NUR 345 Chapter 50-55 EAQ Questions
and Correct Answers
A patient receiving an anticholinergic drug to treat nausea and vomiting should be
taught to expect which adverse effect? ✅Dry mouth
Which drug works by blocking serotonin in the gastrointestinal tract, vomiting center,
and chemoreceptor trigger zone? ✅Ondansetron (Zofran)
Which medication can be prescribed for the treatment of hyperemesis gravidarum?
✅Ondansetron
Which are the clinical uses of meclizine? ✅-Vertigo
-Motion sickness
The nurse would expect to teach a patient about which anticholinergic commonly used
to prevent motion sickness? ✅Scopolamine
What is the action of metoclopramide? ✅Increases motility in the small intestine
The nurse instructs a patient about which possible side effect of metoclopramide?
✅Tardive dyskinesia
Which neurotransmitter induces nausea and vomiting by triggering vestibular and
labyrinthine pathways in the inner ear? ✅Acetylcholine
Antidopaminergic drugs are useful to treat not only nausea and vomiting, but which
other conditions? ✅-Anxiety
-Schizophrenia
-Intractable hiccups
Which cells in the stomach secrete hydrochloric acid (HCl)? ✅Parietal cells
Which drug's effect is reduced with concomitant administration of antacids?
✅Quinolone antibiotics
Which are the symptoms of milk-alkali syndrome? ✅-Vomiting
-Anorexia
-Headache
Which are adverse effects of H2 receptor antagonists? ✅-Diarrhea
-Jaundice
and Correct Answers
A patient receiving an anticholinergic drug to treat nausea and vomiting should be
taught to expect which adverse effect? ✅Dry mouth
Which drug works by blocking serotonin in the gastrointestinal tract, vomiting center,
and chemoreceptor trigger zone? ✅Ondansetron (Zofran)
Which medication can be prescribed for the treatment of hyperemesis gravidarum?
✅Ondansetron
Which are the clinical uses of meclizine? ✅-Vertigo
-Motion sickness
The nurse would expect to teach a patient about which anticholinergic commonly used
to prevent motion sickness? ✅Scopolamine
What is the action of metoclopramide? ✅Increases motility in the small intestine
The nurse instructs a patient about which possible side effect of metoclopramide?
✅Tardive dyskinesia
Which neurotransmitter induces nausea and vomiting by triggering vestibular and
labyrinthine pathways in the inner ear? ✅Acetylcholine
Antidopaminergic drugs are useful to treat not only nausea and vomiting, but which
other conditions? ✅-Anxiety
-Schizophrenia
-Intractable hiccups
Which cells in the stomach secrete hydrochloric acid (HCl)? ✅Parietal cells
Which drug's effect is reduced with concomitant administration of antacids?
✅Quinolone antibiotics
Which are the symptoms of milk-alkali syndrome? ✅-Vomiting
-Anorexia
-Headache
Which are adverse effects of H2 receptor antagonists? ✅-Diarrhea
-Jaundice
