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Adams, Pharmacology for Nurses: A Pathophysiologic Approach, 5/E Chapter 3 Question 1 Type: MCMA The physician has ordered several medications for the patient. What does the nurse recognize as responsibilities regarding administration of medications? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected. Standard Text: Select all that apply. 1. Knowing whether or not the medication is on the hospital formulary 2. Knowing the reason the medication w...

Written notes on chapters 12 and 15. Contains information on alkanes, cycloalkanes, alkyl groups, naming alkanes, properties of alkanes, cis and trans isomers, chiral molecules, and more with examples

Question:1 Type: MCSA The pharmaceutical representative comes to the physician's office and says his company's pharmaceutical laboratory is marketing a drug that does not need approval by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). What is the best response by the nurse? 1. "Any pharmaceutical laboratory in America must have approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) before marketing a drug." 2. "Is this an over-the-counter (OTC) drug? They do not need approval by the Food and ...

Question 1 Type: MCMA The nurse is doing a holistic assessment on a patient prior to the initiation of antihypertensive medication. What will the best assessment include? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected. Standard Text: Select all that apply. 1. Blood pressure 2. The biologic cause of the hypertension 3. Mood 4. Level of education 5. Belief in a higher power Correct Answer: 1,3,4,5 Rationale 1: Holistic health care incorpora...

The physician has ordered several medications for the patient. What does the nurse recognize as responsibilities regarding administration of medications? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected. Standard Text: Select all that apply. 1. Knowing whether or not the medication is on the hospital formulary 2. Knowing the reason the medication was prescribed for this patient 3. Knowing how the medication is to be administered 4. Knowing how t...

The nurse is teaching a pharmacology class to student nurses. What does the nurse include as key events in the history of pharmacology? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected. Standard Text: Select all that apply. 1. Initial drugs included morphine, cocaine, and penicillin. 2. Early researchers used themselves as test subjects. 3. The initial intention of pharmacology was to relieve human suffering. 4. Modern pharmacology began in the ...

Type: MCMA The nurse is doing a holistic assessment on a patient prior to the initiation of antihypertensive medication. What will the best assessment include? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected. Standard Text: Select all that apply. 1. Blood pressure 2. The biologic cause of the hypertension 3. Mood 4. Level of education 5. Belief in a higher power Correct Answer: 1,3,4,5 Rationale 1: Holistic health care incorporates the whol...

Question 1 Type: MCSA The nurse follows the nursing process when conducting medication education about insulin. The step of evaluation is best demonstrated by which question? 1. "Is your abdomen the best place to inject insulin?" 2. "What questions do you have about insulin?" 3. "Can you recognize when you are experiencing hypoglycemia?" 4. "Can you tell me four points you remember about how to take your insulin?" Correct Answer: 4 Rationale 1: Asking the patient what questions ...

The nurse follows the nursing process when conducting medication education about insulin. The step of evaluation is best demonstrated by which question? 1. "Is your abdomen the best place to inject insulin?" 2. "What questions do you have about insulin?" 3. "Can you recognize when you are experiencing hypoglycemia?" 4. "Can you tell me four points you remember about how to take your insulin?" Correct Answer: 4 Rationale 1: Asking the patient what questions she has about insulin is...

Question:1 Type: MCSA The pharmaceutical representative comes to the physician's office and says his company's pharmaceutical laboratory is marketing a drug that does not need approval by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). What is the best response by the nurse? 1. "Any pharmaceutical laboratory in America must have approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) before marketing a drug." 2. "Is this an over-the-counter (OTC) drug? They do not need approval by the Food and ...