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Med Surg Week 1
NCLEX Practice
Questions and answers
latest update 2025/2026
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, Dr. Jones prescribes albuterol sulfate (Proventil) for a patient with newly diagnose asthma. When
teaching the patient about this drug, the nurse should explain that it may cause:
A. Nasal congestion
B. Nervousness
C. Lethargy
D. Hyperkalemia - ✔✔answer B. nervousness
Miriam, a college student with acute rhinitis sees the campus nurse because of excessive nasal drainage.
The nurse asks the patient about the color of the drainage. In a acute rhinitis, nasal drainage normally is:
A. Yellow
B. Green
C. Clear
D. Gray - ✔✔answer C. Clear
A male adult patient hospitalized for treatment of a pulmonary embolism develops respiratory alkalosis.
Which clinical findings commonly accompany respiratory alkalosis?
A. nausea or vomiting
B. abdominal pain or diarrhea
C. hallucinations or tinnitus
D. lightheadedness or paresthesia - ✔✔answer D. lightheadedness or paresthesia
Before administering ephedrine, Nurse Tony assesses the patient's history. Because of ephedrine's
central nervous system (CNS) effects, it is not recommended for:
A. patients with an acute asthma attack
B. patients with narcolepsy
C. patients under age 6
Med Surg Week 1
NCLEX Practice
Questions and answers
latest update 2025/2026
USER
STUVIA
, Dr. Jones prescribes albuterol sulfate (Proventil) for a patient with newly diagnose asthma. When
teaching the patient about this drug, the nurse should explain that it may cause:
A. Nasal congestion
B. Nervousness
C. Lethargy
D. Hyperkalemia - ✔✔answer B. nervousness
Miriam, a college student with acute rhinitis sees the campus nurse because of excessive nasal drainage.
The nurse asks the patient about the color of the drainage. In a acute rhinitis, nasal drainage normally is:
A. Yellow
B. Green
C. Clear
D. Gray - ✔✔answer C. Clear
A male adult patient hospitalized for treatment of a pulmonary embolism develops respiratory alkalosis.
Which clinical findings commonly accompany respiratory alkalosis?
A. nausea or vomiting
B. abdominal pain or diarrhea
C. hallucinations or tinnitus
D. lightheadedness or paresthesia - ✔✔answer D. lightheadedness or paresthesia
Before administering ephedrine, Nurse Tony assesses the patient's history. Because of ephedrine's
central nervous system (CNS) effects, it is not recommended for:
A. patients with an acute asthma attack
B. patients with narcolepsy
C. patients under age 6
