NURS 6521N Midterm Exam – 100 Question and Answers Updated

A nurse works in a private hospital and needs to administer some narcotic drugs to one of her patients. Which of the following should the nurse consider wh en administering narcotics to patients in a hospital setting? A patient has been receiving regular doses of an agonist for 2 weeks. Which of the following should the nurse anticipate? A nurse is creating a plan of care for a 68-year-old woman with a recent diagnosis of unstable angina and new prescription for nitroglycerin. Which of the following nursing diagnoses should the nurse prioritize in the planning of this patient’s care? A nurse is caring for a patient who abuses marijuana. The treatment for marijuana abuse consists mainly of A nurse is caring for a patient who is in severe pain and is receiving an opioid analgesic. Which of the following would be the nurse’s priority assessments? A patient has been prescribed an oral drug that is known to have a high first-pass effect. Which of the following measures has the potential to increase the amount of the free drug that is available to body cells? A nurse is providing a patient with a list of drugs as a part of the patient’s plan of care. Which of the following drug nomenclatures should the nurse use to list the drugs? Federal legislation dictates a lengthy and rigorous process of testing for new drugs. What is the primary purpose of this testing process? During a clinic visit, a patient complains of having frequent muscle cramps in her legs. The nurse’s assessment reveals that the patient has been taking over-the-counter laxatives for the past 7 years. The nurse informed the patient that prolonged use of laxatives A home health nurse notes that there have been changes to a patient’s oral drug regimen. The nurse will closely monitor the new drug regimen to What critical piece of information is missing from the following medication order: Amoxicillin 250 mg every 8 hours? A patient has recently been prescribed a drug that treats his hypertension by blocking the sympathetic receptors in his sympathetic nervous system. This action is characteristic of Which of the following will a nurse inform the patient is one of the most common adverse effects of guaifenesin (Robitussin)? A patient who has ongoing pain issues has been prescribed meperidine (Demerol) IM. How should the nurse best administer this medication? A nurse is providing patient education to a 35-year-old man who has been prescribed clonidine (Catapres) as part of step 2 antihypertensive therapy. The nurse should anticipate that the drug will be administered A 49-year-old woman has been diagnosed with myalgia.