Pharmacology lvn Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

1. You are the charge nurse. A client with chronic pain reports to you that the nurses have not been responding to requests for pain medication. What is your initial action? 1. Check the medication administration records (MARs) for the past several days. 2. Ask the nurse educator to provide in-service training about pain management. 3. Perform a complete pain assessment on the client and take a pain history. 4. Have a conference with the nurses responsible for the care of this client. 1. An...

abbreviations Answer hs - at bedtime bid - 2 x's a day tid - 3 x's a day qid - 4x's a day q - every 6 rights Answer rt pt rt route rt dose rt med/drug rt time rt documentation drug incompatibility Answer A chemical or physical reaction that occurs among two or more drugs in vitro (outside the body) palliative Answer comfort care systemic Answer affecting an entire system adverse reaction Answer any unexpected, unintended, undesired, or excessive response to a medicat...

HESI Pharmacology Exam V2| 2023 / 2024 Update | Questions and Verified Answers (55 Q & A) QUESTION A client receiving albuterol (Proventil) tablets complains of nausea every evening with her 9 p.m. dose. What action should the LPN/LVN take to alleviate this side effect? A) Change the time of the dose. B) Hold the 9 p.m. dose. C) Administer the dose with a snack. D) Administer an antiemetic with the dose. Answer: C. Administer the dose with a snack. Administering oral do...

Principles of Pharmacology (LVN Term 2 - Unitek) -2023...

TEST BANK INTRODUCTION TO CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY 10TH EDITION By Constance Visovsky, Cheryl Zambroski, Shirley Hosler Complete All Chapters 2024. The LPN is collecting data for the initial assessment of a patient upon admission to a long-term care facility before giving the patient’s prescribed drugs. Which action should the LPN consider to be the highest priority? a. Obtain any special equipment that will be needed to give the patient’s drug. b. Monitor the patient for a response to the d...

LVN Ch 13 Linton Inflammation,infection & immunity-General Principles of pharmacology Exam 2023-2024 ...

TEST BANK INTRODUCTION TO CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY 10TH EDITION By Constance Visovsky, Cheryl Zambroski, Shirley Hosler. A patient recently began a taking blood pressure drug and presents for a follow-up appointment. The office nurse reviews the patient’s daily blood pressure recordings. Which stage of the nursing process corresponds to this review? a. Assessment b. Planning c. Diagnosis d. Evaluation ANS: D The evaluation phase involves examining the results that occur when the plan is im...

TEST BANK FOR DEWITS FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS AND SKILLS FOR NURSING 5TH EDITION BY WILLIAMS Chapter 01: Nursing and the Health Care System Williams: deWit's Fundamental Concepts and Skills for Nursing, 5th Edition MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Florence Nightingale’s contributions to nursing practice and education: a. are historically important but have no validity for nursing today. b. were neither recognized nor appreciated in her own time. c. were a major factor in reducing the death rate in the Crimean ...

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1. You are the charge nurse. A client with chronic pain reports to you that the nurses have not been responding to requests for pain medication. What is your initial action? 1. Check the medication administration records (MARs) for the past several days. 2. Ask the nurse educator to provide in-service training about pain management. 3. Perform a complete pain assessment on the client and take a pain history. 4. Have a conference with the nurses responsible for the care of this client. co...