8/16/25, 10:42 AM NUR 6521 MIDTERM EXAM QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS 2025-2026(GRADED A+) DETAILED ANSWERS!!
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NUR 6521 MIDTERM EXAM QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS 2025-2026(GRADED A+) DETAILED
ANSWERS!!
Terms in this set (98)
A 62-year-old man is admitted to the hospital with a
Administer a tablet under
diagnosis of chest pain. He has an
his tongue and repeat the
order for 0.3 mg of sublingual nitroglycerin prn for chest
action in 5 and 10 minutes if
pain. Which of the following actions should the nurse
the pain has not subsided
do first when he complains of chest pain?
An expected outcome for a patient who has just taken
increased HR and decrease BP sublingual nitroglycerin should
be
A patient is to take nifedipine (Procardia) 10 mg PO tid.
10 mg
How many milligrams will he take per dose?
A nurse explains to a patient that nitroglycerin patches
Nitrate tolerance should be applied in the morning and removed in the
evening. This medication schedule reduces the
potential for ...
A patient is admitted to the emergency department with severe
chest pain. The
Blood pressure emergency department physician orders intravenous
nitroglycerin 5 mcg/min, titrate dose by 5 mcg/min
every 3 to 5 minutes per infusion pump as needed.
Before administering the nitroglycerin, the nurse
should prioritize which of the following
assessments?
A nurse is caring for a patient with chronic angina. The
Dizziness patient is receiving ranolazine (Ranexa) 500 mg PO bid.
Which of the following signs or symptoms would the
nurse attribute to being a common adverse effect of
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this medication?
crush the capsule and ask A 45-year-old man enters the emergency department
the patient to inhale the complaining of chest pain. The nurse has an order to
vapors administer amyl nitrite. The nurse will...
A recent episode of chest pain while doing yard work
prompted a 70-year-old man to
The patient's angina may seek care and he has been subsequently diagnosed with
necessitate the use of a chronic stable angina. The nurse should recognize what
calcium channel blocker guiding principle in the treatment of this patient's
angina?
Frequent episodes of exercise-related chest pain have
The woman will be more caused a 79-year-old woman to
susceptible to hypotension use her prescribed nitroglycerin spray several times in
than a young patient. recent weeks. This patient's age will have what effect on
her use of nitroglycerin?
An elderly postsurgical patient has developed
An oral antidepressant that postoperative pneumonia in the days following
the patient has been taking abdominal surgery and is being treated with a number
daily for several years of
medications. Which of the following medications that the
nurse will administer has the slowest absorption?
A 79-year-old woman who takes several medications for
Integrating the new drug a variety of chronic
into the patient's existing health problems has been prescribed an oral antiplatelet
schedule aggregator that is to be taken once daily. The nurse has
promotes adherence. encouraged the woman to take the pill at the same time
of day that she takes some of her other medications.
What is the
most likely rationale for the nurse's advice?
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A patient is being discharged home with a prescription
keep the tablets in the original
dark bottle. for sublingual nitroglycerin. The nurse will instruct the
patient and family to...
A nurse has an order to apply nitroglycerin topically,
don a pair of gloves
twice a day. The nurse's initial action will be to...
A patient calls the clinic and reports that he is having
have the patient go into his chest pain. The patient states that
house and sit or lie down ì'm scared that I am going to die and I've been pacing
up and down my driveway.î After calming the patient,
the initial instruction by the nurse would be to...
A nurse is creating a plan of care for a 68-year-old
Acute Pain, headache, woman with a recent diagnosis of unstable angina and
related to adverse effects of new prescription for nitroglycerin. Which of the
drug therapy following
nursing
diagnoses should the nurse prioritize in the planning of this
patient's care?
A man has left his most recent visit to his primary care provider
Put your patch on a part of
with a new
your skin that doesn't have
prescription for a transdermal nitroglycerin patch. What
too much hair on it.
patient education should the nurse provide to this
patient?
Mr. Penny, age 67, was diagnosed with chronic angina
Mr. Penny requires
several months ago and has been unable to experience
concurrent treatment with
adequate relief of his symptoms. As a result, his
a beta blocker, nitrate, or
physician has prescribed ranolazine (Ranexa). Which of
a calcium channel
the following statements is true
blocker.
regarding the use of ranolazine for the treatment of this patient's
angina?
Determine if the drug is A patient is in the clinic for seasonal allergic
going to make you drowsy rhinitis. Loratadine (Claritin) is prescribed. Which
before you of the following statements will the nurse include
drive. when providing patient education concerning
this drug?
A 73-year-old woman has scheduled an appointment
Taking too many laxatives
with her nurse practitioner to discuss her recurrent
can make your bowels
constipation. The woman states that she experiences
dependent on
constipation despite the fact that she takes
them, making you more
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NUR 6521 MIDTERM EXAM QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS 2025-2026(GRADED A+) DETAILED
ANSWERS!!
Terms in this set (98)
A 62-year-old man is admitted to the hospital with a
Administer a tablet under
diagnosis of chest pain. He has an
his tongue and repeat the
order for 0.3 mg of sublingual nitroglycerin prn for chest
action in 5 and 10 minutes if
pain. Which of the following actions should the nurse
the pain has not subsided
do first when he complains of chest pain?
An expected outcome for a patient who has just taken
increased HR and decrease BP sublingual nitroglycerin should
be
A patient is to take nifedipine (Procardia) 10 mg PO tid.
10 mg
How many milligrams will he take per dose?
A nurse explains to a patient that nitroglycerin patches
Nitrate tolerance should be applied in the morning and removed in the
evening. This medication schedule reduces the
potential for ...
A patient is admitted to the emergency department with severe
chest pain. The
Blood pressure emergency department physician orders intravenous
nitroglycerin 5 mcg/min, titrate dose by 5 mcg/min
every 3 to 5 minutes per infusion pump as needed.
Before administering the nitroglycerin, the nurse
should prioritize which of the following
assessments?
A nurse is caring for a patient with chronic angina. The
Dizziness patient is receiving ranolazine (Ranexa) 500 mg PO bid.
Which of the following signs or symptoms would the
nurse attribute to being a common adverse effect of
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,8/16/25, 10:42 AM NUR 6521 MIDTERM EXAM QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS 2025-2026(GRADED A+) DETAILED ANSWERS!!
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this medication?
crush the capsule and ask A 45-year-old man enters the emergency department
the patient to inhale the complaining of chest pain. The nurse has an order to
vapors administer amyl nitrite. The nurse will...
A recent episode of chest pain while doing yard work
prompted a 70-year-old man to
The patient's angina may seek care and he has been subsequently diagnosed with
necessitate the use of a chronic stable angina. The nurse should recognize what
calcium channel blocker guiding principle in the treatment of this patient's
angina?
Frequent episodes of exercise-related chest pain have
The woman will be more caused a 79-year-old woman to
susceptible to hypotension use her prescribed nitroglycerin spray several times in
than a young patient. recent weeks. This patient's age will have what effect on
her use of nitroglycerin?
An elderly postsurgical patient has developed
An oral antidepressant that postoperative pneumonia in the days following
the patient has been taking abdominal surgery and is being treated with a number
daily for several years of
medications. Which of the following medications that the
nurse will administer has the slowest absorption?
A 79-year-old woman who takes several medications for
Integrating the new drug a variety of chronic
into the patient's existing health problems has been prescribed an oral antiplatelet
schedule aggregator that is to be taken once daily. The nurse has
promotes adherence. encouraged the woman to take the pill at the same time
of day that she takes some of her other medications.
What is the
most likely rationale for the nurse's advice?
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, 8/16/25, 10:42 AM NUR 6521 MIDTERM EXAM QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS 2025-2026(GRADED A+) DETAILED ANSWERS!!
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A patient is being discharged home with a prescription
keep the tablets in the original
dark bottle. for sublingual nitroglycerin. The nurse will instruct the
patient and family to...
A nurse has an order to apply nitroglycerin topically,
don a pair of gloves
twice a day. The nurse's initial action will be to...
A patient calls the clinic and reports that he is having
have the patient go into his chest pain. The patient states that
house and sit or lie down ì'm scared that I am going to die and I've been pacing
up and down my driveway.î After calming the patient,
the initial instruction by the nurse would be to...
A nurse is creating a plan of care for a 68-year-old
Acute Pain, headache, woman with a recent diagnosis of unstable angina and
related to adverse effects of new prescription for nitroglycerin. Which of the
drug therapy following
nursing
diagnoses should the nurse prioritize in the planning of this
patient's care?
A man has left his most recent visit to his primary care provider
Put your patch on a part of
with a new
your skin that doesn't have
prescription for a transdermal nitroglycerin patch. What
too much hair on it.
patient education should the nurse provide to this
patient?
Mr. Penny, age 67, was diagnosed with chronic angina
Mr. Penny requires
several months ago and has been unable to experience
concurrent treatment with
adequate relief of his symptoms. As a result, his
a beta blocker, nitrate, or
physician has prescribed ranolazine (Ranexa). Which of
a calcium channel
the following statements is true
blocker.
regarding the use of ranolazine for the treatment of this patient's
angina?
Determine if the drug is A patient is in the clinic for seasonal allergic
going to make you drowsy rhinitis. Loratadine (Claritin) is prescribed. Which
before you of the following statements will the nurse include
drive. when providing patient education concerning
this drug?
A 73-year-old woman has scheduled an appointment
Taking too many laxatives
with her nurse practitioner to discuss her recurrent
can make your bowels
constipation. The woman states that she experiences
dependent on
constipation despite the fact that she takes
them, making you more
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