NURSING NCLEX EXAM WITH
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
{ GRADED A+}
Deadly/Hateful "8" to avoid with pregnant clients - ✔✔Radioactive
anything includes RAIU - decreases overactive thyroid
Methotrexate (meth-no-trexate)- chemotherapy/immunosuppressive
drug also used with rheumatoid arthritis
ARBS like losartan - antihypertensive
ACE inhibitors like lisinopril - antihypertensive
Tetracycline - antibiotic
Sulfa drugs anything with sulfa like sulfonamide "sulfa sulfocates the
baby" - treat UTI/antimalarial/antifungal
,Misoprostol "miscarriage with misoprostol" - treats gastric ulcers
Vitamin A & isotretinoin also warn of taking beta-carotene cause it
contains vitamin A "both need to be negative in pregnancy tests" - acne
treatment - teach client to be on two forms of contraception when this
medication is prescribed
also remember
*Warfarin NOT SAFE for pregnant clients can cross placenta
Drugs that can't mix with other drugs b/c they block absorption -
✔✔Iron
Antacids like magnesium hydroxide, calcium carbonate, sodium
bicarbonate
Needle sizes for IM - ✔✔1 inch ( 1 for I and point to yourself, for 1 inch)
anything with the diameter of 1 inch, ex. 25G x 1 inch
, Needle Sizes for Subcutaneous Injections - ✔✔anything with 5 in it, 5
looks like an S for sub-q, so ex. inject at 45-90 angle and 25G needle x
5/8 inch, or 30G needle x 5/16 inch
Top 4 toxic drugs on boards - ✔✔THINK 15 & 20 for toxic levels
Lithium (drug for bipolar treats the mania side)
S&S of toxicity: excessive thirst, excessive urination, vomiting &
diarrhea (lithium really DRIES out the body), blurred vision - 1.5 or more
toxic
Digoxin (think digoxin the toxin) drug for antiarrhythmic and afib, deep
contraction (S&S of toxicity: dizziness, difficulty reading/vision changes
("fuzzy vision" "color changes" "trouble reading", nausea & vomiting, GI
upset, even anorexia- 2.0 or more toxic
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
{ GRADED A+}
Deadly/Hateful "8" to avoid with pregnant clients - ✔✔Radioactive
anything includes RAIU - decreases overactive thyroid
Methotrexate (meth-no-trexate)- chemotherapy/immunosuppressive
drug also used with rheumatoid arthritis
ARBS like losartan - antihypertensive
ACE inhibitors like lisinopril - antihypertensive
Tetracycline - antibiotic
Sulfa drugs anything with sulfa like sulfonamide "sulfa sulfocates the
baby" - treat UTI/antimalarial/antifungal
,Misoprostol "miscarriage with misoprostol" - treats gastric ulcers
Vitamin A & isotretinoin also warn of taking beta-carotene cause it
contains vitamin A "both need to be negative in pregnancy tests" - acne
treatment - teach client to be on two forms of contraception when this
medication is prescribed
also remember
*Warfarin NOT SAFE for pregnant clients can cross placenta
Drugs that can't mix with other drugs b/c they block absorption -
✔✔Iron
Antacids like magnesium hydroxide, calcium carbonate, sodium
bicarbonate
Needle sizes for IM - ✔✔1 inch ( 1 for I and point to yourself, for 1 inch)
anything with the diameter of 1 inch, ex. 25G x 1 inch
, Needle Sizes for Subcutaneous Injections - ✔✔anything with 5 in it, 5
looks like an S for sub-q, so ex. inject at 45-90 angle and 25G needle x
5/8 inch, or 30G needle x 5/16 inch
Top 4 toxic drugs on boards - ✔✔THINK 15 & 20 for toxic levels
Lithium (drug for bipolar treats the mania side)
S&S of toxicity: excessive thirst, excessive urination, vomiting &
diarrhea (lithium really DRIES out the body), blurred vision - 1.5 or more
toxic
Digoxin (think digoxin the toxin) drug for antiarrhythmic and afib, deep
contraction (S&S of toxicity: dizziness, difficulty reading/vision changes
("fuzzy vision" "color changes" "trouble reading", nausea & vomiting, GI
upset, even anorexia- 2.0 or more toxic
