mg IM thirty minutes prior to electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). What should be the nurse's response when the client asks why this drug is being given? 1. You wouldn't understand what it is for. Just roll over so I can give you the shot. 2. This drug will prevent you from having a seizure. 3. This medication will relax your muscles so that you do not break a bone. 4. Glycopyrrolate will decrease secretions and could slow your heart rate. {Ans: 4. Correct: Glycopyrrolate reduces secretions in the mouth, throat, airway, and stomach. It is used prior to procedures to decrease the risk of aspiration. 1. Incorrect: The client has a right to be told the reason the drug is given. 2. Incorrect: This is not the drug's purpose. The ECT will induce a seizure, which is the desire. 3. Incorrect: This is not the drug's purpose.}Which action should the nurse recommend to parents so that their home will be safer for a toddler? 1. Place the child in the center of an adult size bed when napping. 2. Buckle the child into the high chair if parents leave the room during a