PHARMACOLOGY EXAM BUNDLE WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS (GRADED A)

The nurse is caring for a patient who is receiving intravenous theophylline. The patient complains of headache and nausea. The nurse will contact the provider to a. change the medication to an oral theophylline. b. obtain an order for a serum theophylline level. c. request an order for an analge...

The nurse is caring for a postoperative patient. The nurse will anticipate administering which medication to this patient to help prevent thrombus formation caused by slow venous blood flow? a. Alteplase (Activase) b. Aspirin c. Clopidogrel (Plavix) d. Low-molecular-weight heparin - ANSWER-ANS: ...

he patient has returned to the floor from surgery after a hip arthroplasty. For the first 48 hours post-op, meperidine is ordered for pain control. Which of the following is a major side effect of meperidine? A. Decreased blood pressure B. Decreased pulse rate C. Decreased temperature D. Decreas...

he nurse is preparing to administer a drug and learns that it is an indirect-acting cholinergic agonist. The nurse understands that this drug a. acts on muscarinic receptors. b. acts on nicotinic receptors. c. inhibits cholinesterase. d. inhibits cholinergic receptors. - ANSWER-C Rational: ...

The nurse is performing a medication history on a patient who reports using phentermine HCl (Suprenza) 15 mg/day for the past 3 months as an appetite suppressant. The nurse will contact the patient's provider to discuss a. changing the medication to phentermine-topiramate (Qsymia). b. incr...

Which drugs will go through a pharmaceutic phase after it is administered? a. Intramuscular cephalosporins b. Intravenous vasopressors c. Oral analgesics d. Subcutaneous antiglycemics - ANSWER-c The nurse is preparing to administer an oral medication and wants to ensure a rapid drug action. W...

he nurse is teaching a patient how a medication works to treat an illness. To do this, the nurse will rely on knowledge of which topic? - ANSWER-Pharmacotherapeutics What is a desired outcome when a drug is described as easy to administer? - ANSWER-It enhances patient adherence to the drug regime...

Which drugs will go through a pharmaceutic phase after it is administered? a. Intramuscular cephalosporins b. Intravenous vasopressors c. Oral analgesics d. Subcutaneous antiglycemics - ANSWER-c. Oral analgesics The nurse is preparing to administer an oral medication and wants to ensure a rap...

A patient describes having vivid dreams to the nurse. The nurse understands that these occur during which stage of sleep? a. Rapid eye movement (REM) sleep b. Stage 2 nonrapid eye movement sleep c. Stage 3 nonrapid eye movement sleep d. Stage 4 nonrapid eye movement sleep - ANSWER-A Rational...

he nurse is preparing to administer the first dose of hydrochlorothiazide (HydroDIURIL) 50 mg to a patient who has a blood pressure of 160/95 mm Hg. The nurse notes that the patient had a urine output of 200 mL in the past 12 hours. The nurse will perform which action? a. Administer the medication ...

. The nurse is teaching a group of nursing students about diabetes. The nurse explains that which type of diabetes is the most common? a. Type 1 diabetes mellitus b. Type 2 diabetes mellitus c. Diabetes insipidus d. Secondary diabetes - ANSWER-ANS: B Type 2 diabetes mellitus is the most common ...

lternative Medicine - ANSWER-health care practices and products used in place of conventional medicine Complimentary Medicine - ANSWER-used together with conventional medicine Aloe vera - ANSWER-helps with burns and pain relief externally helps with constipation when taken internally (may ca...

Important monitoring for Clonazepam - ANSWER-Respiratory rate since Clonazepam is a CNS depressant A 38-year-old man has come into the urgent care center with severe hip pain after falling from a ladder at work. He says he has taken several pain pills over the past few hours but cannot remember h...

The nurse is required to chart the patient's response to all of the following groups of medications except: - ANSWER-antihyperlipidemics What is the primary purpose of self-medication administration? - ANSWER-To empower the patient to be more effective in management of the therapeutic regimen ...