The nurse providing medications to a patient with multiple sclerosis realizes that the goals of medication therapy for this patient include Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected. Standard Text: Select all that apply
1. modifying the progression of the disease.
2. treating acute exacerbations.
3. managing symptoms.
4. curing the disease.
5. remyelinating nerve fibers.
1,2,3
Rationale 1: This is a goal of pharmacologic therapy for multiple sclerosis.
Rationale 2: This is a goal of pharmacologic therapy for multiple sclerosis.
Rationale 3: This is a goal of pharmacologic therapy for multiple sclerosis.
Rationale 4: This is not a goal of pharmacologic therapy for multiple sclerosis.
Rationale 5: This is not a goal of pharmacologic therapy for multiple sclerosis.
Global Rationale: Drugs can modify the progression of the disease, treat acute exacerbations, and manage symptoms. They cannot cure the disease or remyelinate nerve fibers.
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a. Talking with nurse friends about questions that have arisen in their work areas
b. Talking with other master's students about ideas for study
c. Reading professional research journals
d. Depending on her instructors to provide a research problem for her
e. National Institutes for Nursing Research priorities
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