NUR2407 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
VERIFIED ANSWERS GRADED A+ TESTED
AND APPROVED LATEST UPDATE
Requirements for herbal supplements - ANS✔✔--1994 DSHEA act: herbal
supplements can be marketed with a suggested dosage; premarket testing for
safety is not reuired; effects can be listed but no claim to treat or cure can be
made
Aloe Vera - ANS✔✔--minor skin irritation, powerful laxitive
Chamomile - ANS✔✔--digestive and GI soothing, may cause
bronchoconstriction
Garlic - ANS✔✔--lowers cholesterol, reduces clotting, antibiotic properties
Ginkgo - ANS✔✔--dementia and ED; dose 120-240/day in 3 doses, can cause
headache and GI disturbances
Licorice - ANS✔✔--ulcers, GI upset, increased BP, headache, water retention,
5-15 mg/dose
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, St. John's Wort - ANS✔✔--for mild depression, 300 mg tid, do not take
concurrently with prescription antidepressant
5 Rights of Medication Administration - ANS✔✔--Dose, drug, patient, route,
time
Nurse rights to medication administration - ANS✔✔--complete and clearly
written order; correct drug and dose dispensed; have access to information;
policies on medication administration; administering medications safely and
identifying problems in the system; to stop, think, and be vigilant
What cannot be crushed - ANS✔✔--XR, LR, ER, capsules, gels
How would you describe a sympathomimetic to a patient? - ANS✔✔--A drug
that mimics the effects of the neurotransmitters of the sympathetic nervous
system, (epi and norepinephrine), the fight or flight reflexes
Adrenergic Agonist or sympathomimetics drugs - ANS✔✔--albuterol,
epinepherine, pseudoephedrine HCL
Adrenergic Antagonist drugs - ANS✔✔---olols, atenolol, carvedilol, labetalol,
metoprolol
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VERIFIED ANSWERS GRADED A+ TESTED
AND APPROVED LATEST UPDATE
Requirements for herbal supplements - ANS✔✔--1994 DSHEA act: herbal
supplements can be marketed with a suggested dosage; premarket testing for
safety is not reuired; effects can be listed but no claim to treat or cure can be
made
Aloe Vera - ANS✔✔--minor skin irritation, powerful laxitive
Chamomile - ANS✔✔--digestive and GI soothing, may cause
bronchoconstriction
Garlic - ANS✔✔--lowers cholesterol, reduces clotting, antibiotic properties
Ginkgo - ANS✔✔--dementia and ED; dose 120-240/day in 3 doses, can cause
headache and GI disturbances
Licorice - ANS✔✔--ulcers, GI upset, increased BP, headache, water retention,
5-15 mg/dose
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, St. John's Wort - ANS✔✔--for mild depression, 300 mg tid, do not take
concurrently with prescription antidepressant
5 Rights of Medication Administration - ANS✔✔--Dose, drug, patient, route,
time
Nurse rights to medication administration - ANS✔✔--complete and clearly
written order; correct drug and dose dispensed; have access to information;
policies on medication administration; administering medications safely and
identifying problems in the system; to stop, think, and be vigilant
What cannot be crushed - ANS✔✔--XR, LR, ER, capsules, gels
How would you describe a sympathomimetic to a patient? - ANS✔✔--A drug
that mimics the effects of the neurotransmitters of the sympathetic nervous
system, (epi and norepinephrine), the fight or flight reflexes
Adrenergic Agonist or sympathomimetics drugs - ANS✔✔--albuterol,
epinepherine, pseudoephedrine HCL
Adrenergic Antagonist drugs - ANS✔✔---olols, atenolol, carvedilol, labetalol,
metoprolol
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