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cookcarl

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The physician has ordered several medications for the patient. What does the nurse recognize as responsibilities regarding administration of medications?
 
  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 the medication is supplied by the pharmacy
  5. Knowing the name of the medication

Question 2

A client tells the nurse that the health care provider has prescribed a new medication that has just come on the market.
 
  The nurse has not heard of this particular medication but is able to give the client important information based on its prototype drug because of which principles?
  1. Knowing the prototype drug allows the nurse to predict the mechanism of action of the new medication.
  2. The information regarding the prototype drug can be extended to any drug in the same class.
  3. The prototype drug is the drug to which all drugs in a class are compared.
  4. Knowing the prototype drug's therapeutic or pharmacologic classification can reveal important information about other drugs in the same class.
  5. This is a new drug on the market. It may not have a prototype drug yet and its properties cannot be predicted.



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Brenm

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Answer to Question 1

Correct Answer: 2,3,4,5
Rationale: How the medication is supplied by the pharmacy, how the medication is to be administered, the name of the medication, and the reason the medication was prescribed for the patient are the responsibilities of the nurse regarding medication administration. Whether or not a drug is on a hospital formulary list is not a primary responsibility of the nurse.

Answer to Question 2

Correct Answer: 1,2
Rationale 1: Knowledge about the prototype drug can help the nurse predict important information such as actions, side effects, mechanism of action, and contraindications for other drugs in the same class.
Rationale 2: Knowledge about the prototype drug can help the nurse predict important information such as actions, side effects, mechanism of action, and contraindications for other drugs in the same class.
Rationale 3: The prototype drug is chosen to be the representative medication in a particular classification.
Rationale 4: Just knowing a drug's therapeutic or pharmacologic classification can reveal important information about the drug.
Rationale 5: Knowledge about the prototype drug can help the nurse predict important information such as actions, side effects, mechanism of action, and contraindications for other drugs in the same class.




cookcarl

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Reply 2 on: Jul 23, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it


ktidd

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Gracias!

 

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