PHARMACOLOGY FOR CANADIAN HEALTH CARE BUNDLE PACK GRADED A+ LATEST UPDATE 2024.

Define medicare - Answer - key component of Canadian social safety net - interlocking set of 10 provincial and three territorial schemes What part of health care does the federal government control? - Answer Jurisdiction for pharmacology safety and indigenous health care Who controls he...

Which of the following is the fastest growing component of the health care system? a. Primary care b. Respite care c. Home care d. Palliative care - Answer c. Home care Canadian health care is shifting from an institution-based system to one in which community care is playing a greater ro...

Critical thinking - Answer Major component of the nursing process often considered to be the underpinning of providing the best possible patient care supported by current a progressive approaches Goals - Answer Statements that are types of specific and describe generally what is to be accom...

Additive Effects - Answer Drug interactions in which the effect of a combination of drugs with similar actions, administered at the same time, is the actions of one plus the other, with total effect of both drugs Adverse Drug Event - Answer any undesirable occurrence related to administerin...

A patient diagnosed with migraine headache is experiencing what type of pain? a. Acute pain b. Persistent pain c. Vascular pain d. Phantom pain - Answer ANS: C Vascular pain is thought to account for a large percentage of migraine headaches. It is believed to originate from vascular or periv...

A patient diagnosed with migraine headache is experiencing what type of pain? a. Acute pain b. Persistent pain c. Vascular pain d. Phantom pain - Answer ANS: C Vascular pain is thought to account for a large percentage of migraine headaches. It is believed to originate from vascular or periv...

What are the three levels of rules that nurses administrating medications must follow? - Answer 1. Federal Laws 2. State Laws and regulations 3. Individual hospital or agency rules Laws that describe rules that control how certain drugs may be given - Answer Federal Laws Laws which sa...

The Ten Rights - Answer Right Drug Right Dose Right Time Right Route Right Patient Right Reason Right Documentation Right Evaluation Right Patient Education Right to Refuse Five steps of the nursing process - Answer 1) Assessment/data collection 2) Diagnosis (nursing) 3) Planning ...

Hematopoiesis - Answer Formation of new blood cells *Red blood cells (RBC) *White blood cells (WBC) *Platelets Where are RBCs made? - Answer bone marrow Immature RBCs are called - Answer reticulocytes Life span of RBC - Answer 120 days what are RBC made up of? - Answer ...

Main categories of pharmacological drugs used to treat hypertension - Answer Diuretics Adrenergic drugs Vasodilators Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors Angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) Calcium channel blockers Direct renin inhibitors All antihypertensive drugs have some v...

The stomach secretes - Answer Hydrochloric acid (HCl) Bicarbonate Pepsinogen Intrinsic factor Mucus Prostaglandins Zones of the stomach and the different glands - Answer Cardiac Fundic or gastric Pyloric The cells of this gland are the largest in number and of primary importance w...

A patient is experiencing a severe anaphylactic reaction, what medication would be given? Answer - Epinephrine Adrenergics are drugs with effects that are similar to or mimic the effects of the Answer - sympathetic nervous system What receptors are being stimulated that cause bronchi to ...

In which step of the nursing process does the nurse determine the outcome of medication administration? a. Planning b. Assessment c. Evaluation d. Implementation - Answer c. Evaluation The nurse plans care for a male patient who is 80 years of age. The nursing diagnosis is nonadherence wi...

Professional Jurisdiction -Answer -Most health professions (i.e., medicine, nursing, pharmacology) in Canada are self-regulated -Allows them to determine, monitor, and manage practice standards and guidelines, competencies, codes of ethics, and procedures for disciplinary actions for their resp...