NURS 611 PHARM EXAM 4 2026 LATEST
UPDATE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED
ANSWERS ALREADY GRADED A+
A 70 year old man is being treated for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) with
theophylline (Theo-Dur). What will be a priority assessment by the nurse? - ANS-Use of nicotine
A patient is in the clinic to have blood drawn to assess his or her theophylline level. The patient
is taking theophylline (Theo-Dur) and appears to being doing well on the drug. He or she reports
no problems. What serum level will the nurse expect the patient to have? - ANS-Between 10 to
20 mcg/mL
A patient presents to the emergency department (ED) having an acute asthma attack. An ED
physician has ordered a sympathomimetic (epinephrine). The nurse expects what as the
therapeutic effect of this drug? - ANS-Cause dilation of the bronchi with increased rate and
depth of respiration
An inhaled sympathomimetic drug has been ordered for a teenage athlete who has exercise-
induced asthma. What should the patient be instructed to do? - ANS-Use the inhaler 30 to 60
minutes before exercising to ensure peak therapeutic levels when needed
A patient who has chronic bronchial asthma has had a mast cell stabilizer prescribed. What drug
would the physician prescribe? - ANS-Nedocromil or cromolyn
A 76 year old man with asthma is being treated with an anticholinergic. What will the nurse be
careful to assess for? - ANS-Prostatic hypertrophy
, A patient with chronic bronchial asthma is prescribed montelukast (Singulair). What will the
nurse instruct the patient to avoid taking? - ANS-Aspirin
The nurse is providing health teaching to a newly diagnosed asthmatic patient. The patient has
been prescribed theophylline. What is contraindicated with the use of the drug? - ANS-Smoking
cigarettes
A patient, newly diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), calls the clinic
and asks the nurse to explain what the newly prescribed medication are for. What would be the
most appropriate response by the nurse? - ANS-The medications that have been ordered for
you are to help relieve the inflammation and promote dilation of the bronchi.
The nurse caring for a patient who is taking an adrenergic bronchodilator. In what disease
process should adrenergic bronchodilators be used cautiously? - ANS-Heart failure
The patient is a 34 year old man who recently started taking theophylline. The nurse knows that
medication teaching has been successful when he agrees to what activity? - ANS-Avoiding
Caffeine
The nurse caring for a 38-year-old patient started on albuterol (Proventil) should advise the
patient that he or she may experience what adverse effect? - ANS-Tachycardia
The nursing instructor is discussing bronchodilators with a group of nursing students. The
students understand the instruction when they identify what is most effective in treating acute
bronchospasm? - ANS-Epinephrine (Adrenalin)
A patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) presents at the emergency
department in acute respiratory distress. The patient's family tells the nurse that the patient's
problems began right after the patient took his or her first dose of ipratropium (Atrovent). What
would the nurse suspect be the problem? - ANS-An allergy to soy products
UPDATE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED
ANSWERS ALREADY GRADED A+
A 70 year old man is being treated for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) with
theophylline (Theo-Dur). What will be a priority assessment by the nurse? - ANS-Use of nicotine
A patient is in the clinic to have blood drawn to assess his or her theophylline level. The patient
is taking theophylline (Theo-Dur) and appears to being doing well on the drug. He or she reports
no problems. What serum level will the nurse expect the patient to have? - ANS-Between 10 to
20 mcg/mL
A patient presents to the emergency department (ED) having an acute asthma attack. An ED
physician has ordered a sympathomimetic (epinephrine). The nurse expects what as the
therapeutic effect of this drug? - ANS-Cause dilation of the bronchi with increased rate and
depth of respiration
An inhaled sympathomimetic drug has been ordered for a teenage athlete who has exercise-
induced asthma. What should the patient be instructed to do? - ANS-Use the inhaler 30 to 60
minutes before exercising to ensure peak therapeutic levels when needed
A patient who has chronic bronchial asthma has had a mast cell stabilizer prescribed. What drug
would the physician prescribe? - ANS-Nedocromil or cromolyn
A 76 year old man with asthma is being treated with an anticholinergic. What will the nurse be
careful to assess for? - ANS-Prostatic hypertrophy
, A patient with chronic bronchial asthma is prescribed montelukast (Singulair). What will the
nurse instruct the patient to avoid taking? - ANS-Aspirin
The nurse is providing health teaching to a newly diagnosed asthmatic patient. The patient has
been prescribed theophylline. What is contraindicated with the use of the drug? - ANS-Smoking
cigarettes
A patient, newly diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), calls the clinic
and asks the nurse to explain what the newly prescribed medication are for. What would be the
most appropriate response by the nurse? - ANS-The medications that have been ordered for
you are to help relieve the inflammation and promote dilation of the bronchi.
The nurse caring for a patient who is taking an adrenergic bronchodilator. In what disease
process should adrenergic bronchodilators be used cautiously? - ANS-Heart failure
The patient is a 34 year old man who recently started taking theophylline. The nurse knows that
medication teaching has been successful when he agrees to what activity? - ANS-Avoiding
Caffeine
The nurse caring for a 38-year-old patient started on albuterol (Proventil) should advise the
patient that he or she may experience what adverse effect? - ANS-Tachycardia
The nursing instructor is discussing bronchodilators with a group of nursing students. The
students understand the instruction when they identify what is most effective in treating acute
bronchospasm? - ANS-Epinephrine (Adrenalin)
A patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) presents at the emergency
department in acute respiratory distress. The patient's family tells the nurse that the patient's
problems began right after the patient took his or her first dose of ipratropium (Atrovent). What
would the nurse suspect be the problem? - ANS-An allergy to soy products
