Author Question: When evaluating information accessed over the Internet, an important question the nurse should teach ... (Read 29 times)

nenivikky · **on:** Jul 23, 2018

When evaluating information accessed over the Internet, an important question the nurse should teach the patient to ask is what?

A) Is the information anecdotal?
B) Where has this information been obtained?
C) Is this information paid for by the drug company?
D) How many patients have had input into the information?

Question 2

The patient asks the nurse, Will I have to take this antiarrhythmic agent for the rest of my life? The nurse, having reviewed the CAST study, responds by saying what?

A) Yes, you will have to take this drug for life.
B) The drug is indicated for short-term treatment of life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias.
C) This drug may need to be changed but you'll take an antiarrhythmic for life.
D) After the arrhythmia is corrected, the drug will be stopped.

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

Answer to Question 1

A
Feedback:
Many people do not know how to evaluate the drug-related information that they can access over the Internet. Is it accurate or anecdotal is an important concept for the nurse to teach the patient to assess to verify the accuracy of the information. Where the information came from is unimportant. It would be expected that all drug advertising is paid for by the drug company and this is not an important concern. Number of patients with input into the information is most likely none because information is gathered from health care professionals.

Answer to Question 2

B
Feedback:
The CAST study, a large research study run by the National Heart and Lung Institute, found that long-term treatment of arrhythmias may have an uncertain effect on mortality, and in some cases may actually lead to increased cardiac death, which is the basis for the current indication for antiarrhythmics to be used only short-term to treat life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias.