NSG124 - Final exam UPDATED Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
What antibiotic is used for UTIs - CORRECT ANSWER - Bactrim
What are the therapeutic effects of Bactrim? - CORRECT ANSWER - Decrease UTI
Symptoms: Frequency, Pain w/urination
What is docusate sodium? - CORRECT ANSWER - stool softener
How does docusate sodium work? - CORRECT ANSWER - Replaces water in intestine,
and works against stool to soften it.
What vitamin should be avoided when taking Warfarin? - CORRECT ANSWER - Vitamin
K; potassium
What Is an adverse effect of warfarin? - CORRECT ANSWER - Bleeding/Bruising
What labs should be monitored with warfarin? - CORRECT ANSWER - PT/INR: 2-3
What are some items pts should use when taking Warfarin? - CORRECT ANSWER - Soft
toothbrush, electric razor
What is a AE of Vancomycin? - CORRECT ANSWER - Red man syndrome
What should be monitored while taking Vancomycin? - CORRECT ANSWER - Troughs
and kidney function
, What does red man syndrome cause and what do you do? - CORRECT ANSWER - Slow
down the medication/infusion, run it over 60 minutes
What do you do before giving a specific antibiotic to a pt who is presenting with a fever? -
CORRECT ANSWER - Get culture, Give broad spectrum antibiotic until culture comes
back
Most important pt teaching about antibiotics? - CORRECT ANSWER - Finish the whole
course , take probiotics
Which medication is a serotonin antagonist and what is it used for? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Ondansetron (Zofran) - Nausea/Vomiting
What class is ondansetron, and it's MOA? - CORRECT ANSWER - Antiemetic, blocks
serotonin peripherally, centrally, and in the small intestine.
What are PPIs used for? - CORRECT ANSWER - Reduce stomach acid, Stomach ulcers
What class is omeprazole? - CORRECT ANSWER - proton pump inhibitor (PPI)
How should levothyroxine be taken? - CORRECT ANSWER - On an empty stomach in
AM, 2 hrs before any other medication.
What is levothyroxine used for? - CORRECT ANSWER - Hypothyroidism
What is metformin used for? - CORRECT ANSWER - type 2 diabetes , oral hypoglycemic
What organ does metformin work on? - CORRECT ANSWER - Liver
Questions and CORRECT Answers
What antibiotic is used for UTIs - CORRECT ANSWER - Bactrim
What are the therapeutic effects of Bactrim? - CORRECT ANSWER - Decrease UTI
Symptoms: Frequency, Pain w/urination
What is docusate sodium? - CORRECT ANSWER - stool softener
How does docusate sodium work? - CORRECT ANSWER - Replaces water in intestine,
and works against stool to soften it.
What vitamin should be avoided when taking Warfarin? - CORRECT ANSWER - Vitamin
K; potassium
What Is an adverse effect of warfarin? - CORRECT ANSWER - Bleeding/Bruising
What labs should be monitored with warfarin? - CORRECT ANSWER - PT/INR: 2-3
What are some items pts should use when taking Warfarin? - CORRECT ANSWER - Soft
toothbrush, electric razor
What is a AE of Vancomycin? - CORRECT ANSWER - Red man syndrome
What should be monitored while taking Vancomycin? - CORRECT ANSWER - Troughs
and kidney function
, What does red man syndrome cause and what do you do? - CORRECT ANSWER - Slow
down the medication/infusion, run it over 60 minutes
What do you do before giving a specific antibiotic to a pt who is presenting with a fever? -
CORRECT ANSWER - Get culture, Give broad spectrum antibiotic until culture comes
back
Most important pt teaching about antibiotics? - CORRECT ANSWER - Finish the whole
course , take probiotics
Which medication is a serotonin antagonist and what is it used for? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Ondansetron (Zofran) - Nausea/Vomiting
What class is ondansetron, and it's MOA? - CORRECT ANSWER - Antiemetic, blocks
serotonin peripherally, centrally, and in the small intestine.
What are PPIs used for? - CORRECT ANSWER - Reduce stomach acid, Stomach ulcers
What class is omeprazole? - CORRECT ANSWER - proton pump inhibitor (PPI)
How should levothyroxine be taken? - CORRECT ANSWER - On an empty stomach in
AM, 2 hrs before any other medication.
What is levothyroxine used for? - CORRECT ANSWER - Hypothyroidism
What is metformin used for? - CORRECT ANSWER - type 2 diabetes , oral hypoglycemic
What organ does metformin work on? - CORRECT ANSWER - Liver
