A patient’s heart rate is found to be 72 beats per minute and regular. The nurse evaluates which situation in the patient’s peripheral nervous
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Standard Text: Select all that apply.
1. The sympathetic system is in control.
2. The parasympathetic system is dominating.
3. Both parasympathetic and sympathetic systems are influencing cardiac status.
4. The autonomic nervous system is affecting cardiac status.
5. The somatic nervous system is affecting cardiac status.
Correct Answer: 2,3,4
Rationale 2: Restful cardiac response indicates that the primary input is from the parasympathetic system.
Rationale 3: These two systems work in tandem to regulate the cardiac response.
Rationale 4: Both the sympathetic and parasympathetic systems are part of the autonomic system.
2. A nurse is reading about the development of drugs that inhibit the parasympathetic nervous system. The nurse would look for articles about which drug classes?
Standard Text: Select all that apply.
1. Anticholinergics
2. Parasympathomimetics
3. Parasympatholytics
4. Cholinergics
5. Muscarinic blockers
Correct Answer: 1,3,5
Rationale 1: Anticholinergics inhibit the parasympathetic nervous system. Rationale 3: Parasympatholytic drugs inhibit the parasympathetic nervous system. Rationale 5: Muscarinic blockers inhibit the parasympathetic nervous system.
Question 3 Type: Hot Spot
Mark the site of the ganglionic synapse on this diagram.
1. A
2. B
3. C
4. D
Answer: 3
Rationale: The ganglionic synapse is the gap between the preganglionic neuron and the postganglionic neuron.
Question 4 Type: MCMA
A patient has been prescribed an oral drug containing atropine. The nurse would hold the drug and Contact the prescriber if which patient statements are made?
Standard Text: Select all that apply.
1. “I would like to wait a few minutes to take this as I just drank some aloe juice.”
2. “Can I take this at the same time as my procainamide?”
3. “I have had a headache this morning.”
4. “I am allergic to penicillin.”
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