NUR 635 (NUR635)

While rational drug selection is based on the individual patient the aspect of rational drug selection addressing disease-specific information by a national medical or nursing organization is A. a guideline. B. cost. C. availability. D. patient hepatic and renal function. - ANSWER A. a guideline Drugs that alter synaptic transmission are much more selective than those that alter axonal conduction, why is this? - ANSWER a drug that affects the axonal conduction - non-selective effect....

Pharm NUR-635 Midterm Exam 2024 Actual Exam 100

Often prescribed with levodopa/carbidopa in the treatment of Parkinson's Disease - ANSWER Bromocriptine What medication may cause serious or possibly life-threatening sleep behaviors, such as sleep driving? - ANSWER Ambien Taking too much of this type of drug can make you "blind as a bat" or "mad as a hatter" - ANSWER Anticholinergics, antimuscarinics Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism, excretion - ANSWER Pharmacokinetics Drugs used to relieve a myasthenic crisis - ANSWER N...

While rational drug selection is based on the individual patient the aspect of rational drug selection addressing disease-specific information by a national medical or nursing organization is A. a guideline. B. cost. C. availability. D. patient hepatic and renal function. - ANSWER A. a guideline Drugs that alter synaptic transmission are much more selective than those that alter axonal conduction, why is this? - ANSWER a drug that affects the axonal conduction - non-selective effect. ...

The process by which the body break down and coverts a medication into active subtance is know as - ANSWER metabolism The term NOT associated with the pharmacokinetics of a drug is - ANSWER Pharmacodynamics Rationale: Pharmacokinetics can be simply described as the study of 'what the body does to the drugs' and includes: the rate and extend to which drugs are absorbed and distributed to body tissue; the rate and pathways by which drugs are eliminated from the body by metabolism and excre...

Pt on heparin in hospital setting. Why start coumadin 2 days before dc? - ANSWER Because coumadin needs a couple days before it starts working. Angina: bc pts dev tolerance to long-acting nitroglycerine w/i 1 day. How to prevent? - ANSWER Pts must have 8hrs with no nitroglycerine every days. Hint: At night, remove nitro patch bc no risk of exertional angina Underlying cause of angina - ANSWER coronary disease, athlerosclerosis Why do we give aspirin in pts w/atherosclerosis? - ANSWER A...

NUR 635 MIDTERM EXAM LATEST SPRING-SUMMER UPDATE 2024 GRADED A+ GRAND CANYON UNIVERSITY (GCU) 1. Pt on heparin in hospital setting. Why start coumadin 2 days before dc? Because coumadin needs a couple days before it starts working. 2. Angina: bc pts dev tolerance to long-acting nitroglycerine w/i 1 day. How to prevent? Pts must have 8hrs with no nitroglycerine every days. Hint: At night, remove nitro patch bc no risk of exertional angina Underlying cause of angina coronary disease, athle...

NUR 635 Final Exam Latest Spring- Summer 2024 update graded A+ Grand Canyon University (GCU) Main medication class used in tx of depression SSRIs Prescribing concerns with SSRI serotonin syndrome caused by drug-drug interactions what is phenytoin prescribed for Seizures prescribing concerns for phenytoin delayed onset of hypersensitivity rxn carbamazepine prescribed for seizures what causes carbamazepine levels to drop despite no other change autometabolizes- med dige...

NUR 635 final Exam version 2 latest 2024 term with rationale (Grand Canyon university) GRADED A+ Main medication class used in tx of depression SSRIs Prescribing concerns with SSRI serotonin syndrome caused by drug-drug interactions what is phenytoin prescribed for Seizures