NURSING PHARMACOLOGY
Study
A patient is recieving ganciclovir for a long term treatment and prevention of a
cytomegalovirus infection. The nurse administers the drug over what time span?
60 minutes
After reviewing the drugs used to treat herpes virus and CMV infections, a group of
students demonstrate the understanding about these drugs when they identify what
drugs as being available for only intravenous medications?
Foscarnet
A patient is recieving tenomovir as part of a drug therapy regimen for HIV infection. The
nurse woould provide what teaching to related to what the patient may experience?
Changes in the body fat distribution
A patient with AIDS develops the CMV retinitis and is to recieve valganciclovir. The nurse
should instruct the patient to take the drug twice a day for how long?
21 Days
When describing the action of an integrase inhibitor, the nurse understands that this drug
acts by what mechanism?
Inhibiting the activity of a specific virus-specific encoated enzyme needed for viral
replication.
Ramitidine is a teratogenic drug as a pregnancy category X drug (T/F)
False
Which protease inhibitor would teh nurse expect to administer to a patient that has a
renal impairment?
Nelfinavir
What drug would the nurse expect the physician to prescribe as a treatment who has a
herpes simplex infection on the eye?
Trifluridine
Drugs uses to combat influenza and respiratory viruses act to inhibit viral DNA replication?
(T/F)
False
A patient is recieving a non nucleoside reverse transcriptases inhibitor. Why does the
nurse caution the patient to avoid the concurrent use of St. Johns Wart?
Study
A patient is recieving ganciclovir for a long term treatment and prevention of a
cytomegalovirus infection. The nurse administers the drug over what time span?
60 minutes
After reviewing the drugs used to treat herpes virus and CMV infections, a group of
students demonstrate the understanding about these drugs when they identify what
drugs as being available for only intravenous medications?
Foscarnet
A patient is recieving tenomovir as part of a drug therapy regimen for HIV infection. The
nurse woould provide what teaching to related to what the patient may experience?
Changes in the body fat distribution
A patient with AIDS develops the CMV retinitis and is to recieve valganciclovir. The nurse
should instruct the patient to take the drug twice a day for how long?
21 Days
When describing the action of an integrase inhibitor, the nurse understands that this drug
acts by what mechanism?
Inhibiting the activity of a specific virus-specific encoated enzyme needed for viral
replication.
Ramitidine is a teratogenic drug as a pregnancy category X drug (T/F)
False
Which protease inhibitor would teh nurse expect to administer to a patient that has a
renal impairment?
Nelfinavir
What drug would the nurse expect the physician to prescribe as a treatment who has a
herpes simplex infection on the eye?
Trifluridine
Drugs uses to combat influenza and respiratory viruses act to inhibit viral DNA replication?
(T/F)
False
A patient is recieving a non nucleoside reverse transcriptases inhibitor. Why does the
nurse caution the patient to avoid the concurrent use of St. Johns Wart?
