PHARMACOLOGY EXAM 1- RASMUSSEN EXAMQUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

PHARMACOLOGY EXAM 1-
RASMUSSEN EXAMQUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
DrugssthatsPRODUCEsasresponses-sans✔✔agonist

DrugsthatsPREVENTsorsblocksasresponses-sans✔✔antagonist

TherapeuticsWINDOW sisswhat?s-
sans✔✔levelsofsthesdrugsbetweensminimalseffectivesconcentrationsinsthesplasmasforsobtain

ingsdesiredsdrugsresponsesandsthesminimalstoxicsconcentration

Thestimesitstakessforsoneshalfsofsthesdrugsconcentrationstosbeseliminatedsfromsthesbodysissc
alled?s-sans✔✔halfslife

whatsissaspatientsonstwoshighlysproteinsboundsdrugssatsrisksfor?s-
sans✔✔accumulationsandstoxicity



asdecreasedsresponsivenesssoversthescoursesofstherapy,swhichsmaysleadstosthesneedstosi
ncreasesdosagesstosattainsthessameseffects-sans✔✔tolerance

whatsissitscalledsforsdrugsstossharesmanyscommonsfeaturess-sans✔✔classificationsorsclass

whatsmakessdrugssfitsintosthessames"Class"s-sans✔✔-relatedsbyschemicalsstructure
-worksinsthessamesway
-usedsforsthessamespurpose

anothersnamesforsantagonists-sans✔✔adrenergicsblocker

whosdosyousNOTsgivesantagonistsorsadrenergicsblockersto?s-sans✔✔asthmasclient

BetasBlockersscommonlysseensinswhatsclients?s-sans✔✔hypertension

antagononistssuffixs-sans✔✔LOL

antagonistsS/Ss-sans✔✔decreasedsheartsrate
restsandsdigest
bronchospasm

,agonistsS/Ss-sans✔✔increasedsheartsrate
fightsorsflight
vasoconstriction
increasedsbloodssugar

Beforesadministeringsantagonistswhatsdosyouschecks-sans✔✔Heartsrate
BloodsPressure

Cholinergics-sans✔✔salivate
lacrimation
urinate
deficate
decreasedsweight

Anticholinergics-sans✔✔Cantssee
Cantspee
Cantsspit
Cantspoop
increasedsheartsrate

whatstypesofsdrugsissReglan?s-sans✔✔Cholinergic

howsdosyoustreatscholinergicscrisiss-sans✔✔atropine

cholinergicscrisissS/Ss-sans✔✔flushing
sweating
nausea
abdscramping

anticholinergicsdrugssarescontradictedsinswho?s-sans✔✔-
coronarysarterysdiseases(Increasesheartsrate)
-GIsobstructions(constipates)
-supraventricularstachycardias(increasedsheartsrate)

CNSsstimulantsdrugssarescontradictedsinswho?s-sans✔✔-
coronarysarterysdiseases(causesvasoconstriction=heartsattack)
-Hypertensions(additiveshypertension=stroke)

Hemorrhagicsstrokes-sans✔✔-increasedsB/P
-increasedsheartsrate
-increasedsrespiratorysrate
-unresponsivestosdeepspain

Anorexiantsscansleasstoswhat?s-sans✔✔16Xsgreatersforsstroke

, MostscommonssideseffectssofsRitalins-sans✔✔-irratability
-insomnia
-weightsloss
-decreasedsappetite

Benzodiazapinessincreasesactivitystoswhatsneurotransmitters-sans✔✔GABA

Reversalstosbenzodiazapiness-sans✔✔flumazenil

AmbiensSideseffectss-sans✔✔-sedative/hypnotic
-suicidalsideation
-dependence
-abnormalsbehavior

Drugsofschoicesforstreatingsstatussepilepticuss-sans✔✔diazepams

Dilantinscansdoswhat?s-sans✔✔-causesgumsdisease
-treatsseizures
-causeshighsbloodspressure
-causesbirthsdefects
-decreaseseffectivenesssofsanticoagulants

WhensasclientsissonsDilantinswhatsaressomesnursingsinterventions?s-sans✔✔-
monitorsforsnarrowstherapeuticsindexs(frequentsbloodstest)
-takesassprescribed
-oralscare
-teachsptstosusesbarrierscontraceptivessalongswithsoral

WhatsisstherapeuticslevelsforsDepakote?s-sans✔✔40-100

IfsDepakoteslevelssareshighs(>100)swhatsneedsstosbesdone?s-sans✔✔-holdsmedication
-checksliversfunctions(bloodstest)
-discussswithsphysician
-neurosassessment
-checksvitals

whatsdoessDepakotestreat?s-sans✔✔-epilepsy
-migraine
-bipolarsdisorder

Benzodiazapinesscansleadstoswhat?s-sans✔✔-tolerance
-dependence
-withdrawl