Test Bank for Pharmacotherapeutics For Nurse Practitioner Prescribers 3rd Edition By Woo.

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Test Bank for Pharmacotherapeutics for Nurs
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e Practitioner Prescribers 3rd Edition byWoo
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Chapter 1. The Role of the Nurse PractitionerMultiple
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Choice
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d 1.
dd Nurse practitioner prescriptive authority is regulated by:
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1 The National Council of State Boards of Nursing
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2 The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
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3 The State Board of Nursing for each state
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4 The State Board of Pharmacy
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The benefits to the patient of having an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse(
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APRN) prescriber include:
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1 Nurses know more about Pharmacology than other
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. prescribers because they take it both in their basic d d d d d d d d


nursing program and in their APRN program.
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2 Nurses care for the patient from a holistic approach
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. and include the patient in decision making regarding
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3 APRNs are less likely to prescribe narcotics and
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. other controlled substances.
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4 APRNs are able to prescribe independently in all
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. states, whereas a physician’s assistant needs to have
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a physician supervising their practice.
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d 3.
dd Clinical judgment in prescribing includes: d d d d


1 Factoring in the cost to the patient of the medication
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. prescribed

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2 Always prescribing the newest medication availablefo
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3 Handing out drug samples to poor patients
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4 Prescribing all generic medications to cut costs d d d d d d




4. Criteria for choosing an effective drug for a disorder include:
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1. Asking the patient what drug they think would
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2. Consulting nationally recognized guidelines fordisea d d d d d

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3. Prescribing medications that are available assampl d d d d d d


es before writing a prescription
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4. Following U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration d d d d d

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d 5.
dd Nurse practitioner practice may thrive under health-care reform because of:
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1 The demonstrated ability of nurse practitioners tocontr
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. ol costs and improve patient outcomes
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2 The fact that nurse practitioners will be able topractice
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. independently
3 The fact that nurse practitioners will have fullreimburs
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. ement under health-care reform
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4 The ability to shift accountability for Medicaid tothe
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Chapter 2. Review of Basic Principles of PharmacologyMultiple
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Choice
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A patient’s nutritional intake and laboratory results reflecth
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1 Distribution of drugs to target tissue may be d d d d d d d


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2 The solubility of the drug will not match the site ofabs
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3 There will be less free drug available to generate aneff
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4 Drugs bound to albumin are readily excreted by the
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