NSG6005 Week 1 Quiz with 100% correct answers

nurse practitioner prescriptive authority is regulated by the state board of nursing for each state the benefits to the patient of having an advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) prescriber include nurses care for the patient from a holistic approach and include the patient in decision making regarding their care Brainpower Read More Previous Play Next Rewind 10 seconds Move forward 10 seconds Unmute 0:00 / 0:00 Full screen clinical judgment in prescribing includes factoring in the cost to the patient of the medication prescribed criteria for choosing an effective drug for a disorder include consulting nationally recognized guidelines for disease management nurse practitioner practice may thrive under health-care reform because of the demonstrated ability of nurse practitioners to control costs and improve patient outcomes cultural factors that must be taken into account when prescribing include all of the above ethnic differences have been found in drug hepatic metabolism the national standards of culturally and linguistically appropriate services are required to be implemented in all organizations that receive federal funds according to the national standards of culturally and linguistically appropriate services, an interpreter for health care must be a professionally trained medical interpreter according to the U.S. office of minority health, poor health outcomes among African Americans are attributed to discrimination, cultural barriers, and lack of access to health care the racial differences in drug pharmacokinetics seen I American Indian or Alaskan Natives are largely unknown due to lack of studies of this population pharmacokinetics among Asians are universal to all the Asian ethnic groups False alterations in drug metabolism among Asians may lead to slower metabolism of antidepressants, requiring lower doses Asians from Eastern Asia are known to be fast acetylization. Fast acetylators require higher doses of drugs metabolized b acetylization to achieve efficacy Hispanic native healers (curanderas) use herbs and teas in their treatment of illness pharmacoeconomics is the analysis of the costs and consequences of any health-care-related treatment or service the direct costs of drug therapy include pain and suffering due to inadequate drug therapy indirect costs associated with drug therapy include loss of wages while undergoing drug therapy the intangible cost of drug therapy include inconvenience, pain, and suffering incurred with therapy when a pharmacoeconomic analysis looks at two or more treatment alternatives that are considered equal in efficacy and compares the costs of each it is referred to as cost-minimization analysis cost-effectiveness analysis compares two or more treatments or programs that are not necessarily therapeutically equivalent when the cost of a specific treatment or intervention are calculated and then compared with the dollar value of the benefit received it is referred to as cost-benefit analysis Mary has two tiered prescription benefit plan, which means she pays a higher copay for brand-name drugs than for generic drugs prescribing less-expensive generic drugs or drugs off the $4 retail pharmacy list increases compliance by reducing the financial burden of drug cost to the patient James tells you that he is confused by his Medicare Part D coverage plan. An appropriate intervention would be refer him to the Medicare specialist in his insurance plan to explain the benefit to him the ''donut hole" in Medicare Part D refers to the period between when the annual individual drug costs are $2970 and $4750 and the patient pays 52.5% of the costs of brand name drugs research has shown that when patients who are covered by Medicare Part D reach the "donut hole" in coverage they Fill their prescriptions less frequently, including critical medications such as warfarin or a statin what impact does developmental variation in renal function has on prescribing for infants and children lower doses of renally excreted drugs may be prescribed to infants younger than six months Dysmenorrhea is one of the most common gynecological complaints in young women. The first line of drug treatment for this disorder is nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) Gender differences between men and women in pharmacokinetics include higher proportion of body fat so that lipophilic drugs have relatively greater volumes of distribution Incorporating IT into a patient encounter takes skill and tact. During the encounter, the provider can make the patient more comfortable with the IT the provider is using by both A and B precautions that should be taken when prescribing controlled substance include using tamper-proof papers for all prescriptions written for uncontrolled drugs drugs that are designated schedule II by the DEA may not be refilled; a new prescription must be written a comprehensive assessment for a patient should be holistic when trying to determine competence in drug administration. which of the following factors would the NP omit from this type of assessment sexual practices which of the following factors may adversely affect a patient's adherence to a therapeutic drug regimen complexity of the drug regiment and patient perception of the potential adverse effects of the drugs