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NUR 3145 Pharmacotherapeutics
Pharm quiz
1. Patient presents to ED with dry, non productive cough, patient has been dx with bronchitis and
it has been determined medicine is needed to initiate sputum so the cough will be productive.
Which med does nurse anticipate physician to prescribe
a. Guaifenesin
b. Sucralfate
c. H2 receptor agonist
d.
2. A patient has been dx with asthma. Prescribed ICS, the nurse providing discharge teaching
a. Inhaled ICS are not for use for acute asthma attack or asthmaticus
3. A patient with asthma has been prescribe an anti-inflammatory medication, the patient asks the
nurse how this medication
a. Increase ability to metabolize medication in lower bronchioles
b. Decrease ability of mucous secretion
c. Decrease airway
d. Increases uptake of corticosteroids to medication
4. A nurse is providing discharge teaching to a patient with an order chemical stimulant laxatives
prn, the nurse cautions the patient about which possible adverse effect?
a. abdominal cramping
5. A patient with hypertension and asthma can have an adverse reaction to which class of drugs
a. aspirin and nsaids may cause bronchoconstriction in sensitive patients
b. Non selective beta adergenic antagonist such as propranolol, carvedilil, Labetalol may
cause llamas vasoconstriction
c. SAMAs an LAMAs may cause vaso constriction in sensitive patients
d.
6. Deaths due to the delayed bronchial effects on the improper use black box label
a. Salmeterol
7. Which of the following medications provides the best anti inflammatory effect for the treatment
of asthma
a. Fluticasone and salmeterol
8. A nurse questions the order when omeprazole is prescribed to a patient taking Plavix
(clopidogrel) adverse effect is:
a. Antiplatelet effect will be more effective
b. Patient may experience a lower risk of bleeding
c. The antiplatelet effect will be less effective
9. A nurse giving discharge instructions to a patient scription for antihistamine informs the patient
they are receiving the most sedating antihistamine which antihistamine is the most sedating
a. Benadryl
10. A patient with a history of angina has been prescribed pseudoephedrine for nasal congestion the
nurse understands new to pseudo ephedrine should not be used by
a. patients with any type of heart disease
b. is safe to take pseudoephedrine if you're only taking labetalol
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c. rebound congestion is more common when a person with angina take pseudoephedrine
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NUR 3145 Pharmacotherapeutics
Pharm quiz
1. Patient presents to ED with dry, non productive cough, patient has been dx with bronchitis and
it has been determined medicine is needed to initiate sputum so the cough will be productive.
Which med does nurse anticipate physician to prescribe
a. Guaifenesin
b. Sucralfate
c. H2 receptor agonist
d.
2. A patient has been dx with asthma. Prescribed ICS, the nurse providing discharge teaching
a. Inhaled ICS are not for use for acute asthma attack or asthmaticus
3. A patient with asthma has been prescribe an anti-inflammatory medication, the patient asks the
nurse how this medication
a. Increase ability to metabolize medication in lower bronchioles
b. Decrease ability of mucous secretion
c. Decrease airway
d. Increases uptake of corticosteroids to medication
4. A nurse is providing discharge teaching to a patient with an order chemical stimulant laxatives
prn, the nurse cautions the patient about which possible adverse effect?
a. abdominal cramping
5. A patient with hypertension and asthma can have an adverse reaction to which class of drugs
a. aspirin and nsaids may cause bronchoconstriction in sensitive patients
b. Non selective beta adergenic antagonist such as propranolol, carvedilil, Labetalol may
cause llamas vasoconstriction
c. SAMAs an LAMAs may cause vaso constriction in sensitive patients
d.
6. Deaths due to the delayed bronchial effects on the improper use black box label
a. Salmeterol
7. Which of the following medications provides the best anti inflammatory effect for the treatment
of asthma
a. Fluticasone and salmeterol
8. A nurse questions the order when omeprazole is prescribed to a patient taking Plavix
(clopidogrel) adverse effect is:
a. Antiplatelet effect will be more effective
b. Patient may experience a lower risk of bleeding
c. The antiplatelet effect will be less effective
9. A nurse giving discharge instructions to a patient scription for antihistamine informs the patient
they are receiving the most sedating antihistamine which antihistamine is the most sedating
a. Benadryl
10. A patient with a history of angina has been prescribed pseudoephedrine for nasal congestion the
nurse understands new to pseudo ephedrine should not be used by
a. patients with any type of heart disease
b. is safe to take pseudoephedrine if you're only taking labetalol
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c. rebound congestion is more common when a person with angina take pseudoephedrine
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