The nurse is caring for a client who was recently placed on anti-inflammatory drugs. What is the goal of treatment for this client?
1. Decrease the intensity of the inflammatory response.
2. Keep the client taking a constant dose of anti-inflammatory medications indefinitely.
3. Increase range of motion.
4. Treat all inflammation with glucocorticoids.
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Rationale 1: The goal of pharmacotherapy with anti-inflammatory drugs is to prevent or decrease the intensity of the inflammatory response and reduce fever, if present. Most anti-inflammatory agents are nonspecific; the drug will exhibit the same inhibitory actions regardless of the cause of the inflammation.
Rationale 2:Keep the client taking a constant dose of anti-inflammatory medications indefinitely is incorrect because the goal is to decrease the inflammatory response.
Rationale 3:Increase range of motion is incorrect because not all inflammation causes limited range of motion.
Rationale 4:Glucocorticoids are used to treat severe inflammation.
Global Rationale: The goal of pharmacotherapy with anti-inflammatory drugs is to prevent or decrease the intensity of the inflammatory response and reduce fever, if present. Most anti-inflammatory agents are nonspecific; the drug will exhibit the same inhibitory actions regardless of the cause of the inflammation.
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