RNSG 1301 EXAM FIVE QUESTIONS
AND ALL CORRECT ANSWERS.
What is the reason for the rapid effectiveness of nasal decongestants? - Answer They come
into direct contact with nasal mucosa.
Where does bumetanide act? - Answer Loop of Henle
What is the time of onset for guaifenesin? - Answer 30 minutes
What does the nurse expect will be prescribed for the client with bronchitis who needs help
thinning sputum so their cough can be productive? - Answer Guaifenesin
The nurse recognizes that additional instructions are needed when the asthmatic client makes
which of the following statements? - Answer "When I am short of breath, I will increase the
use of my fluticasone."
Which medication elicits its antihistamine effects by no selectively binding to central and
peripheral H1receptors? - Answer Diphenhydramine
Which of the following is a mast cell stabilizer? - Answer Cromolyn
Anticoagulant drugs are prescribed to prevent formation of new clots as well as to achieve
which other effect? - Answer Prevent extension of clots already present
How does intravenous heparin infusion achieve therapeutic effect? - Answer By inactivating
clotting factors and thus stopping the coagulation cascade
Which nasal decongestant ingredient can cause anxiety, restlessness, nausea, and vomiting? -
Answer Pseudoephedrine
What symptom does the nurse assesses a client receiving furosemide for? - Answer
Hypotension
Which of the following drugs is likely to resolve a patient's pulmonary edema? - Answer
Furosemide
, What is the difference between spironolactone and hydrochlorothiazide? - Answer Potassium
losses are greater with hydrochlorothiazide than with spironolactone.
By which route is abciximab administered? - Answer Intravenous
What differentiates heparin from warfarin? - Answer Heparin is administered parenterally,
while warfarin is administered orally.
What adverse effect should the nurse warn the client taking albuterol (Proventil) about? -
Answer Tachycardia
Which of the following symptoms would the nurse assess for in the client who reports using
their sympathomimetic inhaler frequently? - Answer Nervousness
A client who takes theophylline reports that they recently stopped smoking. What does the
nurse anticipate will happen with the theophylline dose? - Answer Dose should be
decreased.
Patients taking diuretics should follow what type of diet? - Answer Eat potassium-rich or low-
potassium diet as appropriate
Which result would indicate the heparin infusion is at a therapeutic rate in a client who's
baseline partial thromboplastin time was 32 seconds? - Answer 64 seconds
The nurse knows using bismuth subsalicylate will be a safe and effective treatment for diarrhea
unless the patient has: - Answer Allergy to aspirin
Which intervention should the nurse perform in the elderly client receiving cimetidine? -
Answer Monitor the patient for confusion and dizziness.
The nurse should be cautious in administering cimetidine in the client with which condition? -
Answer Hepatic disease
Phenothiazines are usually ineffective when nausea/vomiting are caused by: - Answer
Motion sickness.
What is the antiemetic the nurse would anticipate being ordered for a 9-year-old client? -
Answer Promethazine
AND ALL CORRECT ANSWERS.
What is the reason for the rapid effectiveness of nasal decongestants? - Answer They come
into direct contact with nasal mucosa.
Where does bumetanide act? - Answer Loop of Henle
What is the time of onset for guaifenesin? - Answer 30 minutes
What does the nurse expect will be prescribed for the client with bronchitis who needs help
thinning sputum so their cough can be productive? - Answer Guaifenesin
The nurse recognizes that additional instructions are needed when the asthmatic client makes
which of the following statements? - Answer "When I am short of breath, I will increase the
use of my fluticasone."
Which medication elicits its antihistamine effects by no selectively binding to central and
peripheral H1receptors? - Answer Diphenhydramine
Which of the following is a mast cell stabilizer? - Answer Cromolyn
Anticoagulant drugs are prescribed to prevent formation of new clots as well as to achieve
which other effect? - Answer Prevent extension of clots already present
How does intravenous heparin infusion achieve therapeutic effect? - Answer By inactivating
clotting factors and thus stopping the coagulation cascade
Which nasal decongestant ingredient can cause anxiety, restlessness, nausea, and vomiting? -
Answer Pseudoephedrine
What symptom does the nurse assesses a client receiving furosemide for? - Answer
Hypotension
Which of the following drugs is likely to resolve a patient's pulmonary edema? - Answer
Furosemide
, What is the difference between spironolactone and hydrochlorothiazide? - Answer Potassium
losses are greater with hydrochlorothiazide than with spironolactone.
By which route is abciximab administered? - Answer Intravenous
What differentiates heparin from warfarin? - Answer Heparin is administered parenterally,
while warfarin is administered orally.
What adverse effect should the nurse warn the client taking albuterol (Proventil) about? -
Answer Tachycardia
Which of the following symptoms would the nurse assess for in the client who reports using
their sympathomimetic inhaler frequently? - Answer Nervousness
A client who takes theophylline reports that they recently stopped smoking. What does the
nurse anticipate will happen with the theophylline dose? - Answer Dose should be
decreased.
Patients taking diuretics should follow what type of diet? - Answer Eat potassium-rich or low-
potassium diet as appropriate
Which result would indicate the heparin infusion is at a therapeutic rate in a client who's
baseline partial thromboplastin time was 32 seconds? - Answer 64 seconds
The nurse knows using bismuth subsalicylate will be a safe and effective treatment for diarrhea
unless the patient has: - Answer Allergy to aspirin
Which intervention should the nurse perform in the elderly client receiving cimetidine? -
Answer Monitor the patient for confusion and dizziness.
The nurse should be cautious in administering cimetidine in the client with which condition? -
Answer Hepatic disease
Phenothiazines are usually ineffective when nausea/vomiting are caused by: - Answer
Motion sickness.
What is the antiemetic the nurse would anticipate being ordered for a 9-year-old client? -
Answer Promethazine
