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GALEN NUR 210 EXAM 3 QUESTIONS
WITH ANSWERS.
What patients should you be cautious of when giving Metropolol
(Beta Blockers) - correct answer --Diabetes
-Asthma
-Liver, kidney or thyroid dysfunction
Nifidipine (Calcium Channel Blockers) lowers - correct answer --
Blood pressure
-Heart rate
Lisinopril (ACE) inhibitors can cause - correct answer --Constant
irritating cough
-Hyperkalemia
Which antihypertensives lower the heart rate? - correct answer --
Metropolol (beta blockers)
-Nifipidine
(Calcium Channel Blockers)
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Which antihypertensives affect electrolyes - correct answer --
Lisinopril
(ACE inhibitors)
-Valsartan (ARBs)
hypovolemia, hyponatremia, hyperkalemia
antihypertensives contraindicated in renal dysfunction? - correct
answer -Prazosin (Alpha-adrenergic blockers)
(Caution: ACE inhibitors, ARBs = can increase renal failre)
antihypertensives monitor vital signs including heart on - correct
answer --beta blockers
-calcium channel blockers
antihypertensives monitor for signs in symptoms of electrolyte
imbalance with - correct answer --ACE inhibitors
-ARB's
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Alpha and beta blockers take how long to take full effect? - correct
answer -several weeks
antihypertensives Monitor for fluid retention with - correct answer -
alpha & beta blockers, calcium channel blockers
antihypertensives teaching weigh daily and report weight gain
over? - correct answer -2 pounds in one day, 5 pounds in one
week
antihypertensive teaching do not - correct answer -stop
antihypertensive's abruptly can have rebound hypertension
antihypertensives teaching talk to health care provider before
taking - correct answer -OTC meds (especially cold medications)
Antihypertensive teaching with beta blockers teach - correct
answer -diabetic patient interactions (hypoglycemia)
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antihypertensives teaching ACE inhibitors and ARBs teach -
correct answer -no salt substitutes with K, low K diet no K
supplements
Beta blockers end in - correct answer --olol
Alpha-adrenergic blockers end in - correct answer --sin
Calcium Channel Blockers end in - correct answer --pine
Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors end in - correct
answer --pril
Angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARBs) end in - correct answer --
sartan or -tan
GALEN NUR 210 EXAM 3 QUESTIONS
WITH ANSWERS.
What patients should you be cautious of when giving Metropolol
(Beta Blockers) - correct answer --Diabetes
-Asthma
-Liver, kidney or thyroid dysfunction
Nifidipine (Calcium Channel Blockers) lowers - correct answer --
Blood pressure
-Heart rate
Lisinopril (ACE) inhibitors can cause - correct answer --Constant
irritating cough
-Hyperkalemia
Which antihypertensives lower the heart rate? - correct answer --
Metropolol (beta blockers)
-Nifipidine
(Calcium Channel Blockers)
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Which antihypertensives affect electrolyes - correct answer --
Lisinopril
(ACE inhibitors)
-Valsartan (ARBs)
hypovolemia, hyponatremia, hyperkalemia
antihypertensives contraindicated in renal dysfunction? - correct
answer -Prazosin (Alpha-adrenergic blockers)
(Caution: ACE inhibitors, ARBs = can increase renal failre)
antihypertensives monitor vital signs including heart on - correct
answer --beta blockers
-calcium channel blockers
antihypertensives monitor for signs in symptoms of electrolyte
imbalance with - correct answer --ACE inhibitors
-ARB's
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Alpha and beta blockers take how long to take full effect? - correct
answer -several weeks
antihypertensives Monitor for fluid retention with - correct answer -
alpha & beta blockers, calcium channel blockers
antihypertensives teaching weigh daily and report weight gain
over? - correct answer -2 pounds in one day, 5 pounds in one
week
antihypertensive teaching do not - correct answer -stop
antihypertensive's abruptly can have rebound hypertension
antihypertensives teaching talk to health care provider before
taking - correct answer -OTC meds (especially cold medications)
Antihypertensive teaching with beta blockers teach - correct
answer -diabetic patient interactions (hypoglycemia)
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antihypertensives teaching ACE inhibitors and ARBs teach -
correct answer -no salt substitutes with K, low K diet no K
supplements
Beta blockers end in - correct answer --olol
Alpha-adrenergic blockers end in - correct answer --sin
Calcium Channel Blockers end in - correct answer --pine
Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors end in - correct
answer --pril
Angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARBs) end in - correct answer --
sartan or -tan
