NSG 124 PHARMACOLOGY FINAL EXAM 2025- HERZING
UNIVERSITY
Paring for a client receiving prescribed bethanechol the nurse should monitor the pt for what
therapeutic effect?:
Increase urinary retention
A nurse caring for a pt receiving prescribed atropine the nurse should educate the patient on what
adverse effect?:
Dry mouth (xerostomia)
The nurse is admitting a client with MS diagnoses, the nurse should anticipate administration of
?:
Reversible cholinesterase inhibitors
Caring for a client experiencing anaphylactic shock after getting stung by a bee, what medication
should the nurse give?:
Epinephrine (adrenaline)
A nurse is caring for a client prescribed propranolol the nurse should monitor for therapeutic
effect by assessing for ?:
Decrease blood pressure
A client has a prescription for propranolol the nurse will assess the patient for what life-
threatening contraindications?:
Bronchospasms
A nurse is education a patient on phenytoin which of the following would the nurse correctly
include in the nurse teaching?:
Proper oral hygiene (causes gingival hyperplasia)
, The nurse evaluates the client's serum phenytoin levels at 16 mcg/mL what is the next step?:
Document that the pts level is in therapeutic range 10-20 therapeutic range 30-50 toxic level
What can happen when there is a abrupt discontinuation of phenytoin?:
Seizures, with-drawl epilepsy
A client who has been taking meds for seizure disorder is asking about the nurse getting
pregnant, what is the correct response from nurse?:
Antiseizure meds are tatrogenic
The nurse is caring for a client who has Parkinson's disease taking a dopamine agonist, which of
the following would indicate that the client is experiencing therapeutic effects of meds?:
Improve ability to preform ADL's help decrease tremors
Adverse effects- orthostatic hypotension, impulsiveness and visual hallucinations
The nurse is teaching the care giver of a client about prescribed levodopa or carbidopa, which of
the following information should the nurse include?:
Dyskinesia (major adverse effect)
The nurse is performing an assessment to a pt prescribed anticholinergic benztropine, which
assessment finding indicates therapeutic effect?:
Decrease tremors and Cogentin
The nurse is preparing to administer a RX - the nurse should clarify...:
The client who is taking MAOI *contraindicated in pts who already take MAO inhibitors.
The nurse is teaching a client who is taking cholinesterase inhibitors (aricept) the client is asking
how long will they have to take the medication?:
Take the medication indefinitely or as long as tolerated.
UNIVERSITY
Paring for a client receiving prescribed bethanechol the nurse should monitor the pt for what
therapeutic effect?:
Increase urinary retention
A nurse caring for a pt receiving prescribed atropine the nurse should educate the patient on what
adverse effect?:
Dry mouth (xerostomia)
The nurse is admitting a client with MS diagnoses, the nurse should anticipate administration of
?:
Reversible cholinesterase inhibitors
Caring for a client experiencing anaphylactic shock after getting stung by a bee, what medication
should the nurse give?:
Epinephrine (adrenaline)
A nurse is caring for a client prescribed propranolol the nurse should monitor for therapeutic
effect by assessing for ?:
Decrease blood pressure
A client has a prescription for propranolol the nurse will assess the patient for what life-
threatening contraindications?:
Bronchospasms
A nurse is education a patient on phenytoin which of the following would the nurse correctly
include in the nurse teaching?:
Proper oral hygiene (causes gingival hyperplasia)
, The nurse evaluates the client's serum phenytoin levels at 16 mcg/mL what is the next step?:
Document that the pts level is in therapeutic range 10-20 therapeutic range 30-50 toxic level
What can happen when there is a abrupt discontinuation of phenytoin?:
Seizures, with-drawl epilepsy
A client who has been taking meds for seizure disorder is asking about the nurse getting
pregnant, what is the correct response from nurse?:
Antiseizure meds are tatrogenic
The nurse is caring for a client who has Parkinson's disease taking a dopamine agonist, which of
the following would indicate that the client is experiencing therapeutic effects of meds?:
Improve ability to preform ADL's help decrease tremors
Adverse effects- orthostatic hypotension, impulsiveness and visual hallucinations
The nurse is teaching the care giver of a client about prescribed levodopa or carbidopa, which of
the following information should the nurse include?:
Dyskinesia (major adverse effect)
The nurse is performing an assessment to a pt prescribed anticholinergic benztropine, which
assessment finding indicates therapeutic effect?:
Decrease tremors and Cogentin
The nurse is preparing to administer a RX - the nurse should clarify...:
The client who is taking MAOI *contraindicated in pts who already take MAO inhibitors.
The nurse is teaching a client who is taking cholinesterase inhibitors (aricept) the client is asking
how long will they have to take the medication?:
Take the medication indefinitely or as long as tolerated.
