BSN225 SAFE MEDICATIONS SEM 3 POST EXAM 1 - 5.

BSN225 SAFE MEDICATIONS SEM 3 POST EXAM 1 - 5. Safe Medication: Lesson 1 Post-1 Question 1 1 / 1 pts The nurse is caring for a 76-year-old patient being treated for depression, elevated cholesterol levels, and renal failure. She is placed on a new medication to lower her cholesterol as well as a low-fat diet. She takes nine different medications in the morning, and she complains that it ruins her appetite. Her personal habits include taking over-thecounter (OTC) sleep aids, taking herbal remedies, and smoking a pack of cigarettes per day. Which eight of the following are factors that place this patient at an increased risk for experiencing an adverse drug effect? (Select all that apply.) Correct! Taking OTC medications and herbal remedies. Correct! Her smoking habit. Correct! Having a diagnosis of depression. Her poor appetite. Correct! Having a diagnosis of renal failure. Correct! Her gender. Being on a low-fat diet. Correct! The number of medications she takes. Correct! Her age. Having a high cholesterol level. Correct! Taking a new medication. Question 2 1 / 1 pts A health care provider has ordered Astramorph (morphine sulfate), a narcotic opioid, and Vistaril (hydroxyzine), an antianxiety medication, to be administered together to produce pain relief for a patient. When smaller doses of each are administered together, the effect is greater than if they were given separately. This effect is an example of which of the following? Drug tolerance. An idiosyncratic effect. Correct! A synergistic effect. Drug dependence.