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NURS 6521 ADVANCED
PHARMACOLOGY FINAL EXAM/NURS
6521N WEEK 11 LATEST VERSION
Questions and Correct Answers/ Latest
Update / Already Graded
A 62-year-old man is admitted to the hospital with a diagnosis of
chest pain. He has an
order for 0.3 mg of sublingual nitroglycerin prn for chest pain. Which
of the following
actions should the nurse do first when he complains of chest pain?
Ans: Administer a tablet under his tongue and repeat the action in 5 and
10 minutes if the pain has not subsided
An expected outcome for a patient who has just taken sublingual
nitroglycerin should
be
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Ans: increased HR and decrease BP
A patient is to take nifedipine (Procardia) 10 mg PO tid. How many
milligrams will he take per dose?
Ans: 10 mg
A nurse explains to a patient that nitroglycerin patches should be
applied in the morning and removed in the evening. This medication
schedule reduces the potential for ...
Ans: Nitrate tolerance
A patient is admitted to the emergency department with severe
chest pain. The
emergency department physician orders intravenous nitroglycerin 5
mcg/min, titrate
dose by 5 mcg/min every 3 to 5 minutes per infusion pump as
needed. Before
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administering the nitroglycerin, the nurse should prioritize which of
the following assessments?
Ans: Blood pressure
A nurse is caring for a patient with chronic angina. The patient is
receiving ranolazine
(Ranexa) 500 mg PO bid. Which of the following signs or symptoms
would the nurse
attribute to being a common adverse effect of this medication?
Ans: Dizziness
A 45-year-old man enters the emergency department complaining
of chest pain. The
nurse has an order to administer amyl nitrite. The nurse will...
Ans: crush the capsule and ask the patient to inhale the vapors
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A patient is being discharged home with a prescription for sublingual
nitroglycerin.
The nurse will instruct the patient and family to...
Ans: keep the tablets in the original dark bottle.
A nurse has an order to apply nitroglycerin topically, twice a day.
The nurse's initial
action will be to...
Ans: don a pair of gloves
A patient calls the clinic and reports that he is having chest pain. The
patient states that
ì'm scared that I am going to die and I've been pacing up and
down my driveway.î
After calming the patient, the initial instruction by the nurse would be
to...
NURS 6521 ADVANCED
PHARMACOLOGY FINAL EXAM/NURS
6521N WEEK 11 LATEST VERSION
Questions and Correct Answers/ Latest
Update / Already Graded
A 62-year-old man is admitted to the hospital with a diagnosis of
chest pain. He has an
order for 0.3 mg of sublingual nitroglycerin prn for chest pain. Which
of the following
actions should the nurse do first when he complains of chest pain?
Ans: Administer a tablet under his tongue and repeat the action in 5 and
10 minutes if the pain has not subsided
An expected outcome for a patient who has just taken sublingual
nitroglycerin should
be
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Ans: increased HR and decrease BP
A patient is to take nifedipine (Procardia) 10 mg PO tid. How many
milligrams will he take per dose?
Ans: 10 mg
A nurse explains to a patient that nitroglycerin patches should be
applied in the morning and removed in the evening. This medication
schedule reduces the potential for ...
Ans: Nitrate tolerance
A patient is admitted to the emergency department with severe
chest pain. The
emergency department physician orders intravenous nitroglycerin 5
mcg/min, titrate
dose by 5 mcg/min every 3 to 5 minutes per infusion pump as
needed. Before
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administering the nitroglycerin, the nurse should prioritize which of
the following assessments?
Ans: Blood pressure
A nurse is caring for a patient with chronic angina. The patient is
receiving ranolazine
(Ranexa) 500 mg PO bid. Which of the following signs or symptoms
would the nurse
attribute to being a common adverse effect of this medication?
Ans: Dizziness
A 45-year-old man enters the emergency department complaining
of chest pain. The
nurse has an order to administer amyl nitrite. The nurse will...
Ans: crush the capsule and ask the patient to inhale the vapors
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A patient is being discharged home with a prescription for sublingual
nitroglycerin.
The nurse will instruct the patient and family to...
Ans: keep the tablets in the original dark bottle.
A nurse has an order to apply nitroglycerin topically, twice a day.
The nurse's initial
action will be to...
Ans: don a pair of gloves
A patient calls the clinic and reports that he is having chest pain. The
patient states that
ì'm scared that I am going to die and I've been pacing up and
down my driveway.î
After calming the patient, the initial instruction by the nurse would be
to...
