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A 29-year-old pregnant patient is extremely upset about having to take medication for a pre-existing medical condition.
 
  She is consumed with fear that her baby will be born with a physical deformity or a congenital anomaly but knows that she has to take the medication. She talks constantly about this and is unable to sleep most nights. Which of the following is the most appropriate nursing diagnosis for this patient is?
  A) Injury, Risk to the fetus related to adverse effects of maternal drug therapy
  B) Injury, Risk to the patient related to failure to receive needed drug therapy
  C) Anxiety related to perceived danger of drug therapy to fetus or infant
  D) Noncompliance with Drug Therapy

Question 2

A patient has been prescribed penicillin G for pharyngitis. She is upset that she has to take the antibiotic around the clock. The nurse will base a response to the patient on the fact that penicillin G
 
  A) has an average peak drug effect of 4 hours.
  B) needs to bind to plasma protein.
  C) is rapidly cleared unchanged from the plasma by the kidneys.
  D) does not penetrate the bloodbrain barrier.



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Answer to Question 1

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Answer to Question 2

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TVarnum

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Reply 2 on: Jul 23, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

 

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