CAPT PHARMACOLOGY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
The psychiatric technician is assigned to the medication room. She notices that a new client will be
receiving hydrochlorothiazide (HydroDIURIL). She knows that with this client she will be assessing for:
a. Hypertension and edema.
b. Acute renal failure and intracranial pressure
c. Muscle spasms and cardiac arrhythmias.
d. Angina and intraocular pressure.CORRECT ANSWERS ✓✓a. Hypertension and edema.
The client is receiving Zoloft (sertraline) and the psychiatric technician is required to write a nursing
outcome. Which of the following would be a possible outcome for a person receiving this medication?
a. The client will re-establish blood pressure within normal limits.
b. The client will be free from skin rash.
c. The client will report an elimination of dizziness
d. The client will report a normal pattern of bowel functioningCORRECT ANSWERS ✓✓d. The client will
report a normal pattern of bowel functioning
The patient is receiving prednisone on a long-term basis. The psychiatric technician would double check
the patient's food tray since this patient should be receiving a diet consisting of:
a. High carbohydrates and low protein.
b. High protein and low calcium.
c. High fat and low sodium.
d. Low sodium and high potassium.CORRECT ANSWERS ✓✓d. Low sodium and high potassium.
The psychiatric technician observes that many clients on a long-term psychiatric unit are receiving
atypical antipsychotic medications. She would carefully monitor these clients for the adverse effects of:
a. Hypertension.
,b. Diabetes mellitus.
c. Stevens-Johnson syndrome.
d. Fluid and electrolyte imbalances.CORRECT ANSWERS ✓✓b. Diabetes mellitus.
The physician prescribed glycerin for a 14-year-old child that is constipated. The psychiatric technician
would know to administer this medication:
a. Orally in pill form.
b. Orally in a liquid form.
c. As a suppository
d. As an injection.CORRECT ANSWERS ✓✓c. As a suppository
A male client asks the psychiatric technician if there are any possible sexual side effects from Desyrel
(trazodone). The psychiatric technician responds by stating:
a. Decreased libido and ejaculation inhibition.
b. Premature ejaculation and dyspareunia.
c. Decreased libido and impotence.
d. Ejaculation inhibition and priapism.CORRECT ANSWERS ✓✓d. Ejaculation inhibition and priapism.
The psychiatric technician is taking care of a client who is receiving morphine. He would be carefully
monitoring this client for common adverse effects such as:
a. Hypertension and dilated pupils.
b. Dizziness and drooling.
c. Constipation and nausea/vomiting.
d. Blurred vision and tingling.CORRECT ANSWERS ✓✓c. Constipation and nausea/vomiting.
The psychiatric technician would expect to see which of the following psychiatric nursing diagnoses with
the medication Anafranil (clomipramine)?
,a. Disturbed Body Image
b. Anxiety
c. Depressed Mood
d. Alterations in Sensory PerceptionsCORRECT ANSWERS ✓✓b. Anxiety
The client is being administered codeine. What would be an appropriate nursing diagnosis for this
client?
a. Risk for Infection related to overgrowth
b. Risk for Impaired Skin Integrity related to rash or pruritus
c. Risk for Ineffective Airway Clearance related to respiratory secretions
d. Risk for Altered Comfort related to fever, chills, or headacheCORRECT ANSWERS ✓✓c. Risk for
Ineffective Airway Clearance related to respiratory secretions
The patient asks the psychiatric technician for his albuterol (Proventil). He takes two quick inhalations.
The psychiatric technician teaches him to allow how much time between the first and second
inhalation?
a. 10 seconds
b. 30 seconds
c. One minute
d. Two minutesCORRECT ANSWERS ✓✓c. One minute
One of the psychiatric technician's assigned patients is receiving Lasix (furosemide). The psychiatric
technician would be aware that the patient should be observed for possible:
a. Disorientation.
b. Dehydration.
c. Back pain
, d. Sedation.CORRECT ANSWERS ✓✓b. Dehydration.
The newly admitted patient informs the psychiatric technician that one of the medications she is taking
at home is Imitrex (sumatriptan). The psychiatric technician would know that this medication would be
used for:
a. Tuberculosis.
b. Migraine Headaches.
c. Asthma.
d. Skeletal muscle relaxation.CORRECT ANSWERS ✓✓b. Migraine Headaches.
The client has been prescribed Depakote (divalproex sodium) 500 mg PO every day. The psychiatric
technician would know that the therapeutic blood level range for this medication would be:
a. 0-50 mcg/ml.
b. 50-100 mcg/ml.
c. 100-200 mcg/ml.
d. 500-1,000 mcg/ml.CORRECT ANSWERS ✓✓b. 50-100 mcg/ml.
The psychiatric technician observes on the medication record that the client is to receive Clozaril
(clozapine) 150 mg PO BID. He would:
a. Call the doctor since this too low a dose to be effective.
b. Give by mouth four times a day.
c. Call the doctor since this is slightly above the therapeutic range.
d. Give by mouth two times a day.CORRECT ANSWERS ✓✓d. Give by mouth two times a day.
A priority nursing diagnosis for the client with Dementia of the Alzhemier's Type that is present for every
stage of this disease would be:
The psychiatric technician is assigned to the medication room. She notices that a new client will be
receiving hydrochlorothiazide (HydroDIURIL). She knows that with this client she will be assessing for:
a. Hypertension and edema.
b. Acute renal failure and intracranial pressure
c. Muscle spasms and cardiac arrhythmias.
d. Angina and intraocular pressure.CORRECT ANSWERS ✓✓a. Hypertension and edema.
The client is receiving Zoloft (sertraline) and the psychiatric technician is required to write a nursing
outcome. Which of the following would be a possible outcome for a person receiving this medication?
a. The client will re-establish blood pressure within normal limits.
b. The client will be free from skin rash.
c. The client will report an elimination of dizziness
d. The client will report a normal pattern of bowel functioningCORRECT ANSWERS ✓✓d. The client will
report a normal pattern of bowel functioning
The patient is receiving prednisone on a long-term basis. The psychiatric technician would double check
the patient's food tray since this patient should be receiving a diet consisting of:
a. High carbohydrates and low protein.
b. High protein and low calcium.
c. High fat and low sodium.
d. Low sodium and high potassium.CORRECT ANSWERS ✓✓d. Low sodium and high potassium.
The psychiatric technician observes that many clients on a long-term psychiatric unit are receiving
atypical antipsychotic medications. She would carefully monitor these clients for the adverse effects of:
a. Hypertension.
,b. Diabetes mellitus.
c. Stevens-Johnson syndrome.
d. Fluid and electrolyte imbalances.CORRECT ANSWERS ✓✓b. Diabetes mellitus.
The physician prescribed glycerin for a 14-year-old child that is constipated. The psychiatric technician
would know to administer this medication:
a. Orally in pill form.
b. Orally in a liquid form.
c. As a suppository
d. As an injection.CORRECT ANSWERS ✓✓c. As a suppository
A male client asks the psychiatric technician if there are any possible sexual side effects from Desyrel
(trazodone). The psychiatric technician responds by stating:
a. Decreased libido and ejaculation inhibition.
b. Premature ejaculation and dyspareunia.
c. Decreased libido and impotence.
d. Ejaculation inhibition and priapism.CORRECT ANSWERS ✓✓d. Ejaculation inhibition and priapism.
The psychiatric technician is taking care of a client who is receiving morphine. He would be carefully
monitoring this client for common adverse effects such as:
a. Hypertension and dilated pupils.
b. Dizziness and drooling.
c. Constipation and nausea/vomiting.
d. Blurred vision and tingling.CORRECT ANSWERS ✓✓c. Constipation and nausea/vomiting.
The psychiatric technician would expect to see which of the following psychiatric nursing diagnoses with
the medication Anafranil (clomipramine)?
,a. Disturbed Body Image
b. Anxiety
c. Depressed Mood
d. Alterations in Sensory PerceptionsCORRECT ANSWERS ✓✓b. Anxiety
The client is being administered codeine. What would be an appropriate nursing diagnosis for this
client?
a. Risk for Infection related to overgrowth
b. Risk for Impaired Skin Integrity related to rash or pruritus
c. Risk for Ineffective Airway Clearance related to respiratory secretions
d. Risk for Altered Comfort related to fever, chills, or headacheCORRECT ANSWERS ✓✓c. Risk for
Ineffective Airway Clearance related to respiratory secretions
The patient asks the psychiatric technician for his albuterol (Proventil). He takes two quick inhalations.
The psychiatric technician teaches him to allow how much time between the first and second
inhalation?
a. 10 seconds
b. 30 seconds
c. One minute
d. Two minutesCORRECT ANSWERS ✓✓c. One minute
One of the psychiatric technician's assigned patients is receiving Lasix (furosemide). The psychiatric
technician would be aware that the patient should be observed for possible:
a. Disorientation.
b. Dehydration.
c. Back pain
, d. Sedation.CORRECT ANSWERS ✓✓b. Dehydration.
The newly admitted patient informs the psychiatric technician that one of the medications she is taking
at home is Imitrex (sumatriptan). The psychiatric technician would know that this medication would be
used for:
a. Tuberculosis.
b. Migraine Headaches.
c. Asthma.
d. Skeletal muscle relaxation.CORRECT ANSWERS ✓✓b. Migraine Headaches.
The client has been prescribed Depakote (divalproex sodium) 500 mg PO every day. The psychiatric
technician would know that the therapeutic blood level range for this medication would be:
a. 0-50 mcg/ml.
b. 50-100 mcg/ml.
c. 100-200 mcg/ml.
d. 500-1,000 mcg/ml.CORRECT ANSWERS ✓✓b. 50-100 mcg/ml.
The psychiatric technician observes on the medication record that the client is to receive Clozaril
(clozapine) 150 mg PO BID. He would:
a. Call the doctor since this too low a dose to be effective.
b. Give by mouth four times a day.
c. Call the doctor since this is slightly above the therapeutic range.
d. Give by mouth two times a day.CORRECT ANSWERS ✓✓d. Give by mouth two times a day.
A priority nursing diagnosis for the client with Dementia of the Alzhemier's Type that is present for every
stage of this disease would be:
