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Hungry! · **on:** Jul 23, 2018

A nurse manager is discussing employment requirements with a group of potential employees. One person says, I am not certain I want to get a hepatitis shot. What information should the nurse provide?

1. Working in a hospital puts you at higher risk for being exposed to hepatitis B.
2. You can be protected from hepatitis B with this one quick immunization.
3. Children get this immunization before they are 2 years old.
4. If you don't get this vaccine, you must wear gloves at all times.
5. The vaccine is about 50 effective.

Question 2

Why do healthcare providers study pharmacology and pharmacotherapeutic s? (Select all that apply.)

1. To understand how drugs improve the health of the human body
2. To educate clients
3. To gather medical data regarding results of drug therapy
4. To classify medications based on how they are produced

tashiedavis420 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 23, 2018

Answer to Question 1

1,3
Rationale 1: Working in a hospital increases risk of being exposed to blood and body fluids, which is a primary means of transmission.
Rationale 2: This is a 3 injection series.
Rationale 3: Childhood immunization for hepatitis B is completed by age 18 months.
Rationale 4: Wearing gloves at all times is not good infection control. The virus can be spread in other ways besides hand contamination.
Rationale 5: The vaccine is about 90 effective.

Global Rationale: Working in a hospital increases risk of being exposed to blood and body fluids, which is a primary means of transmission. Childhood immunization for hepatitis B is completed by age 18 months. This is a 3 injection series. Wearing gloves at all times is not good infection control. The virus can be spread in other ways besides hand contamination. The vaccine is about 90 effective.

Answer to Question 2

1, 2, 3
Rationale 1: Pharmacology is the study of medicine. Healthcare providers practice the discipline of pharmacology to study how drugs improve the health of the human body.
Rationale 2:An extensive knowledge of pharmacology is necessary to properly educate clients.
Rationale 3:Healthcare professions gather medical data from patients to follow up on results of therapy.
Rationale 4:Medicines are classified as traditional drugs, biologics, and natural alternatives. Healthcare providers do not classify medications.

Global rationale:For healthcare providers studying pharmacology, training in the fields of pharmacology and therapeutics are connected. Pharmacology is the study of medicine and pharmacotherapeutic s is the use of medicine to treat disease. Knowing how medicines work, their side effects, and their adverse effects is essential to educate clients.