HESI-Pharmacology Remediation, Questions AND Answers. 100% pass rate.

HESI-Pharmacology Remediation, Questions AND Answers. 100% pass rate. Document Content and Description Below in the morning before the child goes to school - Methylphenidate: A CNS stimulant for (ADHD) in children, dose should be administered GI complaints, such as diarrhea - Quinidine: given for dysr hythmias, has the most common side effect of Have another nurse check the prescription. An important intervention because death can occur from overdose. - Methotrexate: A disease-modifying antirheumatic drug (DMARD) for rheumatoid arthritis What is the most important priority to administering this medication? Clients should be taught to recognize signs of overmedication and undermedication so that they can modify the dosage themselves based on a prescribed sliding scale. - Cholinesterase Inhibitor: given for myasthenia gravis With a client experiencing fatigue and difficulty swallowing, what action should the nurse take first? Schizophrenia and manifestations of psychotic disorder - Phenothiazine antipsychotic medication is used to treat Tardive dyskinesia - What extrapyramidal symptom is a permanent and irreversible adverse effect of long-term phenothiazine administration? Diarrhea - High doses of vitamin C may cause the adverse effect of Lipemia is an excess of lipid (fat) in the blood Antilipemic agents acts to reduce lipids. - What does an Antilipemic do? With the evening meal. The enzyme that helps metabolize cholesterol is activated at night. - When is the best time to take antilipemic drug lovastatin? Hypotension - Nifedipine reduces peripheral vascular resistance and Nitrates produce vasodilation, so concurrent use of nitrates with nifedipine can cause Pharmacokinetics definition - The physiologic process of a drug's movement throughout the body and how the drug's interaction is affected by an underlying disease. Ipratropium - Clients who have experienced allergic reactions to atropine sulfate and belladonna alkaloids may also be allergic to Resistance of the tubercle bacilli. - A multidrug regimen is prescribed for a client with HIV and TB to prevent the development of Restlessness, anorexia, nausea, vomiting, insomnia, tachycardia, arrhythmias, and seizures - Theophylline S/S of toxicity Allergic to sulfa drug: aspirