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londonang

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After admitting a patient to the unit, the nurse is organizing times to administer ordered medications. What important consideration will guide the nurse's timing of each medication?
 
  A) Comfort
  B) Ethnicity of patient
  C) Gender
  D) Age

Question 2

A patient is newly diagnosed with parkinsonism. Parkinsonism, which may occur in association with long-term use of antipsychotics, can be treated with what drug type?
 
  A) Anticholinergic agents
  B) Monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs)
  C) Synthetic antiviral agents
  D) Dopaminergic drugs



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Answer to Question 1

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Organizing the day and the drug regimen to make it the least intrusive on a patient's comfort can help to prevent errors and improve compliance. Ethnicity, gender, and age should be a consideration when ordering the drug, but after the drug is chosen it should be administered in a way that will maintain the patient's quality-of-life.

Answer to Question 2

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Feedback:
Anticholinergic drugs that are centrally active are useful in treating parkinsonism. MAOIs, synthetic antiviral agents, and dopaminergic agents are incorrect.



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Both answers were spot on, thank you once again



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