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LEEN [COMPANY NAME] [Company address] MODULE 9 Module 9 9.1 : Introduction to Specialty Medications In general, specialty medications are high cost medications used for treating complex disease states. They can be challenging to both manufacture and administer, and they often require significant patient education and close monitoring to ensure theirsafe and appropriate use. Although specialty medications were once a very small piece of the pharmaceutical industry, there has been a signif...

NURS 251 Module 9 Portage Learning Module 9 9.1: Introduction to Specialty Medications In general, specialty medications are high cost medications used for treating complex disease states. They can be challenging to both manufacture and administer, and they often require significant patient education and close monitoring to ensure their safe and appropriate use. Although specialty medications were once a very small piece of the pharmaceutical industry, there has been a significant chang...

NR 565 Exam Final Study Guide Antacids: weak bases that react with hydrochloric acid to form salt & water. o Used in the treatment of Hyperacidity, GERD, PUD, hyperphosphatemia, and calcium defi ciency 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...

  The nurse is teaching a patient how a medication works to treat an illness. To do this, the nurse will rely on knowledge of: a. clinical pharmacology. b. drug efficacy. c. pharmacokinetics. d. pharmacotherapeutics. - Correct Answers: ANS: D Pharmacotherapeutics is the study of the use of drugs to diagnose, treat, and prevent conditions. Clinical pharmacology is concerned with all aspects of drug-human interactions. Drug efficacy measures the extent to which a given drug causes an i...

CHAPTER 2: APPLICATION OF PHARMACOLOGY IN NURSING PRACTICE TEST BANKCHAPTER 2: APPLICATION OF PHARMACOLOGY IN NURSING PRACTICE TEST BANK Chapter 2: Application of Pharmacology in Nursing Practice Test Bank MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. A patient is using a metered-dose inhaler containing albuterol for asthma. The medication label instructs the patient to administer “2 puffs every 4 hours as needed for coughing or wheezing.” The patient reports feeling jittery sometimes when taking the medic...

PATHO STUDY GUIDE: FINAL EXAM! Stress increases functional demand  adaptations: hypertrophy, hyperplasia, atrophy, metaplasia, dysplasia)  Stress is reversible – when it’s relieved cell returns to normal  Irreversible stress – too much damage  necrosis Reversible Stress Types 1. Atrophy: decreased size of cell due to decreased functional demand  Overall decrease tissue mass  Muscle can atrophy if not used because of injury, neuromuscular dysfunction (i.e. spinal co...

PORTAGE LEARNING NURS 251 Module 9 Module 9 9.1: Introduction to Specialty Medications In general, specialty medications are high cost medications used for treating complex disease states. They can be challenging to both manufacture and administer, and they often require significant patient education and close monitoring to ensure their safe and appropriate use. Although specialty medications were once a very small piece of the pharmaceutical industry, there has been a significant chang...

NUR 2392 Multidimensional Care II Exam 1 Study Guide QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Ch. 21: Principles of Cancer Development • Benign vs. Malignant cells o Benign: Harmless; does not usually require intervention ▪ Normal cells growing in the wrong place or at the wrong time ▪ Result of small problem with cellular regulation ▪ Moles, uterine fibroid tumors, skin tags, endometriosis, nasal polyps ▪ Features of Benign Tumor Cells Specific morphology occurs with benign tumors. They look ...

Health Administration Main A 49-year-old man with paraplegia related to a gunshot wound in the military, but who is otherwise generally in good health, lives at the Veteran's Administration nursing home. You see him for a yearly routine physical examination. He has no complaints. His family history is significant for a father who died at age 58 from an acute myocardial infarction, and a brother with a history of angina. He does not smoke and drinks alcohol socially. His blood pressure is 135...

Ch.1 – Intro to pharm Pharmacology: the study of medicines Pharmacotherapy: The application of drugs for prevention of treatment Role of the nurse: • Initial Assessment –Do you even need this drug? • Intervention – administering drugs • Reassessment – Did the drug help? Pharmacokinetics: what the body does to the drugs after administered. Pharmacodynamics: what the drug does to the body Therapeutic classification: what is being treated by the drug – the disease. Ex: an...