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nursing nurs Pharmacology Test 1 2024 UPDATE Which drugs will go through a pharmaceutic phase after it is administered? Subcutaneous antiglycemics Oral analgesics Intravenous vasopressors Intramuscular cephalosporins The nurse is preparing to administer an oral medication and wants to ensure a rapid drug action. Which form of the medication will the nurse administer? Tablet Liquid solution Enteric-coated pill Capsule The nurse is teaching a patient who will be discharge...

HESI PN EXIT EXAM 2021/2022 LATEST VERSION HESI PN EXIT EXAM 2021/2022 LATEST VERSION 1) The LPN/LVN is preparing to ambulate a postoperative client after cardiac surgery. The nurse plans to do which to enable the client to best tolerate the ambulation? 1. Provide the client with a walker. 2. Remove the telemetry equipment. 3. Encourage the client to cough and deep breathe. 4. Premedicate the client with an analgesic before ambulating. Correct Answer: 4. Premedicate the client w...

A nurse is preparing to give an oral dose of drug X to treat a patient's high blood pressure. After giving the drug, the nurse finds that it reduces the blood pressure without serious harmful effects, but it also causes the patient to have nausea and a headache. Based on this information, which property of an ideal drug is this drug lacking? a Effectiveness b Safety c Selectivity d Ease of administration C The drug is effective in lowering the blood pressure and safe in that it does not c...

HESI RN CAT EXAM QUESTIONS&ANSWERS 1. At a routine prenatal visit, a client at 24-weeks gestation complains of nasal stuffiness and occasional nosebleeds. Which hormone is responsible for these changes? A. Human chorionic gonadotropin. B. Progesterone. C. Relaxin. D. Estrogen. 2. A client who has localized eczematous eruptions on b oth hands is diagnosed as having contact dermatitis. What instruction should the nurse include in this client's discharge teaching plan? A. Wear...

An 18 month-old weighing 22 pounds is admitted to the pediatric unit with a diagnosis of dehydration. A replacement bolus of normal saline at 20 mL/kg is ordered to be administered intravenously over 40 minutes. In mL/hour, what will be the setting for the IV delivery system? - correct answer 300 Using ratio proportion:First, convert 22 pounds to kilograms (22/2.2) = 10 kg20 mL/kg = 20 x 10 kg = 200 mL200 mL/40 minutes = x mL/60 minutes (in an hour)200 x 60 = 12000/40 = 300 mL/hrUsing dimensio...

A 62-year-old man is admitted to the hospital with a diagnosis of chest pain. He has an order for 0.3 mg of sublingual nitroglycerin prn for chest pain. Which of the following actions should the nurse do first when he complains of chest pain? - Administer a tablet under his tongue and repeat the action in 5 and 10 minutes if the pain has not subsided An expected outcome for a patient who has just taken sublingual nitroglycerin should be - increased HR and decrease BP A patient is to tak...

 HESI RN FUNDAMENTALS EXAM  MULTIPLE CHOICES RN STORE 1. The nurse teaching a health awareness class identifies which situation as being the highest risk factor for the development of a deep vein thrombosis (DVT)? Pregnancy 2. A client on hospice care is receiving palliative treatment. A palliative approach involves planning measures to: 1. Restore the client's health 2. Remove and dispose of the patch in an appropriate receptacle. 3.Have the family return the patch to the pha...

ATI RN COMPREHENSIVE PREDICTOR FORM A QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS BEST FOR 2023(RATED A+) 1. A nurse is caring for a client who is at 33 weeks of gestation following an amniocentesis. The nurse should monitor the client for which of the following complications? a. Vomiting b. Hypertension c. Epigastric pain d. Contractions 2. A nurse is providing teaching to an older adult client about methods to promote nighttime sleep. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include? a. S...

A patient recently started taking a new medication; he mentions to his doctor at his next appointment that he has noticed his mouth is extremely dry since starting the medication to the point where he is not able to eat. He has tried managing it with lozenges and increased liquids and nothing seems to work. What drug effect best describes the dry mouth this patient is experiencing? a. side effect b. adverse effect c. toxic effect d. therapeutic effect b. adverse effect T/F. Discontinuin...

EXIT HESI - Comprehensive PN Exam A Questions & Answers/ lengthy Rationales A nurse who has recently completed orientation is beginning work in the labor and delivery unit for the first time. When making assignments, which client should the charge nurse assign to this new nurse? A.A primigravida who is 8 cm dilated after 14 hours of labor B.A client scheduled for a repeat cesarean birth at 38 weeks' gestation C.A client being induced for fetal demise at 20 weeks' gestation D.A mult...