1. Placebo means a substance given to a patient as a medicine or a procedure performed on a patient that has no intrinsic therapeutic value and relieves symptoms or helps the patient in someway only because the patient believes or expects that it will.Answer:3
2. Drug dependence is consuming increasing quantity of drugs. Drug accumulation occurs when the medicine is provided even prior to the elimination of previous dose which may lead to over dosage of medication leading to fatal effects.Answer:4
3.When drugs are circulating in the bloodstream and reach the sites of action which is spreading of the particular drug is called distribution.Answer:3
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A 16-year-old student comes to the school nurse’s office and tells the nurse that she thinks she might be pregnant. The student tells the nurse that she has not had a period in 3 months. The nurse checks the student’s file and finds that she has a history of asthma and a seizure disorder for which she has been prescribed daily drugs. Because the student takes these drugs at home, the nurse has not seen her on a regular basis....
us) 1_001 Pharmacology for Health Prof rses / 201903,BIO-251-001 / February 4-February 10 / Test #8 Unit 6-chapters The nurse is planning care for a pregnant patient prone to substance abuse. When the patient states, "My baby isn't getting my drugs, I am," how does the nurse respond? Select all that apply. Select one or more: a. "If you continue to take drugs, it will make you have a very irritable infant." b. "Drugs may work longer in your baby."...
1. A patient has been taking thyroid drugs for about 16 months and has recently noted palpitations and some heat intolerance. What are the nurse's priority actions at this time? 2. . A patient with a history of hypothyroidism is in her first trimester of pregnancy. She asks the nurse, "How often will they check my thyroid hormone levels? I'm very worried about how this will affect my baby." What is the nurse's best response?
Case Study A 16-year-old student comes to the school nurse's office and tells the nurse that she thinks she might be pregnant. The student tells the nurse that she has not had a period in 3 months. The nurse checks the student's file and finds that she has a history of asthma and a seizure disorder for which she has been prescribed daily drugs. Because the student takes these drugs at home, the nurse has not seen her on a...
A nurse is caring for a client who has a history of renal insufficiency and is taking lithium. The nurse should monitor the client for which of the following? . . . . . . . . . Tolerance to the drug O Drug interaction Drug toxicity Dependence on the drug A nurse is teaching a client about the adverse effects of digoxin. Which of the following statements should the nurse include in the teaching? . . . . ....
A nurse is caring for a patient taking a drug that is metabolized in the liver. Additionally, the patient has been prescribed to receive two drugs that are both excreted from the same sites in the kidney. (Learning Objectives 1, 3, 4, and 5) When the nurse is reviewing a drug to be given, the nurse notes that the drug is metabolized in the liver. What data can be gathered based on the nurse’s assessment of the patient? When considering...
2. A nurse is caring for a patient taking a drug that is metabolized in the liver. Additionally, the patient has been prescribed to receive two drugs that are both excreted from the same sites in the kidney. (learning objectives 1,3,4 and 5). A). when the nurse is reviewing a drug to be given, the nurse note that the drug is metabolized in the liver, What data can be gathered based on the nurse's assessment of the patient? B).when considering...
1. The nurse is evaluating the vital signs of an obstetric patient in preterm labor who has recently begun taking terbutaline (Brethine). The patient reports that her heart feels like it is racing and questions if this is a normal feeling. Provide a response for the patient to include drug education. 2. The nurse is preparing to administer pyridostigmine (Mestinon) to a patient with myasthenia gravis. Prior to administration, the patient assessment is completed and bilateral lung wheezes are auscultated....
4. What adverse effects should the nurse teach the patient, taking beta blockers, to report to the prescriber immediately? Angiotensin-converting Enzyme inhibitors (ACE Inhibitors or ACEI): 1. How do ACE inhibitors work? 2. Why is the patient's potassium (K) level important when taking this class of medications? 3. Who should not take ACE inhibitors? 4. List the drugs that should not be taken with ACE Inhibitors or require close monitoring when doing so? 5. How is ACEI overdose/toxicity managed? Angiotensin...