INTRODUCTION TO CLINICAL
PHARMACOLOGY TEST 10 CERTIFICATION
EVALUATION EXAMS 2026 SOLVED
QUESTIONS WITH FULL SOLUTION
◉ 2. A patient with newly diagnosed hypertension is prescribed a
thiazide diuretic. The patient asks
how thiazide diuretic drugs reducehigh blood pressure. What is your
best response?
Answer: "Thiazide diuretics reduce blood volume and relax vascular
smooth muscle in the arterioles,
reducing blood pressure.
◉ 3. You are teaching a patient about the side effects of diuretics.
Which health problem is a
potential side effect or adverse reaction of any class of diuretic drug?
Answer: Dehydration
◉ A patient has been prescribed furosemide (Lasix) for the
treatment of heart failure. Which
statement made by the patient indicates the need for more teaching?
Answer: "When I travel long distances, I will plan to skip my diuretic
that day."
,◉ 5. The LPN is caring for a patient who has recently been
prescribed nitrate drug. The patient
reports a throbbing headache. Which response is the most
appropriate?
Answer: Throbbing headache is a temporary symptom that should
disappear within a few weeks."
◉ 6.Which of the following side effects is seen in patients taking
angiotensin-converting enzyme
inhibitors but rarely seen in patients taking angiotensin II receptor
blockers?
Answer: cough
◉ 7. Why is it important to warn a patient prescribed to take
finasteride (Proscar) for benign
prostatic hyperplasia to wear a condom when having sex with a
pregnant woman or one who
could become pregnant?
Answer: The drug can be absorbed by the pregnant woman and
cause birth defects in the fetus.
◉ 8. The LPN is obtaining a patient history on a patient who is
scheduled to begin treatment with a
, nitrate drug for the treatment of angina. Which information is most
important for the LPN to
obtain?
Answer: The patient's description of anginal pain
◉ 9. A pregnant nurse is scheduled to care for a patient benign
prostatic hypertrophy. Which of the
following drugs listed here should not be handled by a pregnant
nurse?
Answer: Finasteride (Proscar) B
◉ 10. You are teaching a 75-year-old male patient who has angina
about nitroglycerine sublingual
tablets. Which patient statement indicates an accurate
understanding of the correct way to store
nitroglycerin?
Answer: "I should keep my nitroglycerine in the original container."
◉ 11. You are caring for a patient with angina in the home who
develops chest pain. The patient has
a recently filled prescription for sublingual nitroglycerin that has
never been taken before. You
give the patient the nitroglycerine sublingually to relieve the angina
pain. What action should you
PHARMACOLOGY TEST 10 CERTIFICATION
EVALUATION EXAMS 2026 SOLVED
QUESTIONS WITH FULL SOLUTION
◉ 2. A patient with newly diagnosed hypertension is prescribed a
thiazide diuretic. The patient asks
how thiazide diuretic drugs reducehigh blood pressure. What is your
best response?
Answer: "Thiazide diuretics reduce blood volume and relax vascular
smooth muscle in the arterioles,
reducing blood pressure.
◉ 3. You are teaching a patient about the side effects of diuretics.
Which health problem is a
potential side effect or adverse reaction of any class of diuretic drug?
Answer: Dehydration
◉ A patient has been prescribed furosemide (Lasix) for the
treatment of heart failure. Which
statement made by the patient indicates the need for more teaching?
Answer: "When I travel long distances, I will plan to skip my diuretic
that day."
,◉ 5. The LPN is caring for a patient who has recently been
prescribed nitrate drug. The patient
reports a throbbing headache. Which response is the most
appropriate?
Answer: Throbbing headache is a temporary symptom that should
disappear within a few weeks."
◉ 6.Which of the following side effects is seen in patients taking
angiotensin-converting enzyme
inhibitors but rarely seen in patients taking angiotensin II receptor
blockers?
Answer: cough
◉ 7. Why is it important to warn a patient prescribed to take
finasteride (Proscar) for benign
prostatic hyperplasia to wear a condom when having sex with a
pregnant woman or one who
could become pregnant?
Answer: The drug can be absorbed by the pregnant woman and
cause birth defects in the fetus.
◉ 8. The LPN is obtaining a patient history on a patient who is
scheduled to begin treatment with a
, nitrate drug for the treatment of angina. Which information is most
important for the LPN to
obtain?
Answer: The patient's description of anginal pain
◉ 9. A pregnant nurse is scheduled to care for a patient benign
prostatic hypertrophy. Which of the
following drugs listed here should not be handled by a pregnant
nurse?
Answer: Finasteride (Proscar) B
◉ 10. You are teaching a 75-year-old male patient who has angina
about nitroglycerine sublingual
tablets. Which patient statement indicates an accurate
understanding of the correct way to store
nitroglycerin?
Answer: "I should keep my nitroglycerine in the original container."
◉ 11. You are caring for a patient with angina in the home who
develops chest pain. The patient has
a recently filled prescription for sublingual nitroglycerin that has
never been taken before. You
give the patient the nitroglycerine sublingually to relieve the angina
pain. What action should you
