The nurse is caring for a patient receiving phenytoin (a hydantoin) for treatment of tonic-clonic seizures. Which symptoms, if present, would indicate an adverse effect of this drug? Select all that apply.

A patient has been taking phenytoin (hydantoin medication) for control of generalized seizures, tonic-clonic type.  The patient is admitted to the medial unit with symptoms of nystagmus, confusion, and ataxia.  What change in he phenytoin dose does the nurse anticipate will be made based on these symptoms?

List one thing that you studied that was not on this exam. Please explain the content you studied in a least 2-3 sentences. 

The nurse administers morphine 4 mg IV to a patient for the treatment of severe pain.  Which assessments require immediate interventions. SELECT ALL THAT APPLY

The nurse cares for a client diagnosed with Myasthenia Gravis. The client is prescribed pyridostigmine (Mestinon), a indirect acting cholinesterase inhibitor, as part of the treatment plan. Which observation by the nurse indicates that administration of the medication is needed?

List 2 things that happen to the body when the sympathetic nervous system is stimulated

The nurse cares for a client diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The client is prescribed tiotropium (Spiriva), an inhaled anticholinergic medication. The nurse should monitor for which side effects of this medication? Select all that apply.  

Fungi are genetically more similar to animals than they are to plants.

___________ are decomposers that feed on dead and decaying wood, leaves, litter, and other organic matter.

Scientists think that the plastids in chloroplasts likely came from endosymbiosis of a cell that engulfed a cyanobacteria.