Pediatric dosing - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

The parent of an 18monthold child calls the clinic to report that the child has a rectal temperature of 100.4°F (38°C). The child is playing normally, taking fluids well, and has a slightly reduced appetite. What will the primary care pediatric nurse practitioner recommend? A. Administering an antipyretic medication B. Bringing the child to the clinic for evaluation C. Offering extra fluids and calling if symptoms change Correct D. Ordering outpatient lab work such as a CBC 7. The prima...

NURS 5334 - FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE. Final Exam Blueprint Prescribing Basics: 2 questions Prescriptive authority regulated by the state BON in each state. Tall man lettering to highlight dissimilaries with look-alike names *Prescription contains… Physicians Name, Address, and telephone number are required to be included in the prescription. DEA number (two letters, five numbers) if the prescription is for controlled substance, Patient name and DOB (also may include address and wei...

NURS 5334 PHARM MODULE 1 • What are the BON rules and regulations for prescriptive authority for the advance practice nurse? • Texas is very restricted • Describe the pharmacokinetic processes of absorption, distribution, metabolism and elimination and how differences in these areas affect drug action. • Absorption • Drug’s movement from the site of administration into the blood. • Distribution • Drug’s movement from the blood into the interstitial space of tissues and from the...

The process by which the body break down and coverts a medication into active subtance is know as metabolism The term NOT associated with the pharmacokinetics of a drug is Pharmacodynamics R ationale: Pharmacokinetics can be simply described as the study of 'what the body does to the drugs' and includes: the rate and extend to which drugs are absorbed and distributed to body tissue; the rate and pathways by which drugs are eliminated from the body by metabolism and excretion; and the relations...

Pharmacology NR 293 Exam 1 2023/2024 Quiz :Pharmacotherapeutics - √Answer :is the use of medications to prevent illnesses or as an intervention to treat diseases. Quiz :Pharmacokinetics - √Answer :what the body does to a medication and entails four very important processes: absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion of the drug Quiz :Pharmacodynamics - √Answer :explores what the drug does to the body. Quiz :The nursing process - √Answer :evidence-based framework that ...

Test Bank for Davis's Drug Guide for Nurses, 19e 19th Edition by April Hazard Vallerand, Cynthia A. Sanoski. Complete guide with Next Gen NCLEX Type questions included. How To Use Davis’s Drug Guide For Nurses Evidence-Based Practice And Pharmacotherapeutics: Implications For Nurses Pharmacogenomics Medication Errors: Improving Practices And Patient Safety Detecting And Managing Adverse Drug Reactions Overview Of Risk Evaluation And Mitigation Systems (Rems) Special Dosing Considerat...

NURS 5334 PHARM MODULE 1 • What are the BON rules and regulations for prescriptive authority for the advance practice nurse? • Texas is very restricted • Describe the pharmacokinetic processes of absorption, distribution, metabolism and elimination and how differences in these areas affect drug action. • Absorption • Drug’s movement from the site of administration into the blood. • Distribution • Drug’s movement from the blood into the interstitial space of tissues and from the...

CNOR CCI EXAM 2024 WITH 100% ACCURATE SOLUTIONS 1. Which patient population is more sensitive to dosage errors? A. Male patients ages 25-40 B. Bariatric patients C. A patient with a history of polypharmacy D. Pediatric patients - correct answer D. Pediatric patients Rationale: Pediatric patients are at higher risk of medication errors related to dosing for body size. Patient weight should always be recorded in kilograms for medication dosage calculations. Other populations at high ri...

Why do many medications lack pediatric dosing information in their drug labeling? A. Most medications are not used in pediatric patients. B. There is a lack of evidence-based literature on the safe and effective use of medications in children. C. The FDA does not allow pediatric dosing information in product labeling. D. Only products available as oral liquid formulations are required to contain pediatric dosing information in their labeling. - B. There is a lack of evidence-based literatu...

Test Bank for Basic and Clinical Pharmacology 14th Edition By Bertram G. Katzung Chapter 1-66 Complete Guide A+ 1152, 5 1. Introduction: The Nature of Drugs & Drug Development & Regulation 2. Drug Receptors & Pharmacodynamics 3. Pharmacokinetics & Pharmacodynamics: Rational Dosing & the Time Course of Drug Action 4. Drug Biotransformation 5. Pharmacogenomics 6. Introduction to Autonomic Pharmacology 7. Cholinoceptor-Activating & Cholinesterase-Inhibiting Drugs 8. Choli...