The nurse is reviewing the medication administration record for a group of patients and recognizes that which agents have nonspecific cellular responses? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected. Standard Text: Select all that apply
1. Ethyl alcohol
2. General anesthetics
3. Osmotic diuretics
4. Calcium channel blockers
5. Alpha-adrenergic antihypertensives
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.
Global Rationale: Ethyl alcohol is an example of an agent that acts by nonspecific mechanisms, independently of cellular receptors. General anesthetics are an example of agents that act by nonspecific mechanisms, independently of cellular receptors. Osmotic diuretics are an example of agents that act by nonspecific mechanisms, independently of cellular receptors. Calcium channel blockers have a specific mechanism of action. Alpha-adrenergic antihypertensives have a specific mechanism of action.
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