Reference no: EM133250334
Concept Sensory Pharmacology Focus Activity
Student Instructions: Please identify your reference and page number (s) for each question.
Question 1. What classification of medications help to treat the following exemplar(s)? Do not list medications, or it will be counted wrong.
Glaucoma -
Cataracts - Pre-operative agents:
Peripheral artery disease -
Question 2. Briefly describe how the classification helps to treat the exemplar. {Please list each exemplar
with the answer to the statement.}
- For Glaucoma:
- For Cataract: (Pre/Post-op classifications)
- For Peripheral artery disease:
Question 3. What assessment data will the nurse need to review prior to administering the above
classifications? Be specific, correlate the data to the classifications.
Mydriatics -
Ace-inhibitors -
HMG-CoA Reductase inhibitors (Statins) -
Question 4. Identify objective and subjective data (if applicable) that the nurse would document to determine therapeutic effectiveness of medication. Objective Data is anything you see, hear, or smell. And Subjective Data is anything the patient or family tells you. For example, if you give a blood pressure medication, you will document the blood pressure prior to giving the medication and 1-hour after medication administration.
Question 5. What interventions would the nurse implement if therapeutic effectiveness were not achieved. (i.e., What would you do, if a patient's vision was further compromised despite being administered eye drops). Remember your response must address the question from the nursing perspective. NO medical interventions should be identified here.