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What is the most important consideration when administering new drugs? |
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Why are oral doses generally higher than IM doses? |
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The first pass effect requires more drugs |
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Why are diuretics given with high blood pressure medication? |
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How are drugs with a known high first pass effect administered to be more effective? |
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What should a nurse do if he/she cannot read an order? |
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Question it before administering |
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What is the nurse responsible for when administering drugs? |
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Having sufficient drug knowledge and be able to recognize and question errors |
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What must a know accurately asses the proper dose for a child? |
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How can a nurse help a patient overcome pre-surgery anxiety?t |
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Take time to talk to and listen to the patient |
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What is one thing a nurse can do to promote theraputic drug effect? |
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Have the patient take medications at prescribes times |
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When is the collection of subjective and objective data done? |
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What is true about patient teaching? |
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The nurse should make sure the patient is free of what during the teaching/learning experient? |
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Who is responsible for giving the patient accurate and up to date drug information? |
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What organ plays the largest role in drug metabolism? |
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What is the main symptom you would find in an anaplylactiv reaction? |
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What must be regularly inspected during sulfasalenide therapy for ulcerative colitis? |
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What is a major risk of trimethroprin administration in older adults? |
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depression of the bone marrow |
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How do sulfonamides exert their effects? |
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they inhibit folic acid in bacterial membrane |
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What class are sulfonamides? |
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What is a main adverse effect of Bactrim? |
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A cardiac patient taking a beta blocker along with Penecillin is at higher risk for what? |
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What is the primary antibiotic for rhumatic fever? |
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What is generally used to treat psuedomonias? |
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Extended spectrum penecillins |
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By what action to natural acting penecillins work? |
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What drug is given prophylactically for infection in oral procedures? |
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What is a key sign of a superinfection? |
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What percentage of people who are allergic to penecillin are also allergic to cephalosporins? |
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What type of infections to 3rd generation cephalosporins treat? |
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What are two main adverse ractions of aminoglycosides? |
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ototoxicity and nephrotoxicity |
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What is used to treat syphallis in patients who are allergic to penecilli? |
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What doo fluoroquionolones do? |
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Interefere with the synthesis of bacterial DNA |
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What should be done when a patient on gentamycin develops ringing in the ears? |
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the dose should be held and the doctor should be contacted |
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How should tetracycline be taken? |
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Floroquinolones treat infections by which effect? |
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Tetracyclines taken with antacids can result in what adverse effect? |
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the decreased absorbtion of tetracycline |
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What drug is used prophylactically for TB? |
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What food should be avoided when taking linzenoid? |
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What adverse reaction can occur when tetracycline is taken with anticoagulants? |
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increased risk of bleeding |
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What is the main side effect of maxaquin? |
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What should be avoided with INH therapy? |
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What adverse reaction should be watched for with clindamycin? |
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What is a main contraindication for acyclovir therapy? |
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Increased levels of theophylline |
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What should be ordered before floroquinolone therapy? |
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A culture and sensitivity test |
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What can result when linezoid is taken with foods containting thyramine? |
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What is a drug that is bsolutely contraindicated for children? |
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Who is at higher risk for liver failure when taking acetamenophin? |
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people who habitually use alcohol |
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What is the primary type of analgesic used for rheumatoid arthritis? |
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What vital sign should be especially assessed with morphine therapy? |
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What will most likely be administered to a child with the flu? |
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When should a nurse notify the physician regarding respiratory rate? |
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When it fall below 10 breaths/minute |
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What should be checked before morphine administration? |
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The patients respiratory rate, depth, and rhythm |
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How are opiods most effectively administered for chronic pain patients? |
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On a regular schedule around the clock |
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Which body system recognizes pain? |
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What is tylenol classified as? |
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What adverse effect should be watched for when Modafinil is given for epilepsy? |
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What is an anxiety disorder? |
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anything that causes a percieved threat to physical,emotional,social, or personal well being |
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What is a main GI reaction to sedatives? |
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What pregnancy category are benzodiazepenes? |
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What adverse reaction should be watched for in elderly patients taking zolipidem? |
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When should a patient recieve Zolpidem? |
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What can happen when a pregnant woman takes Benzodiazapene? |
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their newborn can have withdrawl symptoms |
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How long does it generally take for antidepressants to exert their therapeutic effect? |
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What is a main drug used in the treatment of anxiety and sleep disturbances? |
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What are the adverse reactions of Amoxapine? |
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muscle rigidity, altered mental status, sweating, and tachycardia |
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How long does is usually take for neuroleptic malignant syndrome take to present? |
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What patients taking gentamycin should be especially watched for adverse reactions? |
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those with hearing impairments |
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What is another name for adrenergic drugs? |
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What is the predominant effect of alpha-1 drugs? |
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What is a main effect of adrenergic drugs? |
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increase of the heart rate |
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What is the primary nursing assessment for alpha and beta antagonists? |
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What finding should be reported immediately with a patient taking epinephrine? |
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a systolic blood pressure less than 100 |
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What is the most imporant thing to monitor in patients taking miodrine? |
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What type of drugs is used for the treatment of asthma, shock, and bronchospasm? |
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What should be assessed before the administration of beta-adrenergic blockers? |
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What should be done when a patient taking propanolol presents with a heart rate below 60? |
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The done should be held and the doctor should be contacted |
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What would an alpha 2 adrenergic agonist cause? |
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a decrease in blood pressure |
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What should be closely assessed before sympathomimetics are administered? |
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What drug acts on the parasympathetic nervous system? |
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What system do cholinergic drugs effect? |
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What effect should Urtecholine cause? |
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Improved function of the bladder |
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What is the primary use for Duvoid? |
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How do cholinergic drugs work? |
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They increase the activity of acetylcholine receptor sites |
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What should atropine therapy do? |
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restore normal sinus rythm and rate |
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How long should it take a patient to void after recieving Urecholine? |
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What two drugs are primarily used for the treatment of glaucoma? |
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When should pro-bantine be given? |
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What is an example of an adverse effect of atropine? |
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