The us food and drug administration fda recommends

57. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recommends
genetic testing of patients receiving certain medications.
Genetic testing helps prescribers:
a. better establish a drug’s therapeutic index.
b. determine whether a patient is a rapid or slow metabolizer
of the drug.
c. identify racial characteristics that affect psychosocial
variation in drug response.
d. produce a drug that is tailored to an individual patient ’s
genetic makeup.
WEEK #2
Chapter 34: Review of Hemodynamics
287. A nurse is teaching a nursing student how blood can
return to the heart when pressure in the venous capillary beds
is very low. Which statement by the student indicates a need
for further teaching?
288. A nurse is caring for a patient who is receiving a drug
that causes constriction of arterioles. The nurse expects to
observe which effect from this drug?
289. A patient with hypertension is admitted to the hospital.
On admission the patient’s heart rate is 72 beats/minute, and
the blood pressure is 140/95 mm Hg. After administering an
antihypertensive medication, the nurse notes a heart rate of
85 beats/minute and a blood pressure of 130/80 mm Hg. What
does the nurse expect to occur?
290. A nurse is assessing a patient who has heart failure. The
patient complains of shortness of breath, and the nurse
auscultates crackles in both lungs. The nurse understands
that these symptoms are the result of:
a. decreased force of ventricular contraction.
b. increased force of ventricular contraction.
c. decreased ventricular filling.
d. increased ventricular filling.
291. A patient is taking a drug that interferes with venous
constriction. The nurse will tell the patient to: