Author Question: A nurse is assessing a pregnant client and learns that the client is addicted to cocaine. The nurse ... (Read 142 times)

pepyto · **on:** Jul 23, 2018

A nurse is assessing a pregnant client and learns that the client is addicted to cocaine. The nurse informs the client about the risks of cocaine addiction for her fetus. Which of the following would the nurse include?

A) The child may be born with diabetes.
B) The child may be born with hypertension.
C) The child may be born with an addiction to drugs.
D) The child may be born with CNS defects.

Question 2

When reviewing the phases of drug development, the nurse finds a discussion about the postmarketing surveillance phase. Which one of the following activities would the nurse expect to find as being carried out during this phase?

A) Health care providers report adverse effects to FDA.
B) Healthy volunteers are involved in the test.
C) In vitro tests are performed using human cells.
D) The drug is given to patients with the disease.

mmj22343 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 23, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Ans: C
Feedback:
The nurse informs the client that children born to mothers using addictive drugs are often born with an addiction to the drug. Children born to mothers who are addicted to cocaine are not known to be born with diabetes, CNS defects, or hypertension.

Answer to Question 2

Ans: A
Feedback:
The postmarketing surveillance phase of drug development encourages health care professionals to report adverse effects of drugs to the FDA using MedWatch. Phase 1 of clinical testing involves 20 to 100 healthy volunteers. In vitro testing of the drug on human or animal cells is done in the pre-FDA phase. In Phase 2 of clinical testing, the drug is given to patients with the disease for which the drug is manufactured.