The nurse is reviewing the medication administration record for a group of patients and recognizes that which agents have nonspecific cellular responses?
1. Ethyl alcohol
2. General anesthetics
3. Osmotic diuretics
4. Calcium channel blockers
5. Alpha-adrenergic antihypertensives
Correct Answer: 1,2,3
Rationale 1: Ethyl alcohol is an example of an agent that acts by nonspecific mechanisms, independently of cellular receptors.
Rationale 2: General anesthetics are an example of agents that act by nonspecific mechanisms, independently of cellular receptors.
Rationale 3: Osmotic diuretics are an example of agents that act by nonspecific mechanisms, independently of cellular receptors.
Rationale 4: Calcium channel blockers have a specific mechanism of action.
Rationale 5: Alpha-adrenergic antihypertensives have a specific mechanism of action.
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