The nurse is teaching a medication class for parents of children ...

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The nurse is teaching a medication class for parents of children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder who are receiving stimulant medications. The nurse has reviewed reasons why the medications are restricted.
 
  The nurse determines that learning has occurred when the parents make which response(s)?
  1. The use of these medications is restricted so that the pharmacies can track the rate of drug abuse in our city.
  2. The use of these medications is restricted because the physician needs to evaluate our child more often.
  3. The use of these medications is restricted because they have the potential for abuse.
  4. The use of these medications is restricted so that the drug companies can make a bigger profit.
  5. The use of these medications is restricted because this is the current law.

Question 2

During pharmacology class, the student nurse asks the nursing instructor how students will ever learn about the individual antibiotic drugs since there are so many. What is the best response by the nursing instructor?
 
  1. You will learn a little trick called mnemonics.
  2. You will learn how to do a flow chart to enhance memory.
  3. You will learn how to categorize the individual drugs.
  4. You will learn a representative drug from each class.

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Answer to Question 1

Correct Answer: 3,5
Rationale: The Controlled Substance Act is the law under which medications with abuse potential are restricted. Stimulant medications are considered controlled substances. More frequent evaluations are a good plan, but this is not the reason for restricted use of stimulant medications. Drug companies do not make a bigger profit when medications are listed as restricted. Pharmacies do not track the rate of drug abuse in cities.

Answer to Question 2

Correct Answer: 4
Rationale: A prototype, or representative, drug is the well-understood drug model from which other drugs in a pharmacological class are compared. Categorizing individual drugs is not the best way to learn about drugs. Using mnemonics is not the best way to learn about drugs. Flow charts are not the best way to learn about drugs.