The nurse administers a medication that stimulates the...

The nurse administers a medication that stimulates the muscarinic receptors. What manifestations should the nurse expect to assess in this client? A) Increased activity of bowel sounds B) Pupil dilation C) Muscle contractions D) Increased heart rate The nurse administers a medication that stimulates the muscarinic receptors.What manifestations should the nurse expect to assess in this client? Th A) Increased activity of bowel sounds B) Pupil dilation O C) Muscle contractions O D) Increased heart rate

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00:01 Hello, so let's answer now the question.

00:02 Our question here is about the atropine.

00:09 Okay, atropine is an anti -colinergic medication, and it blocks the muscarinic receptors.

00:19 So what will be the symptoms that we can expect in a patient who is not in homestasis because there is an excessive, there is an excessive dose, of this atropine there is an excessive dosage of this atropine so the first thing that will happen is it will have a decrease in salivation so there is a decrease in salivation and this will this will result in a dry mouth and also there is a decrease in sweating okay so so it will make the skin dry and hot.

01:09 So basically we will not answer number two, which states that there is an increase in sweating because there should be a decrease in sweating.

01:19 Next, symptoms, a symptom is we have, there is a decrease in motility of digestive system or digestive tract.

01:42 And partly the secretion of gastric acids, okay? so there's partly the secretion of gastric acids also.

01:52 And then there is this dilation of pupil of the eye.

01:58 So dilation, dilation of pupil of the eye.

02:07 This condition is called my diar, mydriasis.

02:15 We have the condition my dryasis.

02:18 Again, this is the condition of the dilation of pupil of the eye.

02:23 And also, there is this decrease in lacrimal secretion.

02:33 Okay...