It is important to evaluate the efficacy of what parameter when evaluating the drug therapy of a patient?
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A nurse in an acute care facility is caring for a client who is receiving IV Nitroprusside for hypertensive crisis. The nurse should monitor the client for which of the following adverse reactions to this medication?
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Zero order kinetics is seen with
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The following drugs may precipitate angina pectoris EXCEPT:
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In today's health care environment there is often more contact between the patient and the nurse than between the patient and the physician. How does this increased patient contact impact drug therapy?
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Which of the following statement is not correct for insulin medications:
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NSAIDs increase the risk of CNS adverse effects when taken with which group of antibiotics?
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A nurse is caring for a client who has been taking Sertraline for the past 2 days. Which of the following assessment findings should alert the nurse to the possibility that the client is developing Serotonin syndrome?
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Patients taking antacids should be educated regarding these drugs, including letting them know that:
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Irreversible interaction of an antagonist with a receptor is due to:
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A nurse is instructing a pregnant patient concerning the potential risk to her fetus from a pregnancy category B drug. The nurse would inform the patient that:
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Medication agreements or 'Pain Medication Contracts' are recommended to be used:
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Which medication ordered for a patient with a substance abuse history has the greatest risk for abuse?
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What is the correct statement concerning noncompetitive antagonism:
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Frusemide is:
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A primary health care provider orders a transdermal drug. When administering this drug, which action by the nurse would be most appropriate?
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While caring for a client who is taking furosemide (Lasix), the nurse recognizes dietary teaching has been effective if the patient includes which of the following foods in his daily menus?
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A nurse is teaching a client about preventing Otitis Externa. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include?
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Colestipol comes in a powdered form. The patient is taught to:
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Which medication order requires nursing judgment and means administer if needed?
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Potentially fatal granulocytopenia has been associated with treatment of hyperthyroidism with propylthiouracil. Patients should be taught to report:
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A nurse is assisting with caring for a client with cancer who is receiving cisplatin. Select the adverse effects that the nurse monitors for that are associated with this medication. (Select one that does not apply.)
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Digoxin levels need to be monitored closely when the following medication is started:
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Anticholinesterase inhibitors are used to treat:
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The patient looks at the prescription provided by the doctor and asks the nurse whether he can request a generic substitution. The nurse answers No when noting what on the prescription?
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A nurse is providing teaching to a client who has type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and is starting Repaglinide. Which of the following statements by the client indicates understanding of the administration of this medication?
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The nurse administers a prescribed medication that is supplied as an enteric-coated tablet. The patient asks the nurse about this form of tablet. When describing how this tablet is absorbed, which response by the nurse would be most accurate?
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Antiemitic used to prevent aspiration in emergency surgery
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Osteoporosis is a major adverse effect caused by the glucocorticoids. It is due to their ability to:
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A nurse is preparing to administer vancomycin 1 g by intermittent IV bolus. Available is vancomycin 1 g in 100 mL of dextrose 5% in water (D5W) to infuse over 45 min. The drop factor of the manual IV tubing is 10 gtt/mL. The nurse should adjust the manual IV infusion to deliver how many gtt/min? (Round the answer to the nearest whole number. Do not use a trailing zero.)
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Which of the following medications is a potassium-sparing diuretic?
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Which of the following drug has the ability to produce hypogliceic effect via closure of ATP-sensitive channels
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Serum level of drug is monitored when the patient is on
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A child with severe asthma is being treated oral prednisone. Which of the following adverse effects is of particular concern?
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The processes involved in dynamic equilibrium are key elements in the nurse's ability to determine what?
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Indirect costs associated with drug therapy include:
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Scott's seizures are well controlled on topiramate and he wants to start playing baseball. Education for Scott regarding his topiramate includes:
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Phenytoin decreases folic acid absorption by:
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The FDA issued a safety announcement regarding the use of erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESAs) in 2010 with the recommendation that:
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A potentially life-threatening adverse response to angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors is angioedema. Which of the following statements is true about this adverse response?
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The nurse is caring for a patient who is being treated for chronic alcohol intoxication. The nurse notes that the patient's serum alcohol level is 0.40 mg%. The patient is awake and talkative even though this is a potentially lethal dose. The nurse recognizes this as alcohol
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In Ayurvedic medicine, treatment is based on the 'tistidever' dosha, which is referred to as the person's:
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While receiving treatment for kidney stones, a man complains of swelling and pain in his big toe and is found to have hyperuricemia
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Which of the following routes have the highest bioavailability?
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The telephone triage nurse receives a call from a patient asking for a prescription for a narcotic to manage his surgical pain. The nurse explains that narcotic prescriptions must be written and cannot be called in to the pharmacy. The patient says, Why are narcotics so difficult to get a prescription for? What is the nurse's best response?
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AH of the following do not cross the blood brain barrier except
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Patient education when prescribing colchicine includes:
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