The nurse practitioner orders Amoxicillin 250 mg/5 ml tid for 10 days? The nurse practitioner would expect the pharmacist to fill the prescription bottle with how many ml?
A. 50 ml
B. 100 ml
c. 150 ml
d. 200 ml
Answer: A. 50 ml
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Your hospital has moved from paper and pen documentation to computerized documentation. Although you have attended the required training session, you still feel it takes longer and is not as descriptive. What is your best response?
1. Continue charting using paper and pen. 2. Ask another nurse to chart for you in exchange for you passing her medications. 3. Resign and look for another job at a hospital with a paper documentation system. 4. Ask your supervisor for additional training on computerized documentation.
A patient calls the clinic to talk to the nurse. The patient states that he or she saw the physician "last week" and was prescribed penicillin for a strep throat
The patient goes on to say that they feel so much better they stopped taking the drug "today," even though there are "a few pills left." What is the nurse's best response? A) "Okay, thank you for letting me know. I will document in your medical record that the treatment was effective." B) "It is important that you take all the medication so all the germs are killed. Otherwise they could come right back and be even stronger." C) "What you have described is the halo effect of the drug, making you feel better when you are still infected. You'll feel sick again when the drug is out of your system." D) "You will need to come to the clinic and be evaluated by your physician to make sure the infection is really gone."
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True False
Which term refers to the undesirable effects produced when drugs are taken with certain foods or other drugs?
A. precautions B. interactions C. side effects/adverse reactions D. indications