AIT Nursing (NR566)

NR 566 Week 7 Study Guide Chapter 48: Women as Patients Pharmacokinetic gender differences between men and women • These three medications have shown differences that are clearly significant between men and women • Propranolol (Inderal): early drug that showed a clear gender difference in metabolism (clearance) o PO doses: significantly higher (63%) rate of clearance in men than women o IV doses do not do this: indicates hepatic first pass metabolism o Women: show a significantly grea...

Immunizations are an important part of becoming a healthy adult. The process in which a person is made resistant to infectious diseases and illness is through immunizations or vaccines. Vaccines are known to protect people from diseases like Diphtheria, Tetanus, and Pertussis (DTaP) and pneumococcal disease. This paper will highlight the name of 2 diseases and their respected vaccines, along with important information regarding those vaccines. PPSV23 Pneumococcal disease is a pneumococcal inf...

NR 566 Week 4 Study Guide Chapter 25: Drugs Used in Treating Inflammatory Processes Gout medications Drugs: Anti-gout agents: allopurinol (Zyloprim), colchicine, and febuxostat (Uloric) Uricosuric agents: probenecid (Benemid) and sulfinpyrazone (Anturane) o Peak incidence 70 to 79 years old, more common in men than women o Gout in women occurs exclusively post-menopausal and is associated with HTN, renal insufficiency, and diuretics o Gout Syndrome: Caused by an alteration in purine m...

Please give all credit to these responses to my classmates in Professor Halls class!!! Hope this helps in reviewing for our midterm!! Sorry for the late submission! Good luck everyone  Week 1 Professor question: Why are statins recommended in the evening instead of morning? (pg 561) After starting John on insulin, he calls the office saying he feels bad. He said when he checked his blood sugar before calling it was 52 mg/dl. What instructions should he be given? Answer from class...

Chapter 2. Review of Basic Principles of Pharmacology 1. A patient’s nutritional intake and laboratory results reflect hypoalbuminemia. This is critical to prescribing because: Distribution of drugs to target tissue may be affected. 2. Drugs that have a significant first-pass effect: Are rapidly metabolized by the liver and may have little if any desired action 3.The route of excretion of a volatile drug will likely be the: Lungs 4. Medroxyprogesterone (...

What is psychology? The study of human behavior and mental processes What is hindsight bias? (see text) When you look back at something and believe that the result was predictable the whole time. What is arm-chair psychology and why is it unscientific? What is wrong with basing conclusions on casual observation and speculation? Arm Chair psychology is people watching. It’s unscientific to just observe and not run any tests because the obvious answer is not always correct. What did W...

1. A nurse tells a coworker that he is probably going to call in “sick” tomorrow. The coworker urges him not to do so, because absenteeism creates problems for everyone on the unit. To which problems is the coworker referring? SATA Inadequate staffing adversely affects patient care both directly and indirectly -Working with inadequate staffing or working overtime to cover for absent workers creates physical and mental stress and strain -Chronic absenteeism lead to increased staff co...

1. All of the following are true about the nursing code of ethics except: Provides specific answers to many ethical dilemmas 2. The nurse is assigned to see a home-bound client on a daily basis to prepare the client’s medications. The nurse fails to visit the client and does not request that another nurse visit the client. The client is later admitted to the hospital after taking the wrong dosage of medication. Which ethical concept does this situation reflect? Abandonment 3. A client is...

1. A nurse tells a coworker that he is probably going to call in “sick” tomorrow. The coworker urges him not to do so, because absenteeism creates problems for everyone on the unit. To which problems is the coworker referring? SATA Inadequate staffing adversely affects patient care both directly and indirectly -Working with inadequate staffing or working overtime to cover for absent workers creates physical and mental stress and strain -Chronic absenteeism lead to increased staff co...

 Antacids: weak bases that react with hydrochloric acid to form salt & water. o Used in the treatment of Hyperacidity, GERD, PUD, hyperphosphatemia, and calcium deficiency o Contain combinations of  metallic cation (aluminum, calcium, magnesium, and sodium)  and basic anion (hydroxide, bicarbonate, carbonate, citrate, and trisilicate)  Pharmacodynamics, Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacotherapeutics o Neutralize Gastric Acidity (causes ^pH of the stomach and duodenal bulb) o Inhibi...