NUR 185 - Exam 2 | Questions with 100% Verified Answers |
Latest Update 2026/2027
Question: Zolpidem
Answer: Ambien: sedative
Uses: short term treatment of insomnia, head trauma
Side effects: headache, lethargy, drowsiness, sedation, dizziness
Question: Silver Sulfadiazine
Answer: Flamazine: topical anti-infective (ATB)
Uses: skin infections, minor burns, wounds, skin graft, 2nd degree burns
Side effects: rash, urticaria, scaling, redness
- Painless and soothing
Question: Mafenide
Answer: Sulfamylon: bacteriostatic
- Can cause metabolic acidosis
- May cause local discomfort and burning with application
- Can be alternated with silver sulfadiazine
Question: Tetanus
Answer: TDAP: vaccine
Uses: tetanus (lock jaw), diphtheria (thick coating on back of throat), pertussis (whooping
cough)
- Given to burn victims to protect against above diseases
- Booster every 10 years
Question: Dilaudid
Answer: Hydromorphone HCl: opioid
Route: PO, IV, IM, SQ
Uses: moderate to severe pain, migraines, dental pain
Side effects: dizziness, confusion, headache, tinnitus, diplopia, respiratory depression
Question: Propranolol
Answer: Inderal: antihypertensive
Route: IV, PO
Uses: chronic stable angina, HTN, acute MI, migraine, dysrhythmia
Side effects: coughing, fatigue, hypotension, dizziness, bradycardia, N/V,
thrombocytopenia
Labs: ALT, AST
Contraindicated: COPD, asthma
Monitor: BP, HR
- Take BP before administration
- Do not stop taking abruptly
- No herbs or alcohol
- May mask signs of hypoglycemia (can affect Accu-Chek)
, Question: Hydrocodone
Answer: Apap, Vicodin, Lorcet: opioid
Uses: mild to moderate pain
Side effects: palpitations, tachy/bradycardia, tinnitus, diplopia, drowsiness, dizziness,
headache
- No acetaminophen because it already has some in it
- No Benadryl due to possibly lowering respirations
Question: Oxycodone
Answer: Oxycontin: opioid
Uses: moderate to severe pain
Side effects: drowsiness, dizziness, palpitations, increased urinary output, urinary
retention, bradycardia, respiratory depression
Question: Morphine
Answer: MS Contin: opioid analgesic
Route: PO, IV, IM, SQ
Uses: moderate to severe pain
Side effects: seizures, shock, cardiac arrest, tachy/bradycardia, respiratory depression,
apnea
Antidote: Narcan (Naloxone)
Question: Tramadol
Answer: Ultram: analgesic
Uses: moderate to severe pain, chronic pain
Side effects: dizziness, vasodilation, urinary retention, HTN, orthostatic hypotension
- AVOID OTC MEDS
- RISK FOR CNS DEPRESSION
- Check BP
- May be addictive
Question: Gentamicin Sulfate
Answer: Garamycin: ATB
Route: IV, IM
Uses: prophylactically and with localized MRSA, bacterial infections
Side effects: N/V, anorexia
Adverse effects:
- Nephrotoxicity: high BUN and Cr
- Ototoxicity: tinnitus
- Neurotoxicity: dizziness
- Notify health care provider of any adverse effects
Labs: BUN, Cr, CBC
Question: Carbidopa/Levodopa
Answer: Sinemet: anti-parkinson's drug
Uses: Parkinson's disease, cerebral arteriosclerosis, RLS
Side effects: hallucination, N/V, diplopia, orthostatic hypotension, HTN
Labs: BUN, Creatinine, AST, ALT
Latest Update 2026/2027
Question: Zolpidem
Answer: Ambien: sedative
Uses: short term treatment of insomnia, head trauma
Side effects: headache, lethargy, drowsiness, sedation, dizziness
Question: Silver Sulfadiazine
Answer: Flamazine: topical anti-infective (ATB)
Uses: skin infections, minor burns, wounds, skin graft, 2nd degree burns
Side effects: rash, urticaria, scaling, redness
- Painless and soothing
Question: Mafenide
Answer: Sulfamylon: bacteriostatic
- Can cause metabolic acidosis
- May cause local discomfort and burning with application
- Can be alternated with silver sulfadiazine
Question: Tetanus
Answer: TDAP: vaccine
Uses: tetanus (lock jaw), diphtheria (thick coating on back of throat), pertussis (whooping
cough)
- Given to burn victims to protect against above diseases
- Booster every 10 years
Question: Dilaudid
Answer: Hydromorphone HCl: opioid
Route: PO, IV, IM, SQ
Uses: moderate to severe pain, migraines, dental pain
Side effects: dizziness, confusion, headache, tinnitus, diplopia, respiratory depression
Question: Propranolol
Answer: Inderal: antihypertensive
Route: IV, PO
Uses: chronic stable angina, HTN, acute MI, migraine, dysrhythmia
Side effects: coughing, fatigue, hypotension, dizziness, bradycardia, N/V,
thrombocytopenia
Labs: ALT, AST
Contraindicated: COPD, asthma
Monitor: BP, HR
- Take BP before administration
- Do not stop taking abruptly
- No herbs or alcohol
- May mask signs of hypoglycemia (can affect Accu-Chek)
, Question: Hydrocodone
Answer: Apap, Vicodin, Lorcet: opioid
Uses: mild to moderate pain
Side effects: palpitations, tachy/bradycardia, tinnitus, diplopia, drowsiness, dizziness,
headache
- No acetaminophen because it already has some in it
- No Benadryl due to possibly lowering respirations
Question: Oxycodone
Answer: Oxycontin: opioid
Uses: moderate to severe pain
Side effects: drowsiness, dizziness, palpitations, increased urinary output, urinary
retention, bradycardia, respiratory depression
Question: Morphine
Answer: MS Contin: opioid analgesic
Route: PO, IV, IM, SQ
Uses: moderate to severe pain
Side effects: seizures, shock, cardiac arrest, tachy/bradycardia, respiratory depression,
apnea
Antidote: Narcan (Naloxone)
Question: Tramadol
Answer: Ultram: analgesic
Uses: moderate to severe pain, chronic pain
Side effects: dizziness, vasodilation, urinary retention, HTN, orthostatic hypotension
- AVOID OTC MEDS
- RISK FOR CNS DEPRESSION
- Check BP
- May be addictive
Question: Gentamicin Sulfate
Answer: Garamycin: ATB
Route: IV, IM
Uses: prophylactically and with localized MRSA, bacterial infections
Side effects: N/V, anorexia
Adverse effects:
- Nephrotoxicity: high BUN and Cr
- Ototoxicity: tinnitus
- Neurotoxicity: dizziness
- Notify health care provider of any adverse effects
Labs: BUN, Cr, CBC
Question: Carbidopa/Levodopa
Answer: Sinemet: anti-parkinson's drug
Uses: Parkinson's disease, cerebral arteriosclerosis, RLS
Side effects: hallucination, N/V, diplopia, orthostatic hypotension, HTN
Labs: BUN, Creatinine, AST, ALT
