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NURS 2060 Pharmacology WGU D116
WGU NURS 2060 D116 Midterm and Final Exam
Course Title and Number: NURS 2060 Pharmacology WGU
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A patient diagnosed d. Arrange to schedule an appointment with the
patient.
with chronic pain
Feedback: Schedule II medications are not
calls to request an
eligible for refills, and prescriptions must
oxycodone
be handwritten. It is important to verify the
(Oxycontin) refill.
patient’s adherence to the drug regimen
Which action
and determine the current dosage of
should the
medication and pain level; however, this
prescriber take
can be accomplished by scheduling an
initially?
appointment and evaluating the patient in
person.
b. The patient drinks two glasses of wine every
night.
A patient is Feedback: Patients taking metronidazole
prescribed should be educated not to drink alcohol to
metronidazole for prevent a disulfiram-like reaction. It would
bacterial vaginosis. be concerning that the patient drinks
Which patient wine daily. History of a yeast infection
history finding may indicate increased risk for recurrence
would be most with administration of an antimicrobial. A
concerning to the family history of cervical cancer is not
provider? related to administration of
metronidazole. Unemployment can
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indicate lack of insurance coverage,
which may limit the patient’s ability to
purchase medications; however, generic
metronidazole is one of the less
expensive medications.
The provider c. Asking the patient to demonstrate how
prepares a patient to measure and administer insulin
with newly diagnosed Feedback: Because insulin must be given
type 1 diabetes for correctly to control symptoms and prevent
hospital discharge. an overdose, it is most important for the
Which action by the patient to know how to measure and
provider will best administer it. Asking for a demonstration
support the patient's of technique is the best way to determine
ability to effectively whether the patient has understood the
manage medication teaching. The other teaching points are
therapy? important as well, but they are not as
critical.
b. Ask the patient about the number and
frequency of tablets taken.
Feedback: When evaluating the
A patient reports that effectiveness of a drug, it is important to
a medication determine how often the patient is using
prescribed for the drug. Asking the patient to identify how
recurrent migraine many tablets are taken and how often
headaches is not helps the provider determine effective
working. Which action dosages and adherence to the medication
is the prescriber's regimen. The patient has already stated
priority when that the medication is not working; the
addressing the actual level of pain may determine the
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patient's concern? degree to which it is not working, but it
does not help the provider to determine
why it is not working. The assessment
process should gather as much information
about compliance, symptoms, and drug
effectiveness as possible before enacting a
change in treatment.
Biofeedback may be an effective adjunct to
treatment, but it should not be
recommended without complete information
about drug effectiveness.
d. Obtaining baseline liver function studies
The drug manual Feedback: The drug manual indicates that
states that older this drug increases risk of hepatotoxicity
adult patients are for elderly patients. Getting information
at increased risk for about liver function before giving the drug
hepatotoxicity. establishes baseline data that can be
Which action is compared with posttreatment data to
most determine whether the drug is affecting
important when the liver. Taking the correct dose at the
prescribing this correct interval may minimize risk, but
medication to an 80- without baseline information, the effects
year-old patient? cannot be determined. Drugs are not
routinely contraindicated for an increased
risk of adverse effects
. Order periodic laboratory testing
Feedback: Therapeutic serum levels are
A patient with bipolar determined through periodic laboratory
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