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Tips to answering test questions: • Focus on the subject of the question and note whether the question is asking about the intended effect, side effect, or adverse effect. • It is nearly impossible to learn everything about every individual medication. Learn medications by their classifications because of the similarities that exist among medications in a given classification • Learn medications belonging to a particular classification by remembering commonalities in their names • Learn to recognize the side effects commonly associated with each class of medications and then relate the appropriate nursing interventions to each side effect • Look at the medication name and use medical terminology to help determine the medication's action Things to remember: • Assess the client for allergies and hypersensitivity to the prescribed medication. • Assess the client for existing medical disorders that contraindicate the administration of a prescribed medication. • T...
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