For this assignment, you will select a drug from the list below and create a PowerPoint Presentation.
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The purpose of the presentation is for you to educate your colleagues on the drug you have selected. The presentation must include information about the:
- Drug pharmacology, pharmacokinetics
- Brand name
- Generic name
- Dosing
- Indications for use
- Side effects
- Contraindications
- Pregnancy class
- You must also perform a cost analysis of the drug.
- Provide a patient case study on a patient in which you would utilize the drug you have selected and include at least two peer-reviewed evidence-based studies related to the drug.
- Describe the appropriate patient education.
- What is your role as a Nurse Practitioner for prescribing this medication to this patient on your case study presentation?
- Describe the monitoring and follow-up.
Submission Instructions:
- Presentation is original work and logically organized in current APA style including citation of references.
- Incorporate a minimum of 4 current (published within last five years) scholarly journal articles or primary legal sources (statutes, court opinions) within your work.
- PowerPoint presentation with 10-15 slides, excluding the title slide and the reference slide.
- The presentation is clear and concise and students will lose points for improper grammar, punctuation, and misspelling.
Requirements: 15 slides
Answer preview
i)Amoxicillin is significantly absorbed if taken orally. It is stable in the stomach’s acidic environment, permitting it to be absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract.
- ii) Amoxicillin distributes well into various body tissues and fluids. It crosses the placenta and can also be observed in breast milk.
iii)It does not metabolize completely in the human body, and it remains in its active form without undergoing significant biotransformation.
iv)The elimination of Amoxicillin primarily occurs through renal excretion.
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