medium · NCLEX-RN Psychosocial Integrity
A client with neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS) has a creatine kinase (CK) level of 2,500 U/L.
Which complication is the nurse primarily monitoring for based on this lab value?
- Ischemic stroke caused by hypercoagulability
- Secondary infection due to suppressed white blood cell production
- Acute kidney injury due to rhabdomyolysis
- Hypoglycemic crisis from increased metabolic demand
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