Pharmacotherapeutics

Pathway of an oral drug - Answer PO dose → Stomach → Intestines → portal vein → Liver → inferior vena cava → heart → aorta → celiac artery → system or common hepatic artery → Liver ... What characteristics of a drug affect absorption? - Answer - Size of the drug - lipid solubility of drug - degree of ionization of drug - gastric emptying/motility - food/other drugs in stomach or gut - effect of pH and intestine - influenced by food or other drugs - GI blood flow - c...

pharmacodynamics - Answer study of the mechanisms of action of drugs within the body and how drugs produce their effects in the body pharmacokinetics - Answer study of drug actions as they move through the body; the way the body absorbs, distributes, metabolizes and excretes drugs; mathematical study of drugs based on time and dose pharmacology - Answer study of biologically active compounds, how they react in the body and how the body reacts to them pharmacotherapeutics - Answer study ...

1. Which aspects support the APRN’s provision for full prescriptive authority? Select all that apply. 2. An APRN works in a urology clinic under the supervision of a physician who does not restrict the types of medications the APRN is allowed to prescribe. State law does not require the APRN to practice under physician supervision. How would the APRN’s prescriptive authority be described?

Patricia has been prescribed doxycycline for a chlamydia infection. She is healthy and her only medication is an oral combined contraceptive. Patricia's education would include: 1. Use a back-up method of birth control (condom) until her next menses. 2. Doxycycline may cause tendonitis and she should report any joint pain. 3. Her partner will need treatment if her infection doesn't clear with the doxycycline. 4. Doxycycline is used for one-dose treatment of STIs; take the whole pre...

LEHNE’S PHARMACOTHERAPEUTICS FOR ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSES AND PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS 2ND EDITION ROSENTHAL TEST BANK A+ GRADED 2023-2024 Chapter 1: Prescriptive Authority Test Bank Multiple Choice 1. An APRN works in a urology clinic under the supervision of a physician who does not restrict the types of medications the APRN is allowed to prescribe. State law does not require the APRN to practice under physician supervision. How would the APRN’s prescriptive authority be described? ...

1. A nurse has been assigned to care for a 52-year-old attorney who has hypertension and peptic ulcer disease. Before administering his medications, the nurse must complete an initial assessment. Core patient variables will be obtained from which of the following? (Select all that apply.) A) The patient's interview B) The patient's medical history C) The patient's medical record D) The patient's physical examination

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Pharmacotherapeutics for Advanced Practice Nurse Prescribers, 5th edition Woo Robinson with answers at every chapter 2024