Pharm NUR 106 (1)

a patient is having difficulty remembering to take a prescribed drug three times a day. What form of the drug should the health care professional recommend to increase adherence?

A health care professional is preparing to administer a parenteral drug to a patient. Which of the following drugs is he preparing to give? - acetaminophen (Tylenol) via rectal suppository -albuterol (Proventil) via inhaler -heparin via subcutaneous injection

A health care professional is talking with a female patient who is taking captopril (Capoten), an ACE inhibitor, for hypertension. The health care professional informs the patient that captopril is a teratogenic drug. Tertogenic drugs can cause?

A health care professional is caring for a patient who is receiving nitroglycerin (Nitrostat) IV and is changing to the oral form of the drug. The health care professional should recognize that the oral dose will be higher than the IV does because?

A health care professional obtaining a patient's health history discovers that the patient takes loratadine (Claritin) an over-the-counter drug. What is correct about these over the counter drugs?

A health care professional is talking about drugs that have a small margin of safety to a patient who is taking phenytoin (Dilantin). The health care professional should include what information?

A health care professional is obtaining a patient's health history. The patient states that he has no allergies but developed some mild itching while taking amoxicillin (Amoxil). What should the health care professional explain to the patient?

A health care professional is preparing to explain how to take care of a newly created colostomy to a patient. The health care professional should recognize that which factors can decrease the patient's ability to learn?

A health care professional is caring for a patient who is taking acetaminophen (Tylenol), a nonopioid analgesic, and codeine, an opioid agonist. These drugs interact together causing an additive effect. What are characteristic of additive drug interacions?

Which of the following describes drugs that are in pregnancy risk category D? -are safe to take during the first trimester of pregnancy -require the use of contraception by women of childbearing age -can cause fetal malformation -can pass through the umbilical cord or the placenta to the fetus -require weighing potential benefits against possible risks

Infants are at risk for drug toxicity due to?

A patient who is postpartum and is breastfeeding asks a health care professional about what effects taking over-the-counter drugs will have on her newborn. What should the health care professional consider when recommending a drug for the patient?

When talking to a patient about taking vancomycin (Vancocin), the health care professional explains the need to check periodic blood levels of the drug to monitor serum peak and trough. Peak and trough levels help monitor?

A health care professional is explaining the adverse effects of digoxin (Lanoxin) to a patient. What is an adverse effect of this drug?

When talking to a patient about taking naproxen (EC-Naprosyn), enteric-coated tablets, what information should the health care professional include?

A health care professional is talking to a patient about giving the correct dose of acetaminophen (Tylenol) to the patient's infant. The health care professional explains that infants can absorb certain drugs at different rates than adults. What is a physiologic characteristic of infants that can alter drug absorption?

A health care professional is caring for a patient who has a history of renal insufficiency and is taking lithium carbonate (Lithobid). The health care professional should monitor?

A patient is about to start taking amoxicillin (Amoxill) to treat an ear infection. You instruct the patient to monitor and report???

You are administering gentamicin for treatment of a respiratory tract infection. Instruct the patient to monitor and report what adverse effects of gentamicin?

an inhibitor of cell-wall synthesis, treats MRSA

treats protozoal infections (trichomoniasis and amebiasis as well as some bacterial infections)

a polyene antibiotic that reats systemic candidiasis and infections other fungi cause.

treats malaria

a patient is prescribed oral tetracycline treatment of acne vulgaris. When telling the patient about tetracycline what should you include?

Be sure to administer imipenem-cilastatin (Primaxin) cautiously with patients who have?

A patient is about to start taking trimethoprim/sulfarnethoxazole (Bactrim) to treat UTI. You should instruct the patient to report what indications of serious adverse effect of this drug?

when talking with a patient about starting antituberculosis treatment with rifampin (Rifadin), be sure to instruct the patient to report what possible indication of a serious adverse effect of this drug?

a broad-spectrum azole antifungal drug, treats various types of fungal infections, both systemic and superficial

an antiviral drug, treats a wide variety infections, including herpes simplex, varicella zoster, and cytomegalovirus.

a first-generation cephalosporin, is especially effective against gram-positive bacteria, such as staphylococci and non-enterococcal strepococci.

an antimycobacterial drug that treats TB

a patient is prescribed ketoconazole to treat systemic mycoses. You should include what when instructing the patient about taking this drug?

What intervention should you implement to prevent a serious adverse reaction in patients receiving IV acyclovir (Zovirax)?