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It is Connor’s first day as a CNA at the nursing home and he is answering the phones on his unit. A physician calls to place a medication order. What should Connor do before he takes it?

Just as Kendall is experiencing relief from painful muscle spasms with methocarbamol, her spring allergies hit full force and she cannot stop sneezing. Should this be of additional concern?

Jesse often complains about government regulation and maintains that only drugs with potential for abuse or addiction should require prescriptions. What other medications require prescriptions in the United States?

Velma is taking digoxin for heart failure. What is a result of untreated heart failure?

You are reading about the treatment of cardiovascular disease and learn that some medications are more effective in African Americans than persons of other races. The study of why medications vary in effectiveness among groups is known as ____.

Your great-grandmother is hospitalized from a broken hip and has become critically ill with a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection. What is the first-line antibiotic for the treatment of MRSA?

Kirk has myasthenia gravis, a disease characterized by fluctuating weakness of voluntary muscles. If he is treated with a drug that acts via the autonomic nervous system, what drug will he likely receive?

Ozzie’s doctor tells him not to take his tetracycline with dairy products because the calcium in the dairy products will form an insoluble complex with the tetracycline. What is this process called?

Glenn has keratitis caused by herpes simplex. How often should he apply his prescribed antiviral eye drops?

Suzette is in need of emergency contraception. She has several contraindications to oral contraceptives. Can she use emergency contraception?