NUR 2092 FINAL PAPER UPDATED
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS BUNDLED REVIEW GUIDE
●● A client is undergoing inpatient addiction rehabilitation following
many years or addiction to heroin. What medication would be the most
useful adjunct to treatment?
Answer: Methadone
●● Naloxone (Narcan) will reverse the effects of which drug?
Answer: Fentanyl (Duragesic)
●● The nurse enters the client's room to see how the client's pain level is
because PRN Demerol can be given. The client is sitting up in bed
laughing and visiting with family. The client states that the pain is a "10"
on a pain scale of 0 to 10. What is the best response by the nurse?
Answer: Administer the pain medication as ordered.
●● The nurse observes that a new client's medication regimen includes
sumatriptan. What assessment should the nurse prioritize?
Answer: Assessing the client for migraine pain
,●● The nurse works in a long-term care facility. When administering
narcotics to clients, the nurse must monitor for which side effect?
Answer: Constipation
●● A client has been administered an opioid. For what effect should the
nurse regularly assess?
Answer: Level of consciousness (LOC)
●● The nurse is reviewing the medication history of a client newly
diagnosed with cluster headaches. The client's concurrent use of what
medication would contraindicate treatment with frovatriptan?
Answer: Fluoxetine
●● A client is to receive a narcotic cough syrup. The nurse would expect
this preparation to contain:
Answer: codeine.
●● A nurse is caring for a client diagnosed with a migraine. The client
received acetaminophen-aspirin-caffeine by mouth. Which method
should be used to assess for the therapeutic effects of the medication?
Answer: Pain scale
●● The nurse is caring for a patient who is receiving an opioid analgesic.
What would be a priority assessment by the nurse?
, Answer: Level of consciousness and respiratory rate
●● Larger doses of narcotic antagonists are needed to reverse the effects
of morphine than for pentazocine.
Answer: False
●● The nurse is caring for a patient who is suffering from postoperative
pain. The physician orders 2.5 mg of morphine IV q2h. Morphine is
supplied in 10 mg/mL vials. How many mL will the nurse administer in
each dose?
Answer: 0.25 mL
●● A hospice client has been prescribed morphine 5 mg sub-Q every 2
hours. The medication vial reads "10 mg/mL." How many milliliters will
be administered?
Answer: 0.5 mL
●● A class of new nursing students is learning how to administer
medications to clients. What should the instructor teach the students
about giving opiates?
Answer: Assess the respiratory rate before giving a dose of opiates.
●● Which conditions would occur due to the administration of an opioid
antagonist in a client who is physically dependent on opioids?
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS BUNDLED REVIEW GUIDE
●● A client is undergoing inpatient addiction rehabilitation following
many years or addiction to heroin. What medication would be the most
useful adjunct to treatment?
Answer: Methadone
●● Naloxone (Narcan) will reverse the effects of which drug?
Answer: Fentanyl (Duragesic)
●● The nurse enters the client's room to see how the client's pain level is
because PRN Demerol can be given. The client is sitting up in bed
laughing and visiting with family. The client states that the pain is a "10"
on a pain scale of 0 to 10. What is the best response by the nurse?
Answer: Administer the pain medication as ordered.
●● The nurse observes that a new client's medication regimen includes
sumatriptan. What assessment should the nurse prioritize?
Answer: Assessing the client for migraine pain
,●● The nurse works in a long-term care facility. When administering
narcotics to clients, the nurse must monitor for which side effect?
Answer: Constipation
●● A client has been administered an opioid. For what effect should the
nurse regularly assess?
Answer: Level of consciousness (LOC)
●● The nurse is reviewing the medication history of a client newly
diagnosed with cluster headaches. The client's concurrent use of what
medication would contraindicate treatment with frovatriptan?
Answer: Fluoxetine
●● A client is to receive a narcotic cough syrup. The nurse would expect
this preparation to contain:
Answer: codeine.
●● A nurse is caring for a client diagnosed with a migraine. The client
received acetaminophen-aspirin-caffeine by mouth. Which method
should be used to assess for the therapeutic effects of the medication?
Answer: Pain scale
●● The nurse is caring for a patient who is receiving an opioid analgesic.
What would be a priority assessment by the nurse?
, Answer: Level of consciousness and respiratory rate
●● Larger doses of narcotic antagonists are needed to reverse the effects
of morphine than for pentazocine.
Answer: False
●● The nurse is caring for a patient who is suffering from postoperative
pain. The physician orders 2.5 mg of morphine IV q2h. Morphine is
supplied in 10 mg/mL vials. How many mL will the nurse administer in
each dose?
Answer: 0.25 mL
●● A hospice client has been prescribed morphine 5 mg sub-Q every 2
hours. The medication vial reads "10 mg/mL." How many milliliters will
be administered?
Answer: 0.5 mL
●● A class of new nursing students is learning how to administer
medications to clients. What should the instructor teach the students
about giving opiates?
Answer: Assess the respiratory rate before giving a dose of opiates.
●● Which conditions would occur due to the administration of an opioid
antagonist in a client who is physically dependent on opioids?
