Opioid analgesic - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Exam 1: NUR242/ NUR 242 (Latest 2023/ 2024) Medical-Surgical Nursing Exam | Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct| Grade A- Galen Q: A pt asks you why what he eats has anything to do with wound healing. What is your response? Answer: Successful healing of pressure injuries depends on adequate intake of calories protein, vitamins, minerals and water. Q: After receiving shift report, the night nurse looks at the lab values for a patient with cellulitis. What abnormal lab val...

Exam 2: NSG533 / NSG 533 (Latest 2024 / 2025) Advanced Pharmacology Review | Questions and Verified Answers | 100% Correct | Grade A - Wilkes Q: NSAID use Nonselective COX-1 and COX-2 inhibitors (COX-2 does anti-inflammation) Precaution: GI issues, renal toxicity, antiplatelet effect No NSAID is better than others- but vary from patient to patient Best for: RA, menstrual cramps, postsurgical pain, bony metastasis Flat-dose curve response: higher doses aren't more effective than moderate doses bu...

Exam 2: NSG318 / NSG 318 (Latest Update 2024 / 2025) Introduction to Pharmacology Exam | Questions and Verified Answers | 100% Correct | Grade A - GCU Question: general anesthetics Answer: depress the CNS to alleviate pain and cause loss of consciousness Question: what may be involved in balanced anesthesia? Answer: hypnotic given the night before -premedication with opioid analgesic or benzodiazepine plus an anticholinergic 1 hour before surgery to decrease secretions -short...

Exam 2: NR293 / NR 293 (Latest Update 2024/2025) Pharmacology Review| Complete Guide with Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct -Chamberlain Q: What are adjuvant drugs? Answer: assist primary drugs in relieving pain Q: what are opioid drugs? Answer: synthetic drugs that bind to the opiate receptors to relieve pain Q: mild agonist opioid drugs Answer: codeine and hydrocodone Q: strong agonists Answer: morphine, hydromorphone, oxycodone, meper...

Exam 2: NR293 / NR 293 (NEW Update 2024/2025) Pharmacology | Complete Review with Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct -Chamberlain QUESTION Acetaminophen (tylenol) Answer: non-opioid analgesic; can alter liver function, antipyretic and analgesic effects QUESTION Acetaminophen MOA Answer: blocks pain impulses peripherally by inhibiting prostaglandin synthesis QUESTION Acetaminophen indications Answer: mild to moderate pain (3-5), fever, ...

NURS 251 Pharmacology Final Exam (UPDATED 2024) - Portage Learning. Sublingual: When rapid effect is needed right away Subcutaneous: Destroy or inactivated in the GI Tract Intramuscular: Used for drugs with poor oral absorption Topical: For local effects on skin and eyes Pharmaceutics is the study of how various dosage forms influence the way in which the drug affects the body/ Administration of dosage form, dissolution of drug into body/ manipulating chemical compound. Pharmacokinetics ...

2023/2024( NGN )ATI PN FUNDAMENTALS LATEST TEST BANK REAL EXAM 800+ QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES|PN FUNDAMENTALS ATI PROCTORED EXAM 2023|AGRADE 1. A 75-year-old patient who is 5 feet 7 inches tall and weighs 170 pounds is admitted with dehydration. A nursing diagnosis of Risk for Impaired Skin Integrity is identified for this patient. Which factor places the client at Risk for Impaired Skin Integrity? Arrange the steps of the nursing process in the sequence in which they gene...

TEST BANK INTRODUCTORY CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY 12TH EDITION By Susan M Ford 1. A 6-year-old client is presenting with signs and symptoms of fever, cough, stuffy nose, general malaise, and muscle aches. The nurse prepares to administer which medication to this client? A) Aspirin B) Magnesium salicylate C) Acetaminophen D) Diflunisal Answer: C Rationale: The known actions of acetaminophen include treating mild to moderate pain and reducing fever. Children and teenagers with influenza or c...

Exam 2: NSG533/ NSG 533 (New 2024/ 2025) Advanced Pharmacology Complete Review with Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct| A Grade QUESTION osteoarthritis typical presentation >50 years old, asymptomatic-severe joint pain and stiffness, asymmetric local distribution WITHOUT systemic manifestations, not very inflammatory, distal interphalangeal finger joints (Heberden nodes), proximal interphalangeal finger joints (Bouchard nodes), first carpometacarpal joint, knees, hi...

Lehne's Ch 28: Opioid Analgesics, Opioid Antagonists, and Nonopioid Centrally Acting Analgesics A patient asks the nurse what can be given to alleviate severe, chronic pain of several months' duration. The patient has been taking oxycodone [OxyContin] and states that it is no longer effective. The nurse will suggest discussing which medication with the provider? a. Fentanyl [Duragesic] transdermal patch b. Hydrocodone [Vicodin] PO c. Meperidine [Demerol] PO d. Pentazocine [Talwin] PO - co...