Saunders Comprehensive Review for the NCLEX-RN® Examination (9th Edition, Silvestri) – Pharmacology Test Bank with Answers

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1. The nurse is caring for a client in labor. The nurse reviews the physician’s prescriptions and notes that the
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client has a prescription for butorphanol tartrate (Stadol). The nurse understands that this medication is pre
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Rationale: The client in labor may be given parenteral analgesia during the first stage of labor, up to 2 to 3
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hours before the anticipated delivery. Butorphanol tartrate is a medication that may be prescribed for
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pain relief. ―Increasing uterine contractions,‖ ―decreasing uterine contractions,‖ and ―promoting fetal lung
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Taking Strategy: Knowledge of the action of butorphanol tartrate is required to answer this question. Rem
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ember that this medication is used for pain relief. Review the action of this medication if you had difficulty
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with this question and are unfamiliar with this medication.
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TOP: Content Area: Pharmacology
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MSC: Integrated Process: Nursing Process—Planning
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2. The postpartum nurse is caring for a client with an epidural catheter in place for opioid analgesic a
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dministration following cesarean birth. If the client develops respiratory depression and requires na
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loxone (Narcan) as an antidote, the client may complain of which of the following?
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3. Increase in the amount of itching from the opioid used in the epidural
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4. Decrease in the amount of itching from the opioid used in the epidural
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Rationale: Remember that opioids are used for epidural analgesia. Naloxone is an opioid antagonist, whic
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h reverses the effects of opioids. If it is given, the client may complain of an increase in her pain level. The
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refore ―decrease in her pain level,‖ ―increase in the amount of itching from the opioid used in the epidural,‖
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and ―decrease in the amount of itching from the opioid used in the epidural‖ are incorrect.
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Taking Strategy: To answer this question accurately, you must know that opioid analgesics are the medicatio
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ns used with epidural analgesia to relieve pain. Therefore if naloxone is administered as an antidote for an
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opioid analgesic, the client’s pain will increase. Review the effects of naloxone if this question was difficu
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3. A client experiencing preterm labor at the twenty-
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ninth week of gestation has been admitted to the hospital. The client has a prescription to receive betamet
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hasone (Celestone). The nurse understands that the medication will do which of the following?
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Rationale: Betamethasone (Celestone) is classified as an anti-
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inflammatory and corticosteroid. It increases the surfactant level and lung maturity in the fetus, which red
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uces the incidence of respiratory distress syndrome. Delivery must be delayed for at least 48 hours after ad
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ministration of betamethasone to allow time for the lungs of the fetus to mature.
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Taking Strategy: Options that are comparable or alike are not likely to be correct. With this in mind, elimi
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nate ―prevent spontaneous delivery‖ and ―stop the uterine contractions.‖ Note the strategic words ―twenty
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ninth week of gestation.‖ Specific knowledge about the medication and knowledge of the problems encoun
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tered by premature infants will assist in answering this question. Review the action of this medication if th
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is question was difficult.
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REF: McKinney, E., James, S., Murray, S., &Ashwill, J. (2009). Maternal-
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child nursing (3rd ed.). St. Louis: Saunders. OBJ: Client Needs: Physiological Integrity
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