BSN HESI 315 Pharmacology Exam V1 (Latest 2024/ 2025 Update)
Questions and Verified Answers|100% Correct
1. A client diagnosed with MS who self-administers beta 1 a interferon, reports
feeling increasingly depressed. Which action should the nurse implement?: -
Answer- Notify the healthcare provider of the findings immediately.
2. A client is scheduled for a spiral computed tomography (CT) scan with
contrast to evaluate for PE. Which information in the client's history requires
follow up by the nurse?: Answer- Takes metformin hydrochloride for type 2 DM.
Before administering the initial dose of sumatriptan succinate to a clientwith
a migraine headache. It is most important to determine if the client's history
includes which problem?: Answer- CAD
3. A client receives a prescription for ciprofloxacin 400 mg intravenously (IV)
every 12 hours which is to be infused over an hour. The IV bag contains
ciprofloxacin 400 mg in dextrose 5%in water (D5W) 200mL. How many mL/hr
should the nurse program the infusion pump to deliver?: Answer- 200
4. Before administering a laxative to a bedfast client it is most important for the
nurse to perform which assessment?: Answer- Determine the frequency and
consistencyof bowel movements.
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, 5. Hormone replacement therapy with levothyroxine sodium is prescribed for
a client with hypothyroidism. The nurse should instruct the client to report
which symptom because it indicates that the client is taking too much of the
hormonal agent levothyroxine sodium?: Restlessness
6. A male client reports to the nurse that he is experiencing gastrointestinal
distress from a high dose of a corticosteroid and is planning to stop taking
the medication. In response to the client's statement which nursing action is
most important for the nurse to implement?: Advise the client that medication
should be gradually stopped rather than abruptly.
7. A client is receiving pilocarpine hydrochloride ophthalmic drops for glau-
coma. The client calls the clinic nurse and reports difficulty seeing at night.
Which explanation should the nurse provide?: The eye drops slow pupil re-
sponse to accommodate for darkness
8. A client is receiving rifampin an antitubercular medication. Which statement
by this client should prompt the nurse to notify the healthcare provider of a
potential problem?: Reports that the sclera are yellow.
9. Which action should the nurse implement to assess the effectiveness of
the Calcium channel blocker amlodipine?: Measure the client's BP.
10. A male client has been receiving the antibiotic gentamicin sulfate IV
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Questions and Verified Answers|100% Correct
1. A client diagnosed with MS who self-administers beta 1 a interferon, reports
feeling increasingly depressed. Which action should the nurse implement?: -
Answer- Notify the healthcare provider of the findings immediately.
2. A client is scheduled for a spiral computed tomography (CT) scan with
contrast to evaluate for PE. Which information in the client's history requires
follow up by the nurse?: Answer- Takes metformin hydrochloride for type 2 DM.
Before administering the initial dose of sumatriptan succinate to a clientwith
a migraine headache. It is most important to determine if the client's history
includes which problem?: Answer- CAD
3. A client receives a prescription for ciprofloxacin 400 mg intravenously (IV)
every 12 hours which is to be infused over an hour. The IV bag contains
ciprofloxacin 400 mg in dextrose 5%in water (D5W) 200mL. How many mL/hr
should the nurse program the infusion pump to deliver?: Answer- 200
4. Before administering a laxative to a bedfast client it is most important for the
nurse to perform which assessment?: Answer- Determine the frequency and
consistencyof bowel movements.
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, 5. Hormone replacement therapy with levothyroxine sodium is prescribed for
a client with hypothyroidism. The nurse should instruct the client to report
which symptom because it indicates that the client is taking too much of the
hormonal agent levothyroxine sodium?: Restlessness
6. A male client reports to the nurse that he is experiencing gastrointestinal
distress from a high dose of a corticosteroid and is planning to stop taking
the medication. In response to the client's statement which nursing action is
most important for the nurse to implement?: Advise the client that medication
should be gradually stopped rather than abruptly.
7. A client is receiving pilocarpine hydrochloride ophthalmic drops for glau-
coma. The client calls the clinic nurse and reports difficulty seeing at night.
Which explanation should the nurse provide?: The eye drops slow pupil re-
sponse to accommodate for darkness
8. A client is receiving rifampin an antitubercular medication. Which statement
by this client should prompt the nurse to notify the healthcare provider of a
potential problem?: Reports that the sclera are yellow.
9. Which action should the nurse implement to assess the effectiveness of
the Calcium channel blocker amlodipine?: Measure the client's BP.
10. A male client has been receiving the antibiotic gentamicin sulfate IV
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