Chapter 4 Flashcards
1
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Ethanopharmacology
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-Body of knowledge for understanding the specific impact of cultural factors on patient drug response
2
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Black box warning
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- strongest safety warning a drug can carry and still remain on the market
- purpose of this warning is to alert prescribers to: potentially severe side effects and ways to prevent or reduce harm
3
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Cultural consideration
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- influence of ethnicity on genetics and drug response
- drug polymorphism
- adherence with therapy
- environmental and economic consideration
- pharmacokinetics
- pharmacodynamics
- varying drug responses in different racial or ethnic groups
- health beliefs
4
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African Americans
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-some blood pressure medications do not work (pg 52) so we do not prescribe them
5
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Barriers to adequate health care for the culturally diverse US patient population
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- languge
- poverty
- access
- pride
- beliefs regarding medical practices
- medications may have a different meaning to different cultures
6
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Cultural assessment
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Languages spoken: need for interpreter Health beliefs and practices Past uses of medicine Herbal treatments, folk remedies, and home remedies Over-the-counter drugs and treatment
7
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Legal Nursing Considerations and drug therapy
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- state and federal legislation
- nurse practice acts
- guidelines from professional nursing groups
- American Nurses Association
- Institutional policies and proceudres
- Specific Nurse Practice Acts
- Standards of Practice
- HIPPA
8
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Controlled substance C-1
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- high potential abuse
- no medical indication for those drugs
- severe physical and psychological
9
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Controlled substance C-II
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- high abuse potential
- accepted for medical use
- severe physical and psychological
10
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Controlled substance C-III
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- less than C-II potential for abuse
- accepted for medical use
- moderate to low physical or high pschological
11
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Controlled substance C-IV
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- less than C-III potential for abuse
- accepted for medical use
- limited physical or psychological
