Test Bank for Introduction to Clinical Pharmacology 10th Edition By Constance Visovsky, Cheryl Zambroski, Shirley Hosler Chapter 1-20 Complete Guide A+

Test Bank for Introduction to Clinical
Pharmacology 10th Edition By Constance
Visovsky, Cheryl Zambroski, Shirley Hosler
Chapter 1-20 Complete Guide A+




TESTB 43




ANK

,Visovsky:43Introduction43to43Clinical43Pharmacology,4310th43E 2
dition
Chapter4301:43Pharmacology43and43the43Nursing43Process43in43LPN43Practice43Visov
sky:Introduction43to43Clinical43Pharmacology,4310th43Edition


MULTIPLE43CHOICE


1. The43LPN43 is43collecting43data43for43the43initial43assessment43of43a43patient43 upon43admission4
3to43 a

Long-
term43care43facility43before43giving43the43patient’s43prescribed43drugs.43Which43action43should43the43L
PN43consider43to43be43the43highest43priority?

a. Obtain43any43special43equipment43that43 will43be43needed43to43give43the43patient’s43drug.

b. Monitor43the43patient43 for43a43response43to43the43drug43given.

c. Collect43data43about43the43patient43 and43the43patient’s43health43condition.

d. Review43the43nursing43care43plan43to43verify43that43it43is4
3accurate.43ANS:43C

Collecting43and43documenting43data43about43the43patient43and43the43patient’s43health43condition4
3is43a43critical43step43before43any43drugs43are43given.43Information43regarding43the43present43illn

ess,43any43signs43and43symptoms,43review43of43medical43records,43drug43history,43and43vital43sig
ns43are43needed43before43drugs43are43given.43Deciding43on43special43equipment43that43will43be43
needed43to43give43the43patient’s43drug43is43part43of43the43planning43phase43of43the43nursing43proc
ess.43Monitoring43the43patient43for43his43response43to43given43drug43is43part43of43the43evaluation43
stage43of43the43nursing43process.43Reviewing43the43nursing43care43plan43to43verify43that43it4 3 is43b
eing43followed43accurately43is43part43of43the43implementation43stage43of43the43nursing43process.




DIF: Cognitive43Level:43Applying REF:43p.43 2




2. The43LPN43is43working43with43a43patient43in43the43planning43stage43of43the43nursing43pro
cess43related43to43the43patient’s43prescribed43drugs.43Which43action43should43the43LPN43take43d
uring43this43stage?

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a.
dition Develop43a43nursing43goal43to43plan43the43procedures43needed43to43give43drug.

b. Develop43a43teaching43plan43for43the43patient43regarding43the43drug’s43actions.

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dition
c. Determine43that43the43patient43 is43experiencing43the43expected43response43to43his43drug.

d. Determine43how43much43the43patient43understands43about43hi
s43drug.43ANS:43D


Determining43how43much43the43patient43understands43about43his43drug43is43part43of43the43diagn
osis43phase43of43the43nursing43process.43Developing43a43nursing43goal43to43plan43the43procedur
es43needed43to43give43drug43and43developing43a43teaching43plan43for43the43patient43regarding43
the43drug’s43actions43are43part43of43the43planning43phase43of43the43nursing43process.


DIF:4 3 4 3 Cognitive43Level:43 Applying4 3 4 3 REF:43p.432


3. You43are43teaching43a43patient43with43depression43about43the43potential43adverse43effec
ts43of43a43prescribed43drug.43What43part43of43the43nursing43process43related43to43drug43therapy43a
re43you43engaging43in43at43this43point43of43the43teaching43plan?

a. Assessment

b. Implementation

c. Evaluation

d. Diagnosis
43ANS:43C

In43the43evaluation43phase43of43the43nursing43process,43the43LPN43understands43and43teaches43
to43the43patient43the43drug’s43therapeutic43effects,43expected43side43effects,43and43potential43a
dverse43effects.




DIF:4 3 4 3 Cognitive43Level:43Remembering4 3 4 3 4 3 REF:4 3 4 3 p.432


4. Which43of43the43following43 is43an43example43of43subjective43data?

a. The43patient43states43she43has43pain43in43her43left43arm.

b. The43 medical43chart43 has43a43recorded43blood43pressure43of43128/88.

c. The43serum43potassium43level43is433.843 mmol/L.