FINAL Exam: NSG 124 Pharmacology 2024/2025
Questions and Correct Answers| Herzing.
What antibiotic is used for UTIs - Correct Answer-Bactrim
What are the therapeutic effects of Bactrim? - Correct Answer-Decrease UTI
Symptoms: Frequency, Pain w/urination
What is docusate sodium? - Correct Answer-stool softener
How does docusate sodium work? - Correct Answer-Replaces water in intestine,
and works against stool to soften it.
What vitamin should be avoided when taking Warfarin? - Correct Answer-Vitamin
K; potassium
What Is an adverse effect of warfarin? - Correct Answer-Bleeding/Bruising
What labs should be monitored with warfarin? - Correct Answer-PT/INR: 2-3
What are some items pts should use when taking Warfarin? - Correct Answer-Soft
toothbrush, electric razor
What is a AE of Vancomycin? - Correct Answer-Red man syndrome
What should be monitored while taking Vancomycin? - Correct Answer-Troughs
and kidney function
What does red man syndrome cause and what do you do? - Correct Answer-Slow
down the medication/infusion, run it over 60 minutes
What do you do before giving a specific antibiotic to a pt who is presenting with a
fever? - Correct Answer-Get culture, Give broad spectrum antibiotic until culture
comes back
Most important pt teaching about antibiotics? - Correct Answer-Finish the whole
course , take probiotics
, Which medication is a serotonin antagonist and what is it used for? - Correct
Answer-Ondansetron (Zofran) - Nausea/Vomiting
What class is ondansetron, and it's MOA? - Correct Answer-Antiemetic, blocks
serotonin peripherally, centrally, and in the small intestine.
What are PPIs used for? - Correct Answer-Reduce stomach acid, Stomach ulcers
What class is omeprazole? - Correct Answer-proton pump inhibitor (PPI)
How should levothyroxine be taken? - Correct Answer-On an empty stomach in
AM, 2 hrs before any other medication.
What is levothyroxine used for? - Correct Answer-Hypothyroidism
What is metformin used for? - Correct Answer-type 2 diabetes , oral hypoglycemic
What organ does metformin work on? - Correct Answer-Liver
How should metformin be taken? - Correct Answer-Given w/Food bc GI upset,
twice a day
What can benzodiazepines (CNS Depressant) cause? - Correct Answer-Falls - due
to sedation effects
What should be monitored when taking Furosemide? - Correct Answer--I&Os
-Weight
-Lung sounds
-electrolyte (potassium)
-Skin turgor
What is the therapeutic range for Lithium - Correct Answer-0.5-1.5 , anything
greater means toxic, hold and call provider.
What is lithium used for? - Correct Answer-mood stabilizer - Manic episodes
What is enoxaparin used for? - Correct Answer-prevent DVT - Given before and
after surgery
When is naloxone given? - Correct Answer-Respiratory rate less than 12
Questions and Correct Answers| Herzing.
What antibiotic is used for UTIs - Correct Answer-Bactrim
What are the therapeutic effects of Bactrim? - Correct Answer-Decrease UTI
Symptoms: Frequency, Pain w/urination
What is docusate sodium? - Correct Answer-stool softener
How does docusate sodium work? - Correct Answer-Replaces water in intestine,
and works against stool to soften it.
What vitamin should be avoided when taking Warfarin? - Correct Answer-Vitamin
K; potassium
What Is an adverse effect of warfarin? - Correct Answer-Bleeding/Bruising
What labs should be monitored with warfarin? - Correct Answer-PT/INR: 2-3
What are some items pts should use when taking Warfarin? - Correct Answer-Soft
toothbrush, electric razor
What is a AE of Vancomycin? - Correct Answer-Red man syndrome
What should be monitored while taking Vancomycin? - Correct Answer-Troughs
and kidney function
What does red man syndrome cause and what do you do? - Correct Answer-Slow
down the medication/infusion, run it over 60 minutes
What do you do before giving a specific antibiotic to a pt who is presenting with a
fever? - Correct Answer-Get culture, Give broad spectrum antibiotic until culture
comes back
Most important pt teaching about antibiotics? - Correct Answer-Finish the whole
course , take probiotics
, Which medication is a serotonin antagonist and what is it used for? - Correct
Answer-Ondansetron (Zofran) - Nausea/Vomiting
What class is ondansetron, and it's MOA? - Correct Answer-Antiemetic, blocks
serotonin peripherally, centrally, and in the small intestine.
What are PPIs used for? - Correct Answer-Reduce stomach acid, Stomach ulcers
What class is omeprazole? - Correct Answer-proton pump inhibitor (PPI)
How should levothyroxine be taken? - Correct Answer-On an empty stomach in
AM, 2 hrs before any other medication.
What is levothyroxine used for? - Correct Answer-Hypothyroidism
What is metformin used for? - Correct Answer-type 2 diabetes , oral hypoglycemic
What organ does metformin work on? - Correct Answer-Liver
How should metformin be taken? - Correct Answer-Given w/Food bc GI upset,
twice a day
What can benzodiazepines (CNS Depressant) cause? - Correct Answer-Falls - due
to sedation effects
What should be monitored when taking Furosemide? - Correct Answer--I&Os
-Weight
-Lung sounds
-electrolyte (potassium)
-Skin turgor
What is the therapeutic range for Lithium - Correct Answer-0.5-1.5 , anything
greater means toxic, hold and call provider.
What is lithium used for? - Correct Answer-mood stabilizer - Manic episodes
What is enoxaparin used for? - Correct Answer-prevent DVT - Given before and
after surgery
When is naloxone given? - Correct Answer-Respiratory rate less than 12
