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nurse practitioner prescriptive authority is regulated by - Answer the state board of nursing
for each state
the benefits to the patient of having an advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) prescriber
include - Answer nurses care for the patient from a holistic approach and include the patient
in decision making regarding their care
clinical judgment in prescribing includes - Answer factoring in the cost to the patient of the
medication prescribed
criteria for choosing an effective drug for a disorder include - Answer consulting nationally
recognized guidelines for disease management
nurse practitioner practice may thrive under health-care reform because of - Answer the
demonstrated ability of nurse practitioners to control costs and improve patient outcomes
cultural factors that must be taken into account when prescribing include - Answer all of the
above
ethnic differences have been found in drug - Answer hepatic metabolism
the national standards of culturally and linguistically appropriate services are required to be
implemented in all - Answer organizations that receive federal funds
according to the national standards of culturally and linguistically appropriate services, an
interpreter for health care - Answer must be a professionally trained medical interpreter
according to the U.S. office of minority health, poor health outcomes among African Americans
are attributed to - Answer discrimination, cultural barriers, and lack of access to health care
the racial differences in drug pharmacokinetics seen I American Indian or Alaskan Natives are -
Answer largely unknown due to lack of studies of this population
pharmacokinetics among Asians are universal to all the Asian ethnic groups - Answer False
, alterations in drug metabolism among Asians may lead to - Answer slower metabolism of
antidepressants, requiring lower doses
Asians from Eastern Asia are known to be fast acetylization. Fast acetylators - Answer require
higher doses of drugs metabolized b acetylization to achieve efficacy
Hispanic native healers (curanderas) - Answer use herbs and teas in their treatment of illness
pharmacoeconomics is - Answer the analysis of the costs and consequences of any health-
care-related treatment or service
the direct costs of drug therapy include - Answer pain and suffering due to inadequate drug
therapy
indirect costs associated with drug therapy include - Answer loss of wages while undergoing
drug therapy
the intangible cost of drug therapy include - Answer inconvenience, pain, and suffering
incurred with therapy
when a pharmacoeconomic analysis looks at two or more treatment alternatives that are
considered equal in efficacy and compares the costs of each it is referred to as - Answer cost-
minimization analysis
cost-effectiveness analysis compares two or more treatments or programs that are - Answer
not necessarily therapeutically equivalent
when the cost of a specific treatment or intervention are calculated and then compared with
the dollar value of the benefit received it is referred to as - Answer cost-benefit analysis
Mary has two tiered prescription benefit plan, which means - Answer she pays a higher copay
for brand-name drugs than for generic drugs
prescribing less-expensive generic drugs or drugs off the $4 retail pharmacy list - Answer
increases compliance by reducing the financial burden of drug cost to the patient
James tells you that he is confused by his Medicare Part D coverage plan. An appropriate
intervention would be - Answer refer him to the Medicare specialist in his insurance plan to
explain the benefit to him