Answers (Verified Answers) (Latest Update 2026)
What should the nurse tell an elderly patient who is hesitant to taking pain meds
(narcotics)? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔✔✔ Explain the purpose and tell
them that proper use will lower the risk of addiction
What does furosemide do? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔✔✔ Blocks
reabsorption of sodium and potassium
Best time to administer furosemide? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔✔✔ In the
morning
Nursing considerations with furosemide - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔✔✔
Weigh patient
Patient has right sided CVA diagnosis, what would be an effect of warfarin? -
CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔✔✔ Another CVA
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What is an ACE inhibitor? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔✔✔ Antihypertensive
SSRI's are prescribed for? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔✔✔ Anxiety
What to watch for with SSRI's? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔✔✔ Suicidal
ideation
Confusion
What is important to consider when administering medication for the older
population? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔✔✔ Start low, go slow
Who does the narcotic count? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔✔✔ Completed by
two nurses: one starting shift and one ending shift
Pharmacokinetics - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔✔✔ What the body does to the
drug
(absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion)
Fastest absorption route - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔✔✔ IV
Physicians order requires: - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔✔✔ Dose
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Med
Signature
Who can discard narcotics? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔✔✔ Qualified nurses
(not students)
First nursing intervention of hypoglycemia? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔✔✔
Check blood glucose levels
Where would an LPN document the administration of a heparin dose? -
CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔✔✔ The MAR
Dystonia - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔✔✔ Poor muscle tone
What medication is given for emphysema? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔✔✔
Bronchodilators - Albuterol
Who can prescribe medication? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔✔✔ Physician
Midwives
Nurse practitioners
What does oral nystatin do? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔✔✔ Treats thrush
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, What is most likely to lead to medication errors? - CORRECT ANSWER
✔✔✔✔✔ Transcription
What can influence absorption of topical drugs? - CORRECT ANSWER
✔✔✔✔✔ Hydration of tissues
Temperature
Abrasions
Size of effected area
Concentration / amount of medication
Which of the following is an anxiolytic? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔✔✔
Diazepam
Prednisone clasification - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔✔✔ Steroid, anti-
inflammatory
Which drug is commonly used to treat Parkinson's? - CORRECT ANSWER
✔✔✔✔✔ Carbidopa-Levodopa
What is always treated with insulin? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔✔✔ Type 1
Diabetes
Side effects of narcotics? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔✔✔ Respiratory
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