NURS-6521 Pharmacy –
Comprehensive Pharmacology Study
Guide and Clinical Practice Review
Administer a tablet under his tongue and A 62-year-old man is admitted to the hospital with a diagnosis
repeat the action in 5 and 10 minutes if the of chest pain. He has an
pain has not subsided order for 0.3 mg of sublingual nitroglycerin prn for chest pain.
Which of the following
actions should the nurse do first when he complains of chest
pain?
increased HR and decrease BP An expected outcome for a patient who has just taken
sublingual nitroglycerin should
be
10 mg A patient is to take nifedipine (Procardia) 10 mg PO tid. How
many milligrams will he take per dose?
Nitrate tolerance A nurse explains to a patient that nitroglycerin patches should
be applied in the morning and removed in the evening.
This medication schedule reduces the potential for ...
, Blood pressure A patient is admitted to the emergency department with
severe chest pain. The
emergency department physician orders intravenous
nitroglycerin 5 mcg/min, titrate
dose by 5 mcg/min every 3 to 5 minutes per infusion pump as
needed. Before
administering the nitroglycerin, the nurse should
prioritize which of the following assessments?
Dizziness A nurse is caring for a patient with chronic angina. The
patient is receiving ranolazine
(Ranexa) 500 mg PO bid. Which of the following signs or
symptoms would the nurse
attribute to being a common adverse effect of this
medication?
crush the capsule and ask the patient to A 45-year-old man enters the emergency department
inhale the vapors complaining of chest pain. The
nurse has an order to administer amyl nitrite. The nurse will...
keep the tablets in the original dark bottle. A patient is being discharged home with a prescription for
sublingual nitroglycerin.
The nurse will instruct the patient and family to...
don a pair of gloves A nurse has an order to apply nitroglycerin topically, twice a
day. The nurse's initial
action will be to...
have the patient go into his house and sit or A patient calls the clinic and reports that he is having chest
lie down pain. The patient states that
ì'm scared that I am going to die and I've been pacing up and
down my driveway.î
After calming the patient, the initial instruction by the nurse
would be to...
The patient's angina may necessitate the use A recent episode of chest pain while doing yard work
of a calcium channel blocker prompted a 70-year-old man to
seek care and he has been subsequently diagnosed with
chronic stable angina. The
nurse should recognize what guiding principle in the
treatment of this patient's angina?
The woman will be more susceptible to Frequent episodes of exercise-related chest pain have caused
hypotension than a young patient. a 79-year-old woman to
use her prescribed nitroglycerin spray several times in recent
weeks. This patient's age will have what effect on her use of
nitroglycerin?
Comprehensive Pharmacology Study
Guide and Clinical Practice Review
Administer a tablet under his tongue and A 62-year-old man is admitted to the hospital with a diagnosis
repeat the action in 5 and 10 minutes if the of chest pain. He has an
pain has not subsided order for 0.3 mg of sublingual nitroglycerin prn for chest pain.
Which of the following
actions should the nurse do first when he complains of chest
pain?
increased HR and decrease BP An expected outcome for a patient who has just taken
sublingual nitroglycerin should
be
10 mg A patient is to take nifedipine (Procardia) 10 mg PO tid. How
many milligrams will he take per dose?
Nitrate tolerance A nurse explains to a patient that nitroglycerin patches should
be applied in the morning and removed in the evening.
This medication schedule reduces the potential for ...
, Blood pressure A patient is admitted to the emergency department with
severe chest pain. The
emergency department physician orders intravenous
nitroglycerin 5 mcg/min, titrate
dose by 5 mcg/min every 3 to 5 minutes per infusion pump as
needed. Before
administering the nitroglycerin, the nurse should
prioritize which of the following assessments?
Dizziness A nurse is caring for a patient with chronic angina. The
patient is receiving ranolazine
(Ranexa) 500 mg PO bid. Which of the following signs or
symptoms would the nurse
attribute to being a common adverse effect of this
medication?
crush the capsule and ask the patient to A 45-year-old man enters the emergency department
inhale the vapors complaining of chest pain. The
nurse has an order to administer amyl nitrite. The nurse will...
keep the tablets in the original dark bottle. A patient is being discharged home with a prescription for
sublingual nitroglycerin.
The nurse will instruct the patient and family to...
don a pair of gloves A nurse has an order to apply nitroglycerin topically, twice a
day. The nurse's initial
action will be to...
have the patient go into his house and sit or A patient calls the clinic and reports that he is having chest
lie down pain. The patient states that
ì'm scared that I am going to die and I've been pacing up and
down my driveway.î
After calming the patient, the initial instruction by the nurse
would be to...
The patient's angina may necessitate the use A recent episode of chest pain while doing yard work
of a calcium channel blocker prompted a 70-year-old man to
seek care and he has been subsequently diagnosed with
chronic stable angina. The
nurse should recognize what guiding principle in the
treatment of this patient's angina?
The woman will be more susceptible to Frequent episodes of exercise-related chest pain have caused
hypotension than a young patient. a 79-year-old woman to
use her prescribed nitroglycerin spray several times in recent
weeks. This patient's age will have what effect on her use of
nitroglycerin?
