Medicine, 13.04.2021 23:30, owenwernert

Scenario: Assume you are a pharmacy assistant in a nursing home, screening patients for contraindications and drug interactions. What is the
potential drug problem--and its solution--for each of the following cases?
a. Patient A has hypertension. He has been prescribed hydrocortisone injections for severe bursitis.
b. Patient B is diabetic. She has been prescribed prednisolone for osteoarthritis.
Please use the textbook (chapter 36) as a reference for this discussion. A maximum of 10 points will be given for this assignment.

Answers: 2

Show answers

Other questions on the subject: Medicine

Medicine, 04.07.2019 04:10, jeanbeansmith2p2ofty

Rectangle pqrs has vertices p(1, 4), q(6, 4), r(6, 1), and s(1, 1). without graphing, find the new coordinates of the vertices of the rectangle after a reflection over the x-axis and then another reflection over the y-axis.

Answers: 1

continue

Medicine, 09.07.2019 19:10, mallorywoods8

List the therapeutic actions, indications, pharmacokinetics, contraindications, most common adverse reactions, and important drug–drug interactions for each of these medications

Answers: 2

continue

Medicine, 09.07.2019 19:10, emilee30

Anurse is teaching a newly licensed nurse about safe medication administration. the nurse should instruct that which of the following actions is included in the 6 rights of medication administration? a. verify dosage calculation with a second nurse. b. obtain a current list of the client’s medications. c. document medication prior to administration. d. compare a new prescription with an old prescription.

Answers: 2

continue

Medicine, 09.07.2019 19:10, timjape3g3z

Anurse is caring for a client who is taking digoxin to treat heart failure. which of the following factors predisposes this client to developing digoxin toxicity? a. having a prolapsed mitral valve b. having a 10-year history of copd c. taking a high-ceiling diuretic d. taking an hmg coa reductase inhibitor

Answers: 1

continue

Do you know the correct answer?

Scenario: Assume you are a pharmacy assistant in a nursing home, screening patients for contraindic...