NUR 1141 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
WELL DETAILED ANSWERS
· Teaching re: ibuprofen (Motrin) and how to take - ✔✔ Take ibuprofen (Motrin) WITH FOOD to prevent
GI upset or irritation.
· Glaucoma eye drops normal side effects - ✔✔ Burning, String, and eye discomfrot
· Classification of Alcon (pilocarpine) - ✔✔ Cholinergic
· Medication used to decrease uric acid levels for gout - ✔✔ Allopurinol
Rights of Medication Administration - ✔✔ Right patient
Right medication
Right dose
Right route
Right time
Right documentation
Right to refuse
· Otic antibiotics treat what - ✔✔ Ear infection
· Use of suncscreen for prophylaxis of what - ✔✔ Skin Cancer
Definition of half-life - ✔✔ time taken to eliminate one half of the original antibiotic dose in serum
· Definition of an adverse effect - ✔✔ An UNEXPECTED unpleasant or unwanted effect while taking a
MED
, · Definition of drug tolerance - ✔✔ A person is diminished response to a drug, which occurs when the
drug is used repeatly, and the body adapts to the constant present.
major organs of drug elimination - ✔✔ Liver and kidney
· Why follow the rights of medication administration - ✔✔ To prevent medical error
Most severe side effect of opioids - ✔✔ Respiratory depression and vomiting
Use of Narcan - ✔✔ reverses the effects of an opioid almost immediately and put's them into
withdrawal
Class of Ativan - ✔✔ Benzodiazepine
· Sympathetic nervous system receptor drug class - ✔✔ Beta Blocker
· Parasympathomimetics purpose - ✔✔ drugs that mimic the effects of acetylcholine. these drugs
stimulate cholinergic receptor either directly or indirectly
· High peak levels indicate what when monitoring - ✔✔ highest blood level. If the blood peak level is too
high, drug toxicity may occur
Infection that a patient acquired during the course of treatment from a health care facility. - ✔✔ ·
Nosocomial infections (Health care associate infection)
· Drug class of gentamicin (Garamycin) - ✔✔ Aminoglycoside
· Amoxicillin is used to treat what - ✔✔ Gram positive bacteria such as, strepococcus, enterococcus,&
staphylococcus
WELL DETAILED ANSWERS
· Teaching re: ibuprofen (Motrin) and how to take - ✔✔ Take ibuprofen (Motrin) WITH FOOD to prevent
GI upset or irritation.
· Glaucoma eye drops normal side effects - ✔✔ Burning, String, and eye discomfrot
· Classification of Alcon (pilocarpine) - ✔✔ Cholinergic
· Medication used to decrease uric acid levels for gout - ✔✔ Allopurinol
Rights of Medication Administration - ✔✔ Right patient
Right medication
Right dose
Right route
Right time
Right documentation
Right to refuse
· Otic antibiotics treat what - ✔✔ Ear infection
· Use of suncscreen for prophylaxis of what - ✔✔ Skin Cancer
Definition of half-life - ✔✔ time taken to eliminate one half of the original antibiotic dose in serum
· Definition of an adverse effect - ✔✔ An UNEXPECTED unpleasant or unwanted effect while taking a
MED
, · Definition of drug tolerance - ✔✔ A person is diminished response to a drug, which occurs when the
drug is used repeatly, and the body adapts to the constant present.
major organs of drug elimination - ✔✔ Liver and kidney
· Why follow the rights of medication administration - ✔✔ To prevent medical error
Most severe side effect of opioids - ✔✔ Respiratory depression and vomiting
Use of Narcan - ✔✔ reverses the effects of an opioid almost immediately and put's them into
withdrawal
Class of Ativan - ✔✔ Benzodiazepine
· Sympathetic nervous system receptor drug class - ✔✔ Beta Blocker
· Parasympathomimetics purpose - ✔✔ drugs that mimic the effects of acetylcholine. these drugs
stimulate cholinergic receptor either directly or indirectly
· High peak levels indicate what when monitoring - ✔✔ highest blood level. If the blood peak level is too
high, drug toxicity may occur
Infection that a patient acquired during the course of treatment from a health care facility. - ✔✔ ·
Nosocomial infections (Health care associate infection)
· Drug class of gentamicin (Garamycin) - ✔✔ Aminoglycoside
· Amoxicillin is used to treat what - ✔✔ Gram positive bacteria such as, strepococcus, enterococcus,&
staphylococcus
