Entries by Daphne Hanson

Substituting Fiorinal for Sedapap

A pharmacy technician asks the pharmacist if it’s suitable to substitute Fiorinal No. 3® for Sedapap®, which was prescribed, because of the nearly identical chemical properties of the two drugs. He explains to the pharmacist that the pharmacy is out of Sedapap and that the prescribing physician did indicate that a suitable substitution medication was […]

Prescribing medication for depression

A 65-year-old Asian American man who is diagnosed with depression. Explain which factor needs to be considered when prescribing medications for him, what will you prescribe? what are the recommendations for when to take this? 1.Discuss pathophysiology of the disease or physiology of the organism that the drug(s) are addressing. 2. Rationales for using the […]

Furnishing license of a nurse

Explain what it take for an nursing practitioner to get a furnishing license and the steps to achieving this license in your state of practice. What is the time line? What forms need to be submitted? What are the practice requirements and when are they to be completed?

Supervising physician

Describe does “supervising physician” mean and what is the role of the supervising physician. Can an nursing practitioner prescribe for her friends and family? Are there legal and/or ethical concerns in prescribing for one’s own family or friends? Explain.    

Subjective or objective patient data

Recognize potential roadblock for pharmacists in being able to perform the pharmacist’ patient care process.  Given a patient case, Explain how you will be able to classify patient data as subjective or objective. 1.Describe the components of history of present illness, review of systems, and physical exam and given a patient case be able to […]

Mechanisms to disease processes

To date, you have had the opportunity to discover and understand the connection between the mechanisms that contribute to disease processes. Understanding these principles is a contributing factor to your ability as a nurse to care for patients with specific diagnoses. Share your thoughts via essay on what you have learned and how it will […]