PHARM CHAPTER 109 STUDY GUIDE & PRACTICE
QUESTIONS 2026/2027
B - Correct answer ✔✔ A young patient is brought to the emergency department by friends,
who say they found him unresponsive at his home. The prescriber suspects that the patient was
poisoned. During the assessment, the man mumbles a word and becomes comatose. The nurse
should immediately prepare to administer:
a. activated charcoal.
b. intravenous dextrose.
c. intravenous flumazenil [Romazicon].
d. syrup of ipecac.
C - Correct answer ✔✔ A patient is brought to the emergency department after ingestion of an
unknown substance. The patient has been vomiting and complains of abdominal pain. The
nurse observes that the patient's oral mucous membranes are dry, the heart rate is 88 beats per
minute, and the blood pressure is 90/60 mm Hg. The nurse will prepare to initially:
a. administer an antiemetic.
b. give activated charcoal.
c. infuse normal saline as an IV bolus.
d. obtain blood for toxicology testing.
A - Correct answer ✔✔ A pediatric patient ingested a narcotic analgesic at a grandparent's
house 15 minutes before arriving in the emergency department. The nurse is preparing to
administer activated charcoal. Which statement by the nurse is correct?
a. "The charcoal will cause the child's stools to be black."
b. "The charcoal should absorb about 37% of the drug."
c. "The charcoal will make the child vomit the medication."
d. "We will need to give the charcoal several times for it to work."
QUESTIONS 2026/2027
B - Correct answer ✔✔ A young patient is brought to the emergency department by friends,
who say they found him unresponsive at his home. The prescriber suspects that the patient was
poisoned. During the assessment, the man mumbles a word and becomes comatose. The nurse
should immediately prepare to administer:
a. activated charcoal.
b. intravenous dextrose.
c. intravenous flumazenil [Romazicon].
d. syrup of ipecac.
C - Correct answer ✔✔ A patient is brought to the emergency department after ingestion of an
unknown substance. The patient has been vomiting and complains of abdominal pain. The
nurse observes that the patient's oral mucous membranes are dry, the heart rate is 88 beats per
minute, and the blood pressure is 90/60 mm Hg. The nurse will prepare to initially:
a. administer an antiemetic.
b. give activated charcoal.
c. infuse normal saline as an IV bolus.
d. obtain blood for toxicology testing.
A - Correct answer ✔✔ A pediatric patient ingested a narcotic analgesic at a grandparent's
house 15 minutes before arriving in the emergency department. The nurse is preparing to
administer activated charcoal. Which statement by the nurse is correct?
a. "The charcoal will cause the child's stools to be black."
b. "The charcoal should absorb about 37% of the drug."
c. "The charcoal will make the child vomit the medication."
d. "We will need to give the charcoal several times for it to work."
