HESI RN · HESI Pharmacology · Advanced Pharmacology Across the Lifespan
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A patient has had recent mechanical heart valve surgery and is receiving anticoagulant therapy. While monitoring the patient's laboratory work, the nurse interprets that the patient's international normalized ratio (INR) level of 3 indicates that:
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Correct Answer: the patient's warfarin dose is at therapeutic levels.
No evidence indicates that patients who take vitamins:
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Correct Answer: Neither a nor b
A 60-year-old male with chronic pain is prescribed hydrocodone. Hydrocodone works by:
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Correct Answer: Binding to opioid receptors in the brain
A 38-year-old patient who is Vietnamese tells the family nurse practitioner that his or her parent died in his or her 40s from liver cancer. The nurse practitioner assesses that the patient is at risk for:
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Correct Answer: hepatitis B
The “trade†name of a medication is one that:
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Correct Answer: is the name the manufacturer of the medication gave the drug.
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