PROPHECY RN PHARMACOLOGY A UPDATED
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔ What medication is a leukotriene receptor antagonist? - ✔✔Montelukast
✔✔Which statement made by a person regarding hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ) is
correct? - ✔✔I should take extra care when standing up or changing positions.
✔✔A 250mg dose of an oral medication has been ordered. The medication is supplied
only in 100mg tablets. How many tablets would you administer? - ✔✔2.5
✔✔You receive report from the off-going nurse that the person being cared for just
received their fourth dose of IV vancomycin that was administered over 30 minutes.
Upon assessment of them, you notice their face and neck are red and they are itching
all over. What would you suspect? - ✔✔Red man syndrome due to a rapid infusion rate.
✔✔Sildenafil (Viagra) is prescribed to treat a patient with erectile dysfunction. A nurse
reviews the patient's medical record and would question the prescription if which of the
following is noted in the history? - ✔✔nitroglycerin
✔✔A physician's written order for the person you are caring for is as follows: Insulin
glargine (Lantus), 10 U, subQ QD. What changes would you suggest for safety and to
avoid the use of "do not use" abbreviations? - ✔✔Spell out units and daily
✔✔Which statement, if made by the person you are caring for, reflects the need for
further education regarding a new prescriptions of warfarin (Coumadin)? - ✔✔If I get
headaches, aspirin is my best options for pain
✔✔The physician orders 0.5 mg/kg of a medications. The medication is supplied in a 10
mg/mL solution. The person you are caring for weighs 40 kg. How many mL of the drug
would you administer?f - ✔✔2 mL
✔✔A person you are caring for has a known GI bleed. What drug is contraindicated? -
✔✔enoxaparin (Lovenox)
✔✔Your patient has been diagnosed with. chronic CHF and will be taking Lasix 80mg
PO twice a day. When teaching about high Potassium foods in the diet, which group of
foods would you recommend to the patient? - ✔✔Bananas, spinach, raisins
✔✔Shortly after administering an IV med, the person you are caring for starts to
complain of itching and feeling flushed. On assessment, you notice hives begun to form
on their chest. What is the best intervention? - ✔✔Administer PRN IV diphenhydramine
(Benadryl) and notify provider
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔ What medication is a leukotriene receptor antagonist? - ✔✔Montelukast
✔✔Which statement made by a person regarding hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ) is
correct? - ✔✔I should take extra care when standing up or changing positions.
✔✔A 250mg dose of an oral medication has been ordered. The medication is supplied
only in 100mg tablets. How many tablets would you administer? - ✔✔2.5
✔✔You receive report from the off-going nurse that the person being cared for just
received their fourth dose of IV vancomycin that was administered over 30 minutes.
Upon assessment of them, you notice their face and neck are red and they are itching
all over. What would you suspect? - ✔✔Red man syndrome due to a rapid infusion rate.
✔✔Sildenafil (Viagra) is prescribed to treat a patient with erectile dysfunction. A nurse
reviews the patient's medical record and would question the prescription if which of the
following is noted in the history? - ✔✔nitroglycerin
✔✔A physician's written order for the person you are caring for is as follows: Insulin
glargine (Lantus), 10 U, subQ QD. What changes would you suggest for safety and to
avoid the use of "do not use" abbreviations? - ✔✔Spell out units and daily
✔✔Which statement, if made by the person you are caring for, reflects the need for
further education regarding a new prescriptions of warfarin (Coumadin)? - ✔✔If I get
headaches, aspirin is my best options for pain
✔✔The physician orders 0.5 mg/kg of a medications. The medication is supplied in a 10
mg/mL solution. The person you are caring for weighs 40 kg. How many mL of the drug
would you administer?f - ✔✔2 mL
✔✔A person you are caring for has a known GI bleed. What drug is contraindicated? -
✔✔enoxaparin (Lovenox)
✔✔Your patient has been diagnosed with. chronic CHF and will be taking Lasix 80mg
PO twice a day. When teaching about high Potassium foods in the diet, which group of
foods would you recommend to the patient? - ✔✔Bananas, spinach, raisins
✔✔Shortly after administering an IV med, the person you are caring for starts to
complain of itching and feeling flushed. On assessment, you notice hives begun to form
on their chest. What is the best intervention? - ✔✔Administer PRN IV diphenhydramine
(Benadryl) and notify provider
