Exam #1 GNUR 294 Exam Review Questions And Answers A+

Exam #1 GNUR 294 Exam Review Questions And Answers A+ Answer: 3 - ANS-The nurse is using a drug handbook to determine the indications for furosemide (Lasix). The term indications is defined as the: 1. Way a drug works on the target organs 2. Amount of the drug to be administered 3. Conditions for which a drug is approved. 4. Reason that the drug should not be given Answer: 3 - ANS-While completing the health history, the nurse asks the patient, "What medications do you take regularly?" Which drug name would the nurse expect the patient to use in providing the answer? 1. Chemical 2. Generic 3. Trade 4. Standard Answer: 1 - ANS-When providing nursing care for the patient, the nurse understand that drugs are: 1. One of the many tools available to prevent or treat human suffering 2. The most important part of the therapeutic treatment plan 3. Primarily the concern of the health care provider and not included in nursing care. 4. Substances that should be relied on for health and wellness. Answer: 1, 2, 3, 4 Physiological responses to drug therapy are affected by a patient's age, gender, race, body mass, and health status. Many diseases such as diabetes have genetic origins. Family history of disease conditions may reflect potential problems in the patient. - ANS-Which patient characteristics, if noted in the patient's medical record, would the nurse consider important information that may affect the physiological response to various types of drug therapy? Select all that apply. 1. 82 y.o. female 2. Asian and obese 3. Past medical history of kidney disease 4. Mother and sister with diabetes 5. Has no medical insurance Answer: 2 - ANS-The nurse is looking up a drug that has been prescribed and wants to know the therapeutic classification for the drug. Which of the following would indicate a therapeutic classification? 1. Beta-adrenergic antagonist 2. Antihypertensive 3. Diuretic 4. Calcium channel blocker Answer: 4 - ANS-The nurse is asked by a family member; "They're giving mom Motrin and she takes Advil. Hasn't the wrong drug been ordered?" The nurse will respond, knowing that: 1. There has been an error in the order and the nurse will contact the health care provider. 2. There may be a reason for the health care provider to order a different drug 3. Not all health care agencies buy the same generic drugs and that may account for the difference 4. Motrin and Advil are trade names for the same generic drug, ibuprofen. Answer: 2 - ANS-The nurse knows that governmental drug legislation requires the drug manufacturer to prove that a drug is both safe and: Continues...