PHARMACOLOGY FINAL EXAM (NURS 305) WITH 284
ACTUAL QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
1st generation antihistamines can cause what main adverse effect? -
correct answer- Drowsiness (CNS depression)
3 most common medication errors - correct answer- Confusing
patient name
Illegibly written prescription
Wrong route (IM instead of IV)
4 processes affecting pharmacokinetics - correct answer- ADME
Absorption
Distribution
Metabolism
Excretion
4 types of inhalers? - correct answer- Metered-dose
Dry-powdered
Nebulizers
Respimats
,5 main types of laxatives - correct answer- Bulk-forming
Surfactants
Irritant/stimulant
Lubricant/osmotic
Lactulose
6 types of drug-drug interactions - correct answer- 1. Additive
2. Synergistic
3. Interference
4. Displacement
5. Antagonism
6. Incompatibility
A diabetic patient arrives at the hospital with an MI and is continued on
beta blockers upon discharge. What is the main patient teaching point?
- correct answer- Beta blockers mask hypoglycemia
Check frequently and if you are sweating make sure to check
A patient comes in with a STEMI. When does he have to be in the cath
lab by? Thrombolytic therapy? - correct answer- Cath lab- Within 90
minutes
Thrombolytic therapy- within 30 minutes
,Choose one or the other-not both
A patient post-MI complains of muscle soreness. What do you suspect
and what do you do? - correct answer- Rhabdomyolysis and STOP
THE STATIN
A patient shows up for a regular check-up 2 years post MI and complains
of a nasty cough that he can't seem to kick. What do you do? - correct
answer- Switch his ACE to an ARB
A patient with CRF is now post-MI. What do you need to ensure about
her new medication regimen? - correct answer- The statin dose must
be decreased unless it's Atorvastatin
Absorption - correct answer- Time from entry into the body until
entry into blood stream
ACE inhibitors end in what? - correct answer- -pril
Acronym for cardioselective betablockers - correct answer- BEAM
Bisoprolol
Esmolol
Atenolol
, Metoprolol
Acute treatment of unstable angina - correct answer- MONAB
Additive effect - correct answer- 1+1=2
Adrenergic drugs are also known as what? - correct answer-
Sympathomimetics
Adverse effects of drugs are dependent on... - correct answer-
Dosage
Age
Medical history
Therapeutic index
Drug-drug interactions
Adverse effects of floroquinolones? - correct answer-
Photosensitivity
Tendon rupture
QT prolongation
Adverse effects of linezolid? - correct answer- Myelosuppression
ACTUAL QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
1st generation antihistamines can cause what main adverse effect? -
correct answer- Drowsiness (CNS depression)
3 most common medication errors - correct answer- Confusing
patient name
Illegibly written prescription
Wrong route (IM instead of IV)
4 processes affecting pharmacokinetics - correct answer- ADME
Absorption
Distribution
Metabolism
Excretion
4 types of inhalers? - correct answer- Metered-dose
Dry-powdered
Nebulizers
Respimats
,5 main types of laxatives - correct answer- Bulk-forming
Surfactants
Irritant/stimulant
Lubricant/osmotic
Lactulose
6 types of drug-drug interactions - correct answer- 1. Additive
2. Synergistic
3. Interference
4. Displacement
5. Antagonism
6. Incompatibility
A diabetic patient arrives at the hospital with an MI and is continued on
beta blockers upon discharge. What is the main patient teaching point?
- correct answer- Beta blockers mask hypoglycemia
Check frequently and if you are sweating make sure to check
A patient comes in with a STEMI. When does he have to be in the cath
lab by? Thrombolytic therapy? - correct answer- Cath lab- Within 90
minutes
Thrombolytic therapy- within 30 minutes
,Choose one or the other-not both
A patient post-MI complains of muscle soreness. What do you suspect
and what do you do? - correct answer- Rhabdomyolysis and STOP
THE STATIN
A patient shows up for a regular check-up 2 years post MI and complains
of a nasty cough that he can't seem to kick. What do you do? - correct
answer- Switch his ACE to an ARB
A patient with CRF is now post-MI. What do you need to ensure about
her new medication regimen? - correct answer- The statin dose must
be decreased unless it's Atorvastatin
Absorption - correct answer- Time from entry into the body until
entry into blood stream
ACE inhibitors end in what? - correct answer- -pril
Acronym for cardioselective betablockers - correct answer- BEAM
Bisoprolol
Esmolol
Atenolol
, Metoprolol
Acute treatment of unstable angina - correct answer- MONAB
Additive effect - correct answer- 1+1=2
Adrenergic drugs are also known as what? - correct answer-
Sympathomimetics
Adverse effects of drugs are dependent on... - correct answer-
Dosage
Age
Medical history
Therapeutic index
Drug-drug interactions
Adverse effects of floroquinolones? - correct answer-
Photosensitivity
Tendon rupture
QT prolongation
Adverse effects of linezolid? - correct answer- Myelosuppression
