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NURS 331
Practices Question
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Clinical pharmacology is the study of? | Drugs used to treat, prevent, diagnose disease or prevent pregnancy |
| Phase 1 drug studies involve? | Healthy human volunteers |
| The generic name of the drug is? | The assigned name from the US adopted names council |
| Identification of high risk patients regarding the administration of medication includes which of the following? Select all that apply | Caucasian men Individuals with renal insufficiency Obese patients |
| The term contraindication refers to? | Indicate a drug’s potential or actual teratogenic effects |
| A patient taking an anti diabetic drug has his morning dose and then does not have a chance to eat for several hours. An adverse effect that might be expected from this would be? | Hypoglycemia |
| The evaluation step of the nursing process? | Is an assessment of implementation process |
| The most important quality of a drug is? | Effectiveness |
| The nurse keeps in mind that measures to reduce the risk of medication errors include? | Always double check the many drugs this sound alike and look alike names because of the high risk for error |
| The nurse is reviewing factors that influence pharacokinteics in the neonatal patient. Which factor puts the neonatal patient at risk with regard to drug therapy? | Immature renal system |
| While caring for a patient with cirrhosis or hepatitis, the nurse knows that abnormalities in which phase of pharmokinetics may occur? | Metabolism |
| A patient has just received a prescription for an enteric coated stool softener. When teaching the patient, the nurse should include which statement? | Be sure to swallow the tablet whole without chewing it |