Author Question: A 32-year-old Asian female who has just arrived in the United States has been diagnosed with ... (Read 28 times)

SO00 · **on:** Jul 23, 2018

A 32-year-old Asian female who has just arrived in the United States has been diagnosed with hypertension. She has come to the clinic for an office visit and states that she has always used traditional healing preparations when ill.

In discussing her new antihypertensive drug, the nurse will assess her use of
A) analgesics.
B) diuretics.
C) ginseng.
D) antidepressants.

Question 2

A nurse who provides care in a long-term care facility is documenting a new resident's medication regimen on the resident's intake admission.

The nurse is documenting the generic, rather than proprietary, names of the resident's current drugs because
A) there is a potential for confusion and miscommunication if proprietary names are used.
B) proprietary names of drugs can vary from state to state.
C) documentation of trade names for drugs requires permission from the manufacturer.
D) drugs with generic names are prescribed and used differently than proprietary drugs.