RN PHARMACOLOGY A RELIAS TEST QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS GRADED A+
1. what medication is a leukotriene receptor antagonist? Montelukast
2. Which statement made by a person regarding hy- I should take extra
drochlorothiazide (HCTZ) is correct? care when stand-
ing up or changing
positions.
3. A 250mg dose of an oral medication has been ordered. 2.5
The medication is supplied only in 100mg tablets. How
many tablets would you administer?
4. What medication is considered a potassium-sparing spironolactione
diuretic? (Aldactone)
5. You receive report from the off-going nurse that the Red man syn-
person being cared for just received their fourth dose drome due to a
of IV vancomycin that was administered over 30 min- rapid infusion rate.
utes. Upon assessment of them, you notice their face
and neck are red and they are itching all over. What
would you suspect?
6. Which of the following would you question if pre- nitroglycerin
scribed for a person taking sildenafil (Viagra?
7. You are caring for a person with a capillary blood glu- dextrose 50% IV
cose of 33 mg/dL and they are unable to tolerate oral push
intake. Which of the following would you administer?
8. A physician's written order for the person you are spell out units and
caring for is as follows: Insulin glargine (Lantus), 10 U, daily
subQ QD. What changes would you suggest for safety
and to avoid the use of "do not use" abbreviations?
9. Which statement, if made by the person you are caring If I get headaches,
for, reflects the need for further education regarding a aspirin is my best
new prescriptions of warfarin (Coumadin)? options for pain
10. A person is noted to have a penicillin allergy. What ceftriaxone
medication would you question of ordered by a physi-
cian?
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, 11. You receive and order to start a Heparin drip at 18 27 mL/hr
units/kg/hr for a person weighing 75 kg. The heparin
comes in a 500 mL bag with 25,000 units. what is the
starting rate of the infusion?
12. The physician orders 0.5 mg/kg of a medications. The 2 mL
medication is supplied in a 10 mg/mL solution. The
person you are caring for weighs 40 kg. How many mL
of the drug would you administer?f
13. A person with a hypothyroidism has a serum calcium Calcitonin
level of 13 mg/dL. What medication would you expect
to administer?
14. A person you are caring for has a known GI bleed. enoxaparin
What drug is contraindicated? (Lovenox)
15. A person has been prescribed nitrofurantoin (Fu- wash your mouth
radantin) for a UTI. What education would you provide out after taking
for them? this medication to
avoid staining of
the teeth
16. What is appropriate education to provide to a person You should not
who has received a new prescription for a PPI? take this medi-
cine at the same
time as other med-
icines.
17. Your patient presents with CHF and has a Potassium NOT amiloride
level of 5.8. Which diuretic do you anticipate being
ordered by the provider?
18. Your patient has been diagnosed with chronic CHF NOT tofu, red
and will be taking Lasix 80 mg PO twice a day. When meat, beans
teaching about high Potassium foods in the diet,
which group of foods would you recommend to the
patient?
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ANSWERS GRADED A+
1. what medication is a leukotriene receptor antagonist? Montelukast
2. Which statement made by a person regarding hy- I should take extra
drochlorothiazide (HCTZ) is correct? care when stand-
ing up or changing
positions.
3. A 250mg dose of an oral medication has been ordered. 2.5
The medication is supplied only in 100mg tablets. How
many tablets would you administer?
4. What medication is considered a potassium-sparing spironolactione
diuretic? (Aldactone)
5. You receive report from the off-going nurse that the Red man syn-
person being cared for just received their fourth dose drome due to a
of IV vancomycin that was administered over 30 min- rapid infusion rate.
utes. Upon assessment of them, you notice their face
and neck are red and they are itching all over. What
would you suspect?
6. Which of the following would you question if pre- nitroglycerin
scribed for a person taking sildenafil (Viagra?
7. You are caring for a person with a capillary blood glu- dextrose 50% IV
cose of 33 mg/dL and they are unable to tolerate oral push
intake. Which of the following would you administer?
8. A physician's written order for the person you are spell out units and
caring for is as follows: Insulin glargine (Lantus), 10 U, daily
subQ QD. What changes would you suggest for safety
and to avoid the use of "do not use" abbreviations?
9. Which statement, if made by the person you are caring If I get headaches,
for, reflects the need for further education regarding a aspirin is my best
new prescriptions of warfarin (Coumadin)? options for pain
10. A person is noted to have a penicillin allergy. What ceftriaxone
medication would you question of ordered by a physi-
cian?
1/5
, 11. You receive and order to start a Heparin drip at 18 27 mL/hr
units/kg/hr for a person weighing 75 kg. The heparin
comes in a 500 mL bag with 25,000 units. what is the
starting rate of the infusion?
12. The physician orders 0.5 mg/kg of a medications. The 2 mL
medication is supplied in a 10 mg/mL solution. The
person you are caring for weighs 40 kg. How many mL
of the drug would you administer?f
13. A person with a hypothyroidism has a serum calcium Calcitonin
level of 13 mg/dL. What medication would you expect
to administer?
14. A person you are caring for has a known GI bleed. enoxaparin
What drug is contraindicated? (Lovenox)
15. A person has been prescribed nitrofurantoin (Fu- wash your mouth
radantin) for a UTI. What education would you provide out after taking
for them? this medication to
avoid staining of
the teeth
16. What is appropriate education to provide to a person You should not
who has received a new prescription for a PPI? take this medi-
cine at the same
time as other med-
icines.
17. Your patient presents with CHF and has a Potassium NOT amiloride
level of 5.8. Which diuretic do you anticipate being
ordered by the provider?
18. Your patient has been diagnosed with chronic CHF NOT tofu, red
and will be taking Lasix 80 mg PO twice a day. When meat, beans
teaching about high Potassium foods in the diet,
which group of foods would you recommend to the
patient?
2/5
