Category: Pharmacology

  • Pharmacology Assignment: Understanding Medication Safety and Treatment Options for Heartburn and Indigestion

    Respond to each question. Outline the long-term complications associated with diabetes. What are the teaching priorities for patients taking antidiabetic drugs? What health problems may result when hypertension is not treated? Differentiate how ACE inhibitors and Beta-blockers work in the treatment of hypertension. Explain how the body compensates for heart failure and how heart failure is affected by those methods of compensation. What are the teaching priorities for patients taking digoxin? Note: Follow the instructions and grading rubric found in the course syllabus.
    Respond to each question. Mr. Anderson has been experiencing heartburn and indigestion. He wants to find an over-the-counter drug that will relieve his symptoms. Visit a local pharmacy and answer the following questions: What pharmacy did you visit? How many different over-the-counter drugs did you see for treating heartburn and indigestion? Select three (3) drugs for heartburn and indigestion that have different active ingredients. Provide the following information for each medication: name, active ingredients, uses, and all dosage recommendations (including pediatric dosing). List at least 3 things that Mr. Anderson should consider before and while he takes any of these drugs. Explain how selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and …Course Materials
    These are the materials you will need for this course:
     Workman, M., & LaCharity, L. Understanding Pharmacology: Essentials for Medication Safety,
    3rd Edition. Elsevier

  • Title: The Power of Positive Thinking As a firm believer in the power of positive thinking, I can attest to its impact on my personal and professional life. One example of this is when I was going through a difficult time at work and was

    Post a 5-10 sentence response to the discussion topic using examples and personal experiences.
    Integrate a quote from your weekly reading assignment into your post to support your thoughts and cite the source (and page number) of your quote using the APA format.

  • Pharmacology Case Studies: Gastrointestinal and Hepatobiliary Disorders

    Welcome to week 4! This week we will apply pharmacology concepts to the gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary systems.
    Symptoms of various gastrointestinal (GI) and hepatobiliary disorders often overlap, making diagnosis and treatment challenging. For example, symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, constipation, and diarrhea are non-specific and could also be the result of underlying medical history or current prescription drug use. As an advanced practice nurse, you could be potentially responsible for providing care to a patient who may present with non-specific symptoms related to the gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary systems.
    When selecting drugs and determining dosages for patients, it is essential to consider individual patient factors that might impact the patient’s pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic processes. These patient factors include genetics, gender, ethnicity, age, behavior (ie diet, nutrition, smoking, alcohol, illicit drug abuse), and/or pathophysiological changes due to disease.
    ASSIGNMENT
    Case studies are a useful way for you to apply your knowledge of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamic aspects of pharmacology to specific patient cases and health histories.
    For your week 4 assignment, evaluate drug treatment plans for patients with various disorders and justify drug therapy plans based on patient history and diagnosis.
    To Prepare:
    • Review the case studies (attachment) and answer ALL questions.
    • When recommending medications, write out a complete prescription for each medication. What order would you send to a pharmacy? Include drug, dose, route, frequency, special instructions, # dispensed (days supply), refills, etc. Also state if you would continue, discontinue or taper the patient’s current medications.
    • Use clinical practice guidelines in developing your answers. Please review all Required Learning Resources. Use the Medscape app or website and JNC 8 to complete assignment.
    • Include at least three references to support each scenario and cite them in APA format. Please include in-text citations. You do not need an introduction or conclusion paragraph.NURS_6521_Week4_Scenarios-1.docxDownload NURS_6521_Week4_Scenarios-1.docx
    Note on Assignment Attempts
    Students are expected to review their work and submissions of work carefully prior to due dates. Unless otherwise approved by the faculty, students are allowed one submission of graded work per assignment. While the classroom allows for multiple submissions, once an assignment is graded, submissions will no longer be accepted unless approved by the faculty. If an assignment is submitted prior to the assignment deadline and has not yet been graded, then students may submit a revised assignment prior to the assignment deadline. Once the deadline has passed, resubmission is not permitted.

  • Title: The Role of Telemedicine and Remote Monitoring in Monitoring Medication Adherence and Therapeutic Responses in APRN Practice

    In what ways can APRNs utilize telemedicine platforms and remote monitoring technologies to remotely access patients’ medication adherence, therapeutic responses, and potential adverse effects? How does remote patient monitoring impact the delivery of pharmacological interventions and a PRN practice?

  • Annotated Bibliography: The Iatrogenic Opioid Crisis and Institutional Corruption of Pharmaceuticals

    1. Upload your completed, final version of your Annotated Bibliography as a pdf or Word file.  Double-check to see that the format is correct when you upload it, before you submit it.
    2.  The finished ABib must be at least six pages long.
    3.  The finished paper must cite at least 10 valid sources from the Southwestern College Library databases.  Only one of them can be from the following pre-digested databases: 
    SIRS Issues Researcher(Proquest)
    Opposing Viewpoints (Gale in Context)
    CQ Researcher
    Issues & Controversies:(Facts On File)
    4. It must be in MLA style, and the URL should be the permalink so that I can check to see if it’s a valid article.
    1. Your name and the assignment name should be in the upper right-hand corner, and for the title, please use the topic of your research.
    Use these articles for information Makhinson, Michael, et al. “The Iatrogenic Opioid Crisis: An Example of ‘Institutional Corruption of Pharmaceuticals’?” Journal of Evaluation in Clinical
    Practice, vol. 27, no. 5, Oct. 2021, pp. 1033–43. EBSCOhost, https://doi.org/10.1111/jep.13566Links to an external site..
    Ghinea, N., Lipworth, W. and Kerridge, I. (2015), Evidence & rational prescribing. J Eval Clin
    Pract, 21: 28-33. https://doi.org/10.1111/jep.12223Links to an external site.
    Every-Palmer, S. and Howick, J. (2014), EBM fails due to biased trials and selective publication. J Eval Clin
    Pract, 20: 908-914. https://doi.org/10.1111/jep.12147Links to an external site.

  • Contraceptive Agents: A Comprehensive Overview Introduction: Contraceptive agents are medications or devices used to prevent pregnancy. There are various types of contraceptive agents available, including hormonal methods, barrier methods, and intrauterine devices (IUDs

    I need you to expand this table to include the following contraceptive agents:
    Nuvaring
    Paragard
    Nexplanon
    Liletta
    Mirena
    Depo-Provera
    the assignment is to continue with those drugs invidividually like the table already gave you an idea what should be important for each drugs and follow as goes. answer question for each of those drugs as the table attached already give you an example how it should be. 

  • Title: Annotated Bibliography: The Impact of Social Media on Mental Health in Adolescents

    1. Upload your completed, final version of your Annotated Bibliography as a pdf or Word file.  Double-check to see that the format is correct when you upload it, before you submit it.
    2.  The finished ABib must be at least six pages long.
    3.  The finished paper must cite at least 10 valid sources from the Southwestern College Library databases.  Only one of them can be from the following pre-digested databases: 
    SIRS Issues Researcher(Proquest)
    Opposing Viewpoints (Gale in Context)
    CQ Researcher
    Issues & Controversies:(Facts On File)
    4. It must be in MLA style, and the URL should be the permalink so that I can check to see if it’s a valid article.
    1. Your name and the assignment name should be in the upper right-hand corner, and for the title, please use the topic of your research.

  • Title: “Normal Tension Glaucoma vs. Ocular Hypertension: Understanding the Differences and Implications for Clinical Practice”

    Discuss normal hypertension galucoma against ocular hypertension
    REF: comprehensive ophthalmology
    Clinical opthamology