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V@ndy87

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The nurse is providing care for a man diagnosed with osteoporosis. What drug will the nurse administer that is the only drug approved for treatment in men?
 
  A) Etidronate (Didronel)
  B) Pamidronate (Aredia)
  C) Tiludronate (Skelid)
  D) Alendronate (Fosamax)

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The nurse is admitting a 35-year-old patient to the preoperative unit in preparation for an elective inguinal hernia repair procedure to be performed under general anesthesia. What is the nurse's initial priority nursing assessment?
 
  A) Assess the patient's anxiety.
  B) Start an IV.
  C) Show the family the waiting area.
  D) Weigh the patient.


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Reply #1 on: Jul 23, 2018
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Alendronate is the only bisphosphonate that has been approved for the treatment of osteoporosis in men. Etidronate is used to treat Paget's disease, postmenopausal osteoporosis, and heterotopic ossification. Pamidronate is used to treat Paget's disease, postmenopausal osteoporosis in women, hypercalcemia of malignancy, and osteolytic bone lesions in cancer patients. Tiludronate is used to treat Paget's disease that is not responsive to other treatment.

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Weighing the patient is an initial priority because his or her weight will be used to determine appropriate dosing of all medications and will establish a baseline used for evaluation of any potential adverse effects. Other options are all actions the nurse will need to perform, but none are of higher priority than weighing the patient.


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Great answer, keep it coming :)

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Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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