VATI Pharmacology Assessment Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
How should NSAIDS it be taken? -
correct answer ✅With food or milk (gastric irritation)
Should take with antacid to minimize irritation
What is the purpose of sulcarafate? -
correct answer ✅An antiulcer that coats the stomach
Adverse effects of vancomycin -
correct answer ✅Inhibitor of cell wall synthesis
- Ototoxicity = notify provider
- Infusion reactions (rash, itching, flushing, tachycardia,
hypotension) = slow the infusion rate to 60 mins
- Site pain, thrombophlebitis
- Renal toxicity
Adverse effects of ACEIs -
correct answer ✅- First-dose orthostatic hypotension
- Cough = notify provider
- Hyperkalemia
,VATI Pharmacology Assessment Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
- Rash and dysgeusia (altered taste) = notify provider
- Angioedema = d/c medication
- Neutropenia = notify provider
PPI with food v empty stomach -
correct answer ✅Take medication 60 min before meals
Furosemide teaching -
correct answer ✅- Eat foods high in potassium
- Report hearing loss (*ototoxic* drug)
- Rise slowly from sitting/lying position
- Take early to prevent nocturia
- Check weight daily
What lab value should be monitored when taking prednisone? -
correct answer ✅A glucocorticoid
Blood glucose levels
, VATI Pharmacology Assessment Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Decrease in the ability of the adrenal cortex to produce
glucocorticoids. Causes hyperglycemia.
What lab tests to determine effectiveness for epoetin alfa? -
correct answer ✅- Hemoglobin (should not be higher than
10mg/dL= stroke, HF, MI, HTN)
- Hct
- Iron: RBC depends on iron
- BP: Causes HTN
Epoetin alfa increases erythrocytes
What is the lab value to monitor heparin therapy? -
correct answer ✅aPTT
What lab values for warfarin therapy? -
correct answer ✅INR
Adverse effects of Rifampin -
correct answer ✅- Discoloration of body fluids: This medication
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
How should NSAIDS it be taken? -
correct answer ✅With food or milk (gastric irritation)
Should take with antacid to minimize irritation
What is the purpose of sulcarafate? -
correct answer ✅An antiulcer that coats the stomach
Adverse effects of vancomycin -
correct answer ✅Inhibitor of cell wall synthesis
- Ototoxicity = notify provider
- Infusion reactions (rash, itching, flushing, tachycardia,
hypotension) = slow the infusion rate to 60 mins
- Site pain, thrombophlebitis
- Renal toxicity
Adverse effects of ACEIs -
correct answer ✅- First-dose orthostatic hypotension
- Cough = notify provider
- Hyperkalemia
,VATI Pharmacology Assessment Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
- Rash and dysgeusia (altered taste) = notify provider
- Angioedema = d/c medication
- Neutropenia = notify provider
PPI with food v empty stomach -
correct answer ✅Take medication 60 min before meals
Furosemide teaching -
correct answer ✅- Eat foods high in potassium
- Report hearing loss (*ototoxic* drug)
- Rise slowly from sitting/lying position
- Take early to prevent nocturia
- Check weight daily
What lab value should be monitored when taking prednisone? -
correct answer ✅A glucocorticoid
Blood glucose levels
, VATI Pharmacology Assessment Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Decrease in the ability of the adrenal cortex to produce
glucocorticoids. Causes hyperglycemia.
What lab tests to determine effectiveness for epoetin alfa? -
correct answer ✅- Hemoglobin (should not be higher than
10mg/dL= stroke, HF, MI, HTN)
- Hct
- Iron: RBC depends on iron
- BP: Causes HTN
Epoetin alfa increases erythrocytes
What is the lab value to monitor heparin therapy? -
correct answer ✅aPTT
What lab values for warfarin therapy? -
correct answer ✅INR
Adverse effects of Rifampin -
correct answer ✅- Discoloration of body fluids: This medication
