Author Question: A client is admitted to the emergency department with high blood pressure. The health care provider ... (Read 69 times)

joesmith1212 · **on:** Jul 23, 2018

A client is admitted to the emergency department with high blood pressure. The health care provider orders a diuretic and tells the client this medication will lower the blood pressure by decreasing intravascular fluid volume.

What does this description address?
1. The drug's mechanism of action
2. The drug's pharmacologic classification
3. How the drug produces its effects in the body
4. The drug's therapeutic classification
5. What condition is being treated by the drug

Question 2

Chemical names are assigned for each drug. What are the major reasons that nursing usually does not use the chemical name of the drugs?

1. They are usually not brief or easy to remember.
2. They are often difficult to pronounce.
3. There is no standard for assigning names.
4. They do not explain the nature of the drug.
5. There is only one chemical name for each drug.

ecabral0 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 23, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Correct Answer: 1,2,3
Rationale 1: Mechanism of action describes how a drug produces its effects in the body?in this case, how it lowers blood pressure.
Rationale 2: The pharmacologic classification describes how a drug produces its effects in the body?in this case, how it lowers blood pressure.
Rationale 3: The diuretic lowers blood pressure by lowering fluid volume in the vasculature.
Rationale 4: The therapeutic classification states what condition the drug is used to treat.
Rationale 5: A drug's therapeutic classification states what condition the drug is used to treat.

Answer to Question 2

Correct Answer: 1,2
Rationale: Chemical names are usually not brief or easy to remember.