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NCLEX_Pharmacology
Question | Answer |
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Antacids | Reduce hydrochloric acid in the stomach |
Anticholinergics | Decrease oral secretions |
Anticoagulants | Prevent clot formation |
Anticonvulsants | Used for management of seizures/bipolar disorder |
Antidiarrheals | Decrease gastric motility and reduce water in bowel |
Antihistamines | Block the release of histamine |
Antihypertensives | Lower blood pressure and increase blood flow |
Anti-infectives | Used for the treatment of infections |
Bronchodilators | Dilate large air passages in asthma/lung disease |
Diuretics | Decrease water/sodium from the Loop of Henle |
Laxatives | Promote the passage of stool |
Miotics | Constrict the pupils |
Mydriatics | Dilate the pupils |
Narcotics/analgesics | Relieve moderate to severe pain |
tort | litigation in which one person asserts that an injury, which may be physical, emotional, or financial, occurred as a consequence of another's actions or failure to act. |
negligence | harm that results because a person did not act reasonably |
malpractice | professional negligence |
slander | character attacked and uttered in the presence of others |
assault | act in which there is a threat or attempt to do bodily harm |
battery | unauthorized physical contact |