A nurse is providing discharge teaching about an opiate analgesic ...

[penza]

A nurse is providing discharge teaching about an opiate analgesic for a patient. The nurse correctly tells the patient that the greatest potential for abuse exists with drugs from which schedule?
 
  a. I
  b. II
  c. III
  d. IV

Question 2

A prescriber orders a drug that is considered off label. A patient asks what off label means. The nurse correctly explains that off label means that a drug is
 
  a. still being tested in the FDA experimental stages.
  b. FDA approved for one use but is being prescribed for another purpose.
  c. in the fast-track FDA approval process to expedite use.
  d. a schedule I drug but may be used as a schedule II drug.

[bfulkerson77]

Answer to Question 1

ANS: A
Schedule I drugs have the greatest potential for abuse.
Drugs from schedule II have less potential for abuse.
Drugs from schedule III also have less potential for abuse.
Drugs from schedule IV do not have the greatest potential for abuse.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: B
The term off label indicates that the drug is approved for one use but may be used for a different purpose.
A drug still being tested in the FDA experimental stages is called an investigational drug.
The term fast track refers to the expeditious nature in which a drug would be channeled for approval by the FDA.
The classification of scheduled drugs has to do with abuse potential, not labeled or unlabeled uses.

[penza]

TYSM

[JaynaD87]

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