Pharm NUR 106 Final Exam With UpdatedVerified Answers 2024.

a patient is having difficulty remembering to take a prescribed drug three times a day. What form of the drug should the health care professional recommend to increase adherence? - correct answer EXTENDED RELEASE CAPSULE A health care professional is preparing to administer a parenteral drug to a patient. Which of the following drugs is he preparing to give? - acetaminophen (Tylenol) via rectal suppository -albuterol (Proventil) via inhaler -heparin via subcutaneous injection - correct answer -HEPARIN VIA SUBCUTANEOUS INJECTION A health care professional is talking with a female patient who is taking captopril (Capoten), an ACE inhibitor, for hypertension. The health care professional informs the patient that captopril is a teratogenic drug. Tertogenic drugs can cause? - correct answer FETAL MALFORMATION AND BIRTH DEFECTS. (Women should not take them during pregnancy) A health care professional is caring for a patient who is receiving nitroglycerin (Nitrostat) IV and is changing to the oral form of the drug. The health care professional should recognize that the oral dose will be higher than the IV does because? - correct answer DECREASED BIOAVAILABILITY BECAUSE OF THE FIRST-PASS EFFECT BY THE LIVER (Enzymes in the liver metabolize drugs, making less of the drug available for use by the body) A health care professional obtaining a patient's health history discovers that the patient takes loratadine (Claritin) an over-the-counter drug. What is correct about these over the counter drugs? - correct answer -THEY DO NOT REQUIRE SUPERVISION OF A HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL -THEY CAN INTERACT WITH OTHER DRUGS -THEY SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE DRUG HISTORY ASSESSMENT