Difficulty: Medium
Average Score: 64%
Full-length
Passage / Scenario
A client taking phenelzine (Nardil) eating another client's lunch, then complaining of headache, nausea, rapid heartbeat, and vomiting.The nurse anticipates administering which of the following medication?
Correct answer
D
Rationale
Strategy: Think about the action of each medication. (1) antianxiety; side effects include light-headedness, confusion, hypotension, palpitations (2) SSRI antidepressant; side effects include palpitation, bradycardia, nausea and vomiting (3) antiemetic; side effects include drowsiness, orthostatic hypotension (4) correct-antihypertensive; client experiencing hypertensive crisis due to ingesting tyramine; side effects include dizziness, headache, nervousness