PN 2005 FINAL EXAM CLOSING SCRIPT
UPDATED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
VIEW AHEAD PREP MATERIAL SOLVED
⩥ What does furosemide do?
Answer: Blocks reabsorption of sodium and potassium
⩥ Best time to administer furosemide?
Answer: In the morning
⩥ Nursing considerations with furosemide
Answer: Weigh patient
⩥ Patient has right sided CVA diagnosis, what would be an effect of
warfarin?
Answer: Another CVA
Bleeding
⩥ What is an ACE inhibitor?
Answer: Antihypertensive
⩥ SSRI's are prescribed for?
,Answer: Anxiety
⩥ What to watch for with SSRI's?
Answer: Suicidal ideation
Confusion
⩥ What is important to consider when administering medication for the
older population?
Answer: Start low, go slow
⩥ Who does the narcotic count?
Answer: Completed by two nurses: one starting shift and one ending
shift
⩥ Pharmacokinetics
Answer: What the body does to the drug
(absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion)
⩥ Fastest absorption route
Answer: IV
⩥ Physicians order requires:
, Answer: Dose
Frequency
Med
Signature
⩥ Who can discard narcotics?
Answer: Qualified nurses (not students)
⩥ First nursing intervention of hypoglycemia?
Answer: Check blood glucose levels
⩥ Where would an LPN document the administration of a heparin dose?
Answer: The MAR
⩥ Dystonia
Answer: Poor muscle tone
⩥ What medication is given for emphysema?
Answer: Bronchodilators - Albuterol
⩥ Who can prescribe medication?
Answer: Physician
UPDATED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
VIEW AHEAD PREP MATERIAL SOLVED
⩥ What does furosemide do?
Answer: Blocks reabsorption of sodium and potassium
⩥ Best time to administer furosemide?
Answer: In the morning
⩥ Nursing considerations with furosemide
Answer: Weigh patient
⩥ Patient has right sided CVA diagnosis, what would be an effect of
warfarin?
Answer: Another CVA
Bleeding
⩥ What is an ACE inhibitor?
Answer: Antihypertensive
⩥ SSRI's are prescribed for?
,Answer: Anxiety
⩥ What to watch for with SSRI's?
Answer: Suicidal ideation
Confusion
⩥ What is important to consider when administering medication for the
older population?
Answer: Start low, go slow
⩥ Who does the narcotic count?
Answer: Completed by two nurses: one starting shift and one ending
shift
⩥ Pharmacokinetics
Answer: What the body does to the drug
(absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion)
⩥ Fastest absorption route
Answer: IV
⩥ Physicians order requires:
, Answer: Dose
Frequency
Med
Signature
⩥ Who can discard narcotics?
Answer: Qualified nurses (not students)
⩥ First nursing intervention of hypoglycemia?
Answer: Check blood glucose levels
⩥ Where would an LPN document the administration of a heparin dose?
Answer: The MAR
⩥ Dystonia
Answer: Poor muscle tone
⩥ What medication is given for emphysema?
Answer: Bronchodilators - Albuterol
⩥ Who can prescribe medication?
Answer: Physician
