NCLEX-RN Study Guide Questions and
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What medication is an urinary tract analgesic and spasmolytic ✔️✔️Pyridium
_______ patch is administered up to 3 times with intervals of 5 mins ✔️✔️Nitroglycerine
Morphine is contraindicated in _________ because it causes spasms of the Sphincter of Oddi.
✔️✔️Pancreatitis
What is a significant associated toxic risk of clozapine ✔️✔️blood dyscrasia
What does the pulse have to be greater than to admin Digoxin? ✔️✔️60
Digoxin and hypokalemia causes what? ✔️✔️Digtoxicity
HALOPERIDOL ADVERSE EFFECTS: ✔️✔️- Drowsiness. - Insomnia.
- Weakness. - Headache
- Extrapyramidal symptoms: akathisia, tardive dyskinesia, dystonia.
Treatment of GERD and kidney stones ✔️✔️Aluminum hydroxide
Aluminum hydroxide WOF ✔️✔️Constipation
Treats anxiety and itching ✔️✔️Hydroxyzine
,Hydroxyzine WOF ✔️✔️Dry mouth
Benzo given for conscious sedation ✔️✔️Midazolam (Versed)
Versed WOF ✔️✔️Respiratory depression and hypotension
When should you take the missed dose of Amiodarone? ✔️✔️any time in the day or skip it
entirely
T/F: Take double dose of Amiodarone if missed. ✔️✔️False. Never take double dose
Amiodarone WOF ✔️✔️diaphoresis, dyspnea, lethargy
What should you stress the importance of when a patient is taking Coumadin? ✔️✔️Complying
with prescribed dosage and follow-up appointments
Coumadin WOF ✔️✔️signs of bleeding, diarrhea, fever, rash
Another name for methylphenidate ✔️✔️Ritalin
What does methylphenidate treat? ✔️✔️ADHA
T/F: methylphenidate can stunt a child's growth ✔️✔️True
What medication is used for treatment of hypotension, shock, and low cardiac output?
✔️✔️Dopamine
,When should stop enteral feedings when administering Phenytoin? ✔️✔️1-2 hours before and
after the administration of phenytoin.
Religious considerations: Jehovah's Witness ✔️✔️No blood products should be used.
Religious considerations: No beef or items containing gelatin ✔️✔️Hindu
Religious considerations: Jewish ✔️✔️special dietary considerations; use of kosher foods
Religious considerations: no pork nor alcohol and sometimes no meat. ✔️✔️Adventists
Religious considerations: no pork nor alcohol; people with chronic illnesses and women that are
pregnant, breast-feeding or menstruating don't fast during Ramadan. ✔️✔️Muslim
Cranial Nerve I ✔️✔️Olfactory
Cranial Nerve II ✔️✔️Optic
Cranial Nerve III ✔️✔️Oculomotor
Cranial Nerve IV ✔️✔️Trochlear
Cranial Nerve V ✔️✔️Trigeminal
Cranial Nerve VI ✔️✔️Abducens
Cranial Nerve VII ✔️✔️Facial
, Cranial Nerve VIII ✔️✔️Auditory
Cranial Nerve IX ✔️✔️Glossopharyngeal
Cranial Nerve X ✔️✔️Vagus
Cranial Nerve XI ✔️✔️Accessory
Cranial Nerve XII ✔️✔️Hypoglossal
EKG change in hypokalemia ✔️✔️Long QU interval with prominent U waves
EKG change in hyperkalemia ✔️✔️Peaked T waves
EKG change in hypocalcemia ✔️✔️Prolonged QT segment
EKG change in hypercalcemia ✔️✔️Shortening of the ST segment
pain in the RUQ along the coastal margin, or Murphy's sign, can indicate what? ✔️✔️Cholecystitis
Absolute contraindication for a intra-aortic balloon pump ✔️✔️Significant aortic regurgitation
DO NOT delegate what you can...EAT (Acronym) ✔️✔️*E*valuate, *A*ssess, *T*each
UAP's can not be delegated: ✔️✔️EAT, meds, and unstable patients
Answers| Latest Update
What medication is an urinary tract analgesic and spasmolytic ✔️✔️Pyridium
_______ patch is administered up to 3 times with intervals of 5 mins ✔️✔️Nitroglycerine
Morphine is contraindicated in _________ because it causes spasms of the Sphincter of Oddi.
