Advanced Pharmacology NUR 615 Exam 1 Davis Exam Review
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. 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 A patient's nutritional intake and laboratory results reflect hypoalbuminemia. This is critical to prescribing because: Distribution of drugs to target tissue may be affected. Drugs that have a significant first-pass effect: Are rapidly metabolized by the liver and may have little if any desired action The route of excretion of a volatile drug will likely be the: Lungs Medroxyprogesterone (Depo Provera) is prescribed intramuscularly (IM) to create a storage reservoir of the drug. Storage reservoirs: Increase the length of time a drug is available and active The NP chooses to give cephalexin every 8 hours based on knowledge of the drug's: Biological half-life
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