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Study Guide N 180 Quiz 1
Pharmacology (West Coast University)
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STUDY GUIDE N180 QUIZ 1, April 13, 2020
1. Drugs may elicit different responses depending on individual client factors. List
these factors?
Age, Sex, Body mass, Health status, genetics
2. Physician has prescribed a brand name drug for the client. The client tells the nurse
that the medication is too expensive. What is the best plan by the nurse?
Ask the physician if a generic drug may be substituted. (Taken from Quizlet)
3. The nurse is teaching a class for clients about over-the-counter (OTC) medications.
How does the nurse determine that education has been effective?
we must read all the directions on the label and call the doctor’s office if they are not
clear. (Taken from Quizlet)
Determine effectiveness:
Observe return demonstrations to see whether the patient has learned the necessary
psychomotor skills for a task.
Ask the patient to restate instructions in his or her own words.
Ask the patient questions to see whether there are areas of instruction that need
reinforcing or re-teaching.
4. Define pharmacotherapeutics?
Branch of Pharmacology defined by the study of the therapeutic uses and effects of
drugs
- Pharmacotherapeutics is the application of drugs for the purpose of treating
disease and the treatment of suffering (PPT)
5. List examples of complement therapy?
Natural plant extracts, herbs, vitamins, minerals, dietary supplements
Acupuncture, hypnosis, biofeedback, massage, therapeutic touch
- Complementary therapy is outside mainstream health care, consider health care of
whole person, emphasize integration of mind and body, promote disease
prevention, self-care, self-healing, and recognize role of spirituality; combine
traditional beliefs and main stream health practices
- Manual healing: Massage, pressure-point therapies, hand-medicated
biofield therapies
- Mind-body interventions: Yoga, meditation, hypnotherapy
- Guided imagery, biofeedback
- Movement-oriented therapies (music and dance)
- Herbs- Technically a botanical without any woody tissue such as stems or bark
- Ginger: Used for nausea, motion sickness, diarrhea, relieves pain, swelling,
arthritic stiffness.
- Side effects may include gas, bloating, heartburn, nausea.
- Ginkgo biloba: Used for asthma, bronchitis, fatigue, tinnitus.
- Used to improve memory, decrease intermittent claudication. Treats
sexual dysfunction, multiple sclerosis.
- Side effects include headache, dizziness, nausea, GI upset, increase
bleeding, allergic reactions.
- Astragalus
- Boosts immune system + limits cold and flu symptoms
- Chamomile
- Relief of anxiety, sleeplessness, digestive complaints, skin conditions, and oral ulcers
- May have sedative effects
6. Describe the term therapeutic?
Desirable response of medication or drug
7. Describe the prototype drug approach?
well understood; Has known action and adverse effects
used to compare other drugs in the same pharmacologic class
May not be the most widely used drug in its class
Study Guide N 180 Quiz 1
Pharmacology (West Coast University)
, lOMoARcPSD|3013804
STUDY GUIDE N180 QUIZ 1, April 13, 2020
1. Drugs may elicit different responses depending on individual client factors. List
these factors?
Age, Sex, Body mass, Health status, genetics
2. Physician has prescribed a brand name drug for the client. The client tells the nurse
that the medication is too expensive. What is the best plan by the nurse?
Ask the physician if a generic drug may be substituted. (Taken from Quizlet)
3. The nurse is teaching a class for clients about over-the-counter (OTC) medications.
How does the nurse determine that education has been effective?
we must read all the directions on the label and call the doctor’s office if they are not
clear. (Taken from Quizlet)
Determine effectiveness:
Observe return demonstrations to see whether the patient has learned the necessary
psychomotor skills for a task.
Ask the patient to restate instructions in his or her own words.
Ask the patient questions to see whether there are areas of instruction that need
reinforcing or re-teaching.
4. Define pharmacotherapeutics?
Branch of Pharmacology defined by the study of the therapeutic uses and effects of
drugs
- Pharmacotherapeutics is the application of drugs for the purpose of treating
disease and the treatment of suffering (PPT)
5. List examples of complement therapy?
Natural plant extracts, herbs, vitamins, minerals, dietary supplements
Acupuncture, hypnosis, biofeedback, massage, therapeutic touch
- Complementary therapy is outside mainstream health care, consider health care of
whole person, emphasize integration of mind and body, promote disease
prevention, self-care, self-healing, and recognize role of spirituality; combine
traditional beliefs and main stream health practices
- Manual healing: Massage, pressure-point therapies, hand-medicated
biofield therapies
- Mind-body interventions: Yoga, meditation, hypnotherapy
- Guided imagery, biofeedback
- Movement-oriented therapies (music and dance)
- Herbs- Technically a botanical without any woody tissue such as stems or bark
- Ginger: Used for nausea, motion sickness, diarrhea, relieves pain, swelling,
arthritic stiffness.
- Side effects may include gas, bloating, heartburn, nausea.
- Ginkgo biloba: Used for asthma, bronchitis, fatigue, tinnitus.
- Used to improve memory, decrease intermittent claudication. Treats
sexual dysfunction, multiple sclerosis.
- Side effects include headache, dizziness, nausea, GI upset, increase
bleeding, allergic reactions.
- Astragalus
- Boosts immune system + limits cold and flu symptoms
- Chamomile
- Relief of anxiety, sleeplessness, digestive complaints, skin conditions, and oral ulcers
- May have sedative effects
6. Describe the term therapeutic?
Desirable response of medication or drug
7. Describe the prototype drug approach?
well understood; Has known action and adverse effects
used to compare other drugs in the same pharmacologic class
May not be the most widely used drug in its class