✔️✔️Pancreatitis
What is a significant associated toxic risk of clozapine ✔️✔️blood dyscrasia
What does the pulse have to be greater than to admin Digoxin? ✔️✔️60
Digoxin and hypokalemia causes what? ✔️✔️Digtoxicity
HALOPERIDOL ADVERSE EFFECTS: ✔️✔️- Drowsiness. - Insomnia.
- Weakness. - Headache
- Extrapyramidal symptoms: akathisia, tardive dyskinesia, dystonia.
Treatment of GERD and kidney stones ✔️✔️Aluminum hydroxide
Aluminum hydroxide WOF ✔️✔️Constipation
Treats anxiety and itching ✔️✔️Hydroxyzine
,Hydroxyzine WOF ✔️✔️Dry mouth
Benzo given for conscious sedation ✔️✔️Midazolam (Versed)
Versed WOF ✔️✔️Respiratory depression and hypotension
When should you take the missed dose of Amiodarone? ✔️✔️any time in the day or skip it
entirely
T/F: Take double dose of Amiodarone if missed. ✔️✔️False. Never take double dose
Amiodarone WOF ✔️✔️diaphoresis, dyspnea, lethargy
What should you stress the importance of when a patient is taking Coumadin? ✔️✔️Complying
with prescribed dosage and follow-up appointments
Coumadin WOF ✔️✔️signs of bleeding, diarrhea, fever, rash
Another name for methylphenidate ✔️✔️Ritalin
What does methylphenidate treat? ✔️✔️ADHA
T/F: methylphenidate can stunt a child's growth ✔️✔️True
What medication is used for treatment of hypotension, shock, and low cardiac output?
✔️✔️Dopamine
,When should stop enteral feedings when administering Phenytoin? ✔️✔️1-2 hours before and
after the administration of phenytoin.
Religious considerations: Jehovah's Witness ✔️✔️No blood products should be used.
Religious considerations: No beef or items containing gelatin ✔️✔️Hindu
Religious considerations: Jewish ✔️✔️special dietary considerations; use of kosher foods
Religious considerations: no pork nor alcohol and sometimes no meat. ✔️✔️Adventists
Religious considerations: no pork nor alcohol; people with chronic illnesses and women that are
pregnant, breast-feeding or menstruating don't fast during Ramadan. ✔️✔️Muslim
Cranial Nerve I ✔️✔️Olfactory
Cranial Nerve II ✔️✔️Optic
Cranial Nerve III ✔️✔️Oculomotor
Cranial Nerve IV ✔️✔️Trochlear
Cranial Nerve V ✔️✔️Trigeminal
Cranial Nerve VI ✔️✔️Abducens
Cranial Nerve VII ✔️✔️Facial
, Cranial Nerve VIII ✔️✔️Auditory
Cranial Nerve IX ✔️✔️Glossopharyngeal
Cranial Nerve X ✔️✔️Vagus
Cranial Nerve XI ✔️✔️Accessory
Cranial Nerve XII ✔️✔️Hypoglossal
EKG change in hypokalemia ✔️✔️Long QU interval with prominent U waves
EKG change in hyperkalemia ✔️✔️Peaked T waves
EKG change in hypocalcemia ✔️✔️Prolonged QT segment
EKG change in hypercalcemia ✔️✔️Shortening of the ST segment
pain in the RUQ along the coastal margin, or Murphy's sign, can indicate what? ✔️✔️Cholecystitis
Absolute contraindication for a intra-aortic balloon pump ✔️✔️Significant aortic regurgitation
DO NOT delegate what you can...EAT (Acronym) ✔️✔️*E*valuate, *A*ssess, *T*each
UAP's can not be delegated: ✔️✔️EAT, meds, and unstable patients
