PROPHECY RN PHARMACOLOGY A FINAL EXAM
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Patient is to receive 5mg/kg of medication. Patient weighs 80kg. How much would
you administer? - ✔✔400mg
✔✔Your patient taking digoxin (Lanoxin) has an AM Potassium level of 3.0. This level
may: - ✔✔Increase risk of digoxin toxicity
✔✔The patient is diagnosed with multiple myeloma. The physician has ordered
cyclophosphamide (Cytoxan). Which instruction should be given to the patient? -
✔✔Increase daily water intake
✔✔Which of the following medications will crystalize when mixed with D5NS? -
✔✔phenytoin (Dilantin)
✔✔Which of the following medications should be questioned by the nurse, if ordered by
the provider to treat a patient's complaint of nausea and vomiting? - ✔✔famotidine
(Pepcid)
✔✔Your patient has an epidural infusing hydromorphone with bupivacaine at 6ml/hr
continuously. The patient's blood pressure at the beginning of your shift was 92/58 with
a heart rate of 68. You noticed the patient's blood pressures have been around 130/70.
What should you do FIRST? - ✔✔Check infusion rate to confirm 6ml/hr, then notify
anesthesia provider
✔✔The dosage of which drug must be tapered off slowly to prevent acute adrenal
insufficiency? - ✔✔prednisone (Deltasone)
✔✔When teaching a new nurse on how to administer IV push furosemide (Lasix), you
emphasize that it should be given over two minutes to avoid: - ✔✔tinnitus
✔✔A nurse is caring for a patient with hyperparathyroidism and notes that the patient's
serum calcium level is 13mg/dl. Which medication should the nurse prepare to
administer as prescribed to the patient? - ✔✔calcintonin (Miacalcin)
✔✔A patient has a prescription to take Guaifenesin (Mucinex) every 4 hours, as
needed. The nurse determines that the patient understands the MOST effective use of
the medication if the patient states that he or she will: - ✔✔take the medication with a
full glass of water
✔✔Acetylsalicylic acid (Aspirin) has which of the following pharmacological effects? -
✔✔Anti-inflammatory, anti-pyretic, decrease platelet aggregation
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Patient is to receive 5mg/kg of medication. Patient weighs 80kg. How much would
you administer? - ✔✔400mg
✔✔Your patient taking digoxin (Lanoxin) has an AM Potassium level of 3.0. This level
may: - ✔✔Increase risk of digoxin toxicity
✔✔The patient is diagnosed with multiple myeloma. The physician has ordered
cyclophosphamide (Cytoxan). Which instruction should be given to the patient? -
✔✔Increase daily water intake
✔✔Which of the following medications will crystalize when mixed with D5NS? -
✔✔phenytoin (Dilantin)
✔✔Which of the following medications should be questioned by the nurse, if ordered by
the provider to treat a patient's complaint of nausea and vomiting? - ✔✔famotidine
(Pepcid)
✔✔Your patient has an epidural infusing hydromorphone with bupivacaine at 6ml/hr
continuously. The patient's blood pressure at the beginning of your shift was 92/58 with
a heart rate of 68. You noticed the patient's blood pressures have been around 130/70.
What should you do FIRST? - ✔✔Check infusion rate to confirm 6ml/hr, then notify
anesthesia provider
✔✔The dosage of which drug must be tapered off slowly to prevent acute adrenal
insufficiency? - ✔✔prednisone (Deltasone)
✔✔When teaching a new nurse on how to administer IV push furosemide (Lasix), you
emphasize that it should be given over two minutes to avoid: - ✔✔tinnitus
✔✔A nurse is caring for a patient with hyperparathyroidism and notes that the patient's
serum calcium level is 13mg/dl. Which medication should the nurse prepare to
administer as prescribed to the patient? - ✔✔calcintonin (Miacalcin)
✔✔A patient has a prescription to take Guaifenesin (Mucinex) every 4 hours, as
needed. The nurse determines that the patient understands the MOST effective use of
the medication if the patient states that he or she will: - ✔✔take the medication with a
full glass of water
✔✔Acetylsalicylic acid (Aspirin) has which of the following pharmacological effects? -
✔✔Anti-inflammatory, anti-pyretic, decrease platelet aggregation
