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A nurse working in radiology administers iodine to a patient who is having a
computed tomography(CT) scan. The nurse working on the oncology unit
administers chemotherapy to patients who have cancer. At the Public Health
Department, a nurse administers a measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine to a
14-month-old child as a routine immunization. Which branch of pharmacology best
describes the actions of all three nurses? - ANSWER Pharmacotherapeutics
A physician has ordered intramuscular (IM) injections of morphine, a narcotic,
every 4 hours as neededfor pain in a motor vehicle accident victim. The nurse is
aware this drug has a high abuse potential. Under what category would morphine
be classified? - ANSWER Schedule II
When involved in phase III drug evaluation studies, what responsibilities would the
nurse have? - ANSWER Monitoring and observing patients closely for adverse
effects
What concept is considered when generic drugs are substituted forbrand-namee
drugs? - ANSWER Bioavailability
A nurse is assessing the patient's home medication use. After listening to the patient
list current medications, the nurse asks what priority question? - ANSWER Do you
take any over-the-counter medications?
After completing a course on pharmacology for nurses, what will the nurse know? -
ANSWER General drug information; the nurse can consult a drug guide for
specific drug information.
A nurse is instructing a pregnant patient concerning the potential risk to her fetus
from a Pregnancy Category B drug. What would the nurse inform the patient? -
ANSWER Animal studies have not demonstrated a risk to the fetus, but there have
been no adequate studiesin pregnant women.
Discharge planning for patients leaving the hospital should include instructions on
the use of over-the- counter (OTC) drugs. Which comment by the patient would
,demonstrate a good understanding of OTC drugs? - ANSWER OTC drugs could
cause serious harm if not taken according to directions.
What would be the best source of drug information for a nurse? - ANSWER A
nurse's drug guide
The nurse is preparing to administer a medication from a multidose bottle. The
label is torn and soiledbut the name of the medication is still readable. What is the
nurse's priority action? - ANSWER Discard the entire bottle and contents and
obtain a new bottle.
What aspect of pharmacology does a nurse study? (Select all that apply.) -
ANSWER Impact of drugs on the body
The body's response to a drug
Adverse and anticipated drug effects
The nurse, providing patient teaching about home medication use to an older adult,
explains that evenwhen drugs are taken properly they can produce negative or
unexpected effects. What are these negative or unexpected effects called? -
ANSWER Adverse effects
After administering a medication, for what would the nurse assess the patient? -
ANSWER Drug effects
The nurse receives an order to administer an unfamiliar medication and obtains a
nurse's drug guide published four years earlier. What is the nurse's most prudent
action? - ANSWER Find a more recent reference source.
What would the nurse provide when preparing a patient for discharge and home
medication self- administration? - ANSWER Thorough medication teaching about
drugs and the drug regimen
In response to the patient's question about how to know whether drugs are safe, the
nurse explains thatall medications undergo rigorous scientific testing controlled by
what organization? - ANSWER Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
The nurse, assisting with Phase I drug studies, is talking with a woman who asks,
Why can't I participate in this study? What would be the nurse's best response? -
ANSWER Drugs pose a greater risk to women of reproductive age.
,The patient tells the nurse about a new drug being tested to treat the disease she
was diagnosed with andasks the nurse whether the doctor can prescribe a
medication still in the preclinical phase of testing. What is the nurse's best
response? - ANSWER Drugs in the preclinical phase of testing are only tested on
animals and so would not be available toyou.
The nurse is caring for a patient who had a severe, acute, previously unseen adverse
effect of a drug in Phase III testing. The patient asks, After all the testing done on
this drug, didn't they know this adverseeffect could occur? What is the nurse's best
response? (Select all that apply.) - ANSWER Your response to this medication will
be reported to the drug company and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
When a drug begins to be used by a large clinical market, new adverse effects may
be found.
The telephone triage nurse receives a call from a patient asking for a prescription
for a narcotic to manage his surgical pain. The nurse explains that narcotic
prescriptions must be written and cannot becalled in to the pharmacy. The patient
says, Why are narcotics so difficult to get a prescription for? What is the nurse's
best response? - ANSWER Controlled substances like narcotics are controlled by
the FDA and the DEA.
The nurse explains the Drug Enforcement Agency's (DEA's) schedule of controlled
substances to the nursing assistant who asks, Do you ever get a prescription for
Schedule I medications? What is the nurse's best response? - ANSWER Schedule I
medications have no medical use so they are not prescribed.
The nurse, working on the maternity unit, receives a call from a pregnant woman
asking how she canknow whether a medication is safe to take while pregnant. What
is the nurse's best response? - ANSWER Never take medication until you receive
approval from your health care provider.
A patient asks the nurse, What is a Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) number?
What is the nurse's best response? - ANSWER DEA Numbers are given to
physicians and pharmacists when they register with the DEA toprescribe and
dispense controlled substances.
When moving to another state, what is the nurse responsible for becoming familiar
with? - ANSWER Local policies and procedures for controlled substance
, administration
The patient looks at the prescription provided by the doctor and asks the nurse
whether he can request a generic substitution. The nurse answers No when noting
what on the prescription? - ANSWER DAW
The patient asks the nurse why generic drugs would be used and voices concerns
that only the brandname product will be safe. What is the nurse's best response? -
ANSWER Most generic drugs are very safe and can be cost effective as well.
While studying for the test, the nursing student encounters the following drug:
papaverine (Pavabid).What does the nursing student identify the name Pavabid as?
- ANSWER The brand name
The patient is prescribed a medication that was just placed in Phase IV study. The
patient tells the nurse, This medication is too expensive. Could the doctor order a
generic form of this medication?What is the nurse's most accurate response? -
ANSWER Medications are not produced in generic form until the patent expires,
which normally takesseveral years.
The nurse learns that a drug needed by the patient is classified as an orphan drug
and recognizes whatas a reason for this classification? (Select all that apply.) -
ANSWER The drug is rarely prescribed.
The drug has dangerous adverse effects.
The drug treats a rare disease.
While collecting a medication history, the patient admits to doubling the
recommended dosage of an over- the-counter (OTC) medication, saying It's
harmless or they would require a prescription. What isthe nurse's best response? -
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