NURS 6521 Midterm: NURS 6521CAdvanced_Pharmacology_Midterm_Sample_2__Study_Guide_
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In order to promote therapeutic drug effects, the nurse practitioner should always encourage patients to. Selected answer: take their medication at the prescribed times. A female patient with a diagnosis of type 1 diabetes mellitus has been experiencing increasing neuropathic pain in recent months, a symptom that has not responded appreciably to conventional analgesics. The patient"s care provider has begun treatment with gabapentin (neurontin). It is unlikely to influence the patient"s other medications because gabapentin does not interact with other drugs. Following an assessment by her primary care provider, a 70-year-old resident of an assisted living facility has begun taking daily oral doses of levothyroxine. The resident"s apical heart rate is 112 beats/minute with a regular rhythm. The lower respiratory system utilizes a number of different mechanisms that confer protection and maintain homeostasis. Cilia sweep foreign material and mucus upward toward the trachea and larynx where they can then be swallowed.
