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What are the 4 classifications of medications affecting the GI system? - Answer · Anti-emetic · Emetic · Antidiarrheal · Laxative What do anti-emetics do? - Answer treat vomiting What do emetics do? - Answer induce vomiting (generally to get rid of toxins) What do antidiarrheals do? - Answer decreases gastric motility and reduce water in bowel to treat diarrhea What do laxatives do? - Answer treat constipation Promethazine Hydrochloride (prototype, p...

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Therapeutic drug serum levels - Answer narrow range of medication in bloodstream, for desired results; clinical status of patient is appropriate for condition; peak and trough levels (measured by serum blood levels) nontherapeutic drug serum levels can be either: - Answer undertherapeutic or toxic toxic drug serum levels - Answer greater than therapeutic dose range; increased adverse effects under-therapeutic drug serum levels - Answer not enough drug for desired effect; may...

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22 pages

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N617 PHARM (EXAM 1) 2025 MOST TESTED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+ WITH RATIONALES 1. A 42 y / o woman is diagnosed with bacteremia in the ED . The NP empirically starts antibiotics and want the first dose of Vancomycin to be given prior to admission to the floor . The hospital has a vancomycin nomogram for 15 mg / kg initial dosing ( rounded to the nearest 250 mg ) , followed by pharmacy dosing / pharmacokinetic service . If the patient weighs 154 pounds , what dose of v...

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94 pages

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N617 Pharm (Exam 1) Summer 2025 Most Tested Questions And Answers Graded A+ With Rationales

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81 pages

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N617 Pharm (Exam 1) Questions Jean Genzale

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38 pages

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N617 Pharm (Exam 2) Summer 2022-Jean Genzale

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GEEKA

A 22 y.o. pt has presented to her primary care provider for her scheduled Pap smear. Abnormal results of this diagnostic test may imply infection with? - Answer HPV A client is being treated for gonorrhea. Which agent would the nurse expect the physician to prescribe? - Answer Ceftriaxone A client with primary syphillus is allergic to penicillin. The nurse would expect the physician to order which agent? - Answer Doxycycline After teaching a group of students about STDs, the in...

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What is pathology? - Answer -Branch of medicine that investigates the "nature" of a disease -Understands structural and functional changes in tissues or organs that cause or caused by a disease Clinical Pathology is.... - Answer -pathology applied to solutions of clinical problems -use of lab methods in clinical diagnosis Pathogenesis - Answer cellular events that occur in development and course of disease; progression of condition over time What components are apart o...

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A patient with respiratory depression secondary to opioid toxicity is being treated in the emergency department. Which action is the nurse's priority? - Answer Administer naloxone -causes respiratory depression -naloxone best treatment for resp. depression, opioid antagonist, inhibits action of opioids and improves resp. status (pg 146) A patient diagnosed with cholecystitis reports pain in the back and scapular areas. The nurse infers the patient has which type of pain? - Answer ...

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16 pages

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1. A patient who has a helminthic infection has a prescription for pyrantel (Antiminth). Which is one of the common adverse effects that the patient may experience while on this therapy? a. Vertigo b. Seizures c. Diarrhea d. Insomnia - Answer ANS: C Diarrhea and abdominal pain are some of the possible gastrointestinal effects of pyrantel. See Table 43-11 for other adverse effects. The other options are incorrect. DIF: COGNITIVE LEVEL: Understanding (Comprehension) REF: p. 688 TOP: NU...

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Which statement by the student nurse indicates effective learning if the nurse teaches the student nurse about various drug interactions with thyroid drugs? a) "Thyroid drugs may increase serum Digitalis levels." b) "Thyroid drug absorption is increased by cholestyramine." c) "Thyroid drugs may decrease the activity of oral anticoagulants." d) "Thyroid drugs may decrease the activity of hypoglycemic drugs." - Answer d) "Thyroid drugs may decrease the activit...

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Parenterals - Answer Parenteral drugs are medications that are given by any route other than through the alimentary canal via the mouth. Parenteral drugs are administered by injection. In today's hospitals, injectable drugs account for a high percent of all administered medications. When a pharmacy technician prepares a parenteral drug, they must calculate the correct dosage of the drug carefully, and prepare the drug in a sterile environment. Administration of Parenterals - Answer P...

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Pharmacogenomics - Answer the study of genetically determined variations in the response to drugs Pharmacokinetics - Answer The way the body processes drugs. Involves 4 processes of: -absorption -distribution -metabolism -excretion Drug clearance - Answer The process of metabolism and excretion/ The disappearance of the drug from the patient's serum Absorption - Answer The process by which drug molecules move from their site of administration, across one or more cell...

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991. An adolescent patient who is on the school swim team asks a nurse about ways to prevent swimmer's ear. The nurse will tell the patient to: a. allow the ears to drain well after every swim and shower. b. clean the ears with a cotton-tipped applicator after swimming. c. keep the ear canals free of cerumen. d. use antifungal ear drops before and after swimming. - Answer ANS: A Acute otitis externa (OE) can be minimized by keeping the natural defenses of the external auditory canal (...

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N617 Pharm (Exam 1) Summer 2022-Jean Genzale TEST QUESTIONS WITH 100% VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS | Latest Updates 2024/2025

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38 pages

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1. A 42 y / o woman is diagnosed with bacteremia in the ED . The NP empirically starts antibiotics and want the first dose of Vancomycin to be given prior to admission to the floor . The hospital has a vancomycin nomogram for 15 mg / kg initial dosing ( rounded to the nearest 250 mg ) , followed by pharmacy dosing / pharmacokinetic service . If the patient weighs 154 pounds , what dose of vancomycin would the patient receive in the ED ? Please give your answer as a whole number without units . -...

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38 pages

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