PharmacologysTest
Asnursesisscaringsforsasclientswhosisshavingsdifficultysrememberingstostakest
heirsprescribedsmedicationsthreestimesseachsday.sThesnursesshouldsidentifys
thatswhichsofsthesfollowingsalternatesformssofsthesmedicationscanshelpstospr
omotesadherencestosthesprescribedsdosage?s-
sCORRECTsANSWER✔Extendedsreleasestablet
Asnursesisspreparingstosadministersasmedicationstosasclient.sInswhichsofsthesf
ollowingssectionssofsasmedicationsresourcesshouldsthesnurseslookstosdeterm
inesifsthesclientscansreceivesthesmedication?s-
sCORRECTsANSWER✔Contraindications
Asnursesissobtainingsasclient'sshealthshistorysandsdiscoverssthatsthesclientsta
kessloratadine,sansover-the-
countersmedication.sThesnursesshouldsidentifysthatswhichsofsthesfollowingsi
sscorrectsregardingsover-the-countersmedications?s(Selectsallsthatsapply.)s-
sCORRECTsANSWER✔Theysdosnotsrequiresthessupervisionsofsasnurse
Theyscansinteractswithsothersmedications
Theysshouldsbesincludedsinsthesclient'ssmedicationshistorysassessment
Asnursesisscaringsforsasclientswhosisstakingsdiphenhydraminesforsinsomnias
andsreportssdrowsiness.sThesnursesshouldsidentifysthatsdrowsinesssindicate
sswhichsofsthesfollowing?s-sCORRECTsANSWER✔TherapeuticsEffect
, Asnursesisscaringsforsasclientswhosisstakingsacetaminophensandscodeinesfors
painsrelief.sThesesanalgesicsmedicationssinteractswithsonesanotherstoscauses
ansadditiveseffect.sThesnursesshouldsidentifysthatswhichsofsthesfollowingsar
escharacteristicssofsadditivesmedicationsinteractions?
s(Selectsallsthatsapply.)s-
sCORRECTsANSWER✔Clientsscansachievesdesiredseffectsswithsthesuses
ofslowersdosages
Bothsmedicationsshavessimilarsactions
Asnursesissprovidingsteachingstosaspregnantsclientswhosisstakingscaptopril,sa
nsACEsinhibitor,stostreatshypertension.sThesnursesinformssthesclientsthatsca
ptoprilsissasteratogenicsmedication.sThesnursesshouldsexplainsthatsteratogen
icsmedicationsscanscauseswhichsofsthesfollowing?s-
sCORRECTsANSWER✔FetalsMalformation
Asnursesissreviewingsasmedicationsresourcespriorstosadministeringsasmedic
ationstosasclientswhoshasskidneysdisease.sTheshandbooksstatessthatsthesmedi
cationscansbesadministeredsbutsidentifiesscertainsrisks.sWhichsofsthesfollow
ingstermssdescribessthesesrisks?s-sCORRECTsANSWER✔Precautions
Asnursesisscaringsforsasclientswhosisspostpartumsandsbreastfeeding.sThesclie
ntsaskssthesnursesaboutstheseffectssthatstakingsover-the-
countersmedicationsswillshavesonshersnewborn.sWhichsofsthesfollowingssho
uldsthesnursesconsiderswhensrecommendingsasmedicationsforsthesclient?
s(Selectsallsthatsapply.)s-sCORRECTsANSWER✔Thesnewborn'ssweight
Howsmuchsbreastsmilksthesnewbornsconsumesseachsday
Whethersorsnotsthesbenefitsstosthesclientsoutweighsthesrisksstosthesnewborn