Classes of drugs for hypertension; what is the non-pharmacological treatment for it; advantages and disadvantages for each class of drug.

Chapter 30 See the accompanying Nursing Care Plan for Regina Sauder for an example of the nursing process for medication administration. You are scheduled to give an intramuscular injection in the ventrogluteal site and remember learning that it should be administered using the Z-track technique. When you mention this to the nurse in the hospital who has been taking care of your patient, she tells you there is no reason to use the Z-track technique. You remember your instructor telling you to use the Z-track technique. What should you do? You are caring for two patients and have just completed giving medications to the first when you realize that you gave her the medications prescribed for your other patient. What should you do?

Discuss the various types of local anesthetics and strengths and why you would choose one over another.

Briefly discuss reasons why metabolism is a major cause of variations in drug response and or toxicity amongst patients