Question

A 10-year-old child with Tourette's disorder is receiving haloperidol as part of his treatment plan. When assessing the child at a follow up visit, which statement by the child would lead the nurse to suspect that he is experiencing a side effect of the drug?

Answer 1

Answer:

"Sometimes I feel like I'm so sleepy."

Explanation:

Tourette's Disorder is a type of disorder that makes the affected person to always making unwanted sound and movement.

A person with TOURETTE'S DISORDER will often make frequent movement such as blinking the eyes as well as shrugging shoulders because it is a nervous system disorder and this disorder often begin

in childhood or adolescence.

Therefore Haloperidol is used to treat tourette's disorder because it used to control motor and speech tics in people with Tourette's syndrome and some of the side effect of the medication is feeling sleepy which is why the statement "Sometimes I feel like I'm so sleepy." would lead the nurse to suspect that he is experiencing a side effect of the drug.

Answer 2

Answer: complaints on any of the following. Vomitting, headache, diarrhea, dizziness, spinning sensation.

Explanation: When assessing the child at a follow up visit, the nurse is expected to ask the child certain questions to on how he feels such as symptoms ( examples of such symptoms are; Vomitting, headache, diarrhea, dizziness, spinning sensation.) This helps the nurse access if he is having side effects from the medication's.