A well-educated pregnant patient is seeking information about the effects of different medications on the fetus. Which of the following statements accurately describes the relationship between medication properties and their potential impact on the fetus?

A seven-year-old child has just been diagnosed absence epilepsy. What anti-seizure medication would be the most appropriate for initial treatment?

Which medication should not be prescribed for asthma?

Which of the following may be precipitated by wrongful use of systemic steroids?

What is true regarding the dopamine hypothesis of schizophrenia?

A 39-year-old female patient, has moderate persistent asthma. The treatment require the nurse practitioner to prescribe which of the following?

Which statement by the nurse practitioner learner is accurate regarding the use of nicotinic acid for lowering blood cholesterol levels?

What food reduces the effects of warfarin?

Which dose of conjugated equine estrogen is the minimal effective dose to prevent osteoporosis?

The nurse practitioner is evaluating a patient diagnosed with stage C heart failure. Which of the following medications could the nurse practitioner safely add to the patient’s medication regimen?