A nurse caring for a client taking amitriptyline for depression should monitor the client for which of the following adverse events?
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Question 2 of 5
When describing the action of antidepressants, the nursing instructor would include the belief that they exert their effect by causing slow adaptive changes to which of the following receptor systems?
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Question 3 of 5
After teaching a group of nursing students about the action of antidepressants, the instructor determines that the teaching was successful when the students identify which of the following classes as exerting their effects by inhibiting reuptake of norepinephrine and serotonin?
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Which of the following antidepressants exert their effects by inhibiting the reuptake of serotonin?
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Question 5 of 5
A nurse administers amitriptyline cautiously to which clients?
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