CJE PHARMACOLOGY STUDY EXAMS GUIDE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔What do opioid analgesics do? - ✔✔CNS depressant
- NOT USED FOR ANTI-INFLAMMATORY OR ANTI-PYRETIC (not for fevers or
inflammatory conditions)
✔✔Side Effects of Opioid Analgesics - ✔✔- Reduced GI function (constipation)
- Decrease in vital signs
- Decrease in CNS functions (sedation, insomnia, weakness, dizziness)
- Pruritus (itching)
- Nausea
- Burning sensation
✔✔When do you STOP opioid analgesics? - ✔✔- Respiratory depression (RR < 12)
- Client is unarousable
✔✔Nursing Considerations for Opioid Analgesics - ✔✔- Prevent constipation (exercise,
fiber, laxatives)
- Orthostatic hypotension risk
- Take PO opioids WITH FOOD to decrease GI upset
✔✔Action for Sulfonamides & Fluoroquinolones (sulfa-, -floxacin) - ✔✔- UTIs (E. coli)
- Acute otitis media
- Ulcerative colitis
- Topical for burn wounds
BACTERIOSTATIC
✔✔Side Effects of Sulfonamides & Fluoroquinolones - ✔✔- GI UPSET
- Hematologic Changes (leukopenia, thrombocytopenia, aplastic anemia) DECREASES
- Risk for TENDONITIS AND TENDON RUPTURE
, "Tendon is near the FLOOR"
✔✔Action/Uses for Penicillin - ✔✔- UTIs, meningitis, intra-abdominal infections, STIs
(syphillis), respiratory infections (pneumonia)
BROAD SPECTRUM ANTIBIOTIC
✔✔Side Effects of Penicillin - ✔✔- GI UPSET
- Glossitis
✔✔Nursing Considerations for Penicillin - ✔✔- Makes oral contraceptive ineffective
("Penicillin Bumps the Pill")
- TAKE WITH FOOD
✔✔Action/Uses for Cephalosporins (cef-) - ✔✔BACTERIACIDAL KILLS BACTERIA
- Otitis media
- Respiratory infections
- UTIs
- Bone infections
✔✔Side Effects for Cephalosporins - ✔✔- GI UPSET
- Nephrotoxicity
- Aplastic Anemia
- Steven-Johnson Syndrome (SJS)
✔✔Nursing Considerations for Cephalosporins - ✔✔- DO NOT DRINK ALCOHOL
- Make oral contraceptive ineffective
✔✔Action/Uses of Tetracyclines (-cycline) - ✔✔- Skin infection/severe acne
- H. pylori
BACTERIOSTATIC
✔✔Side Effects of Tetracyclines - ✔✔- GI DISTRESS
- Stomatitis
- Skin rashes
- Photosensitivity reaction
✔✔Nursing Considerations for Tetracyclines - ✔✔- SUNBLOCK
- Make oral contraceptives ineffective
- TAKE ON EMPTY STOMACH WITH WATER
- Sit up for 30 min after taking
- Avoid calcium/dairy products
CONTRAINDICATED IN LACTATION
" Tetracyclines think TOXIC to fetus"
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔What do opioid analgesics do? - ✔✔CNS depressant
- NOT USED FOR ANTI-INFLAMMATORY OR ANTI-PYRETIC (not for fevers or
inflammatory conditions)
✔✔Side Effects of Opioid Analgesics - ✔✔- Reduced GI function (constipation)
- Decrease in vital signs
- Decrease in CNS functions (sedation, insomnia, weakness, dizziness)
- Pruritus (itching)
- Nausea
- Burning sensation
✔✔When do you STOP opioid analgesics? - ✔✔- Respiratory depression (RR < 12)
- Client is unarousable
✔✔Nursing Considerations for Opioid Analgesics - ✔✔- Prevent constipation (exercise,
fiber, laxatives)
- Orthostatic hypotension risk
- Take PO opioids WITH FOOD to decrease GI upset
✔✔Action for Sulfonamides & Fluoroquinolones (sulfa-, -floxacin) - ✔✔- UTIs (E. coli)
- Acute otitis media
- Ulcerative colitis
- Topical for burn wounds
BACTERIOSTATIC
✔✔Side Effects of Sulfonamides & Fluoroquinolones - ✔✔- GI UPSET
- Hematologic Changes (leukopenia, thrombocytopenia, aplastic anemia) DECREASES
- Risk for TENDONITIS AND TENDON RUPTURE
, "Tendon is near the FLOOR"
✔✔Action/Uses for Penicillin - ✔✔- UTIs, meningitis, intra-abdominal infections, STIs
(syphillis), respiratory infections (pneumonia)
BROAD SPECTRUM ANTIBIOTIC
✔✔Side Effects of Penicillin - ✔✔- GI UPSET
- Glossitis
✔✔Nursing Considerations for Penicillin - ✔✔- Makes oral contraceptive ineffective
("Penicillin Bumps the Pill")
- TAKE WITH FOOD
✔✔Action/Uses for Cephalosporins (cef-) - ✔✔BACTERIACIDAL KILLS BACTERIA
- Otitis media
- Respiratory infections
- UTIs
- Bone infections
✔✔Side Effects for Cephalosporins - ✔✔- GI UPSET
- Nephrotoxicity
- Aplastic Anemia
- Steven-Johnson Syndrome (SJS)
✔✔Nursing Considerations for Cephalosporins - ✔✔- DO NOT DRINK ALCOHOL
- Make oral contraceptive ineffective
✔✔Action/Uses of Tetracyclines (-cycline) - ✔✔- Skin infection/severe acne
- H. pylori
BACTERIOSTATIC
✔✔Side Effects of Tetracyclines - ✔✔- GI DISTRESS
- Stomatitis
- Skin rashes
- Photosensitivity reaction
✔✔Nursing Considerations for Tetracyclines - ✔✔- SUNBLOCK
- Make oral contraceptives ineffective
- TAKE ON EMPTY STOMACH WITH WATER
- Sit up for 30 min after taking
- Avoid calcium/dairy products
CONTRAINDICATED IN LACTATION
" Tetracyclines think TOXIC to fetus"
