Answer to Question 1
B
Feedback:
If a patient is aware of certain adverse effects and how to alleviate or decrease the discomfort, he or she is more likely to continue taking the medication. A list of pharmacies can be useful information but will not improve safety or compliance. Knowing the cost of the brand name versus the generic form could also be helpful to the patient. However, a substitution may not be allowable and the cost of a drug does not improve patient safety. Most patients are not concerned with the statistics related to drug testing and it would not improve compliance or safety even if the patient was interested in the information.
Answer to Question 2
B
Feedback:
Although dosages for prophylaxis have been calculated to treat malaria in children, many drugs have not been proven to be safe and efficient in that population and extreme caution is needed .If a child needs to travel to an area with endemic protozoal infections, the CDC or local health department should be consulted about the safest possible preventive measures. As a result, the other options are incorrect.
) Intradermal drug administration: (c) the needle is inserted, bevel up at 10–15°
Documented Herb–Drug Interactions
Patient teaching: male genetalia assessment
A physician uses a portable electronic tablet to enter patient data while in the examination room.
Grief Responses and Patient Verbalization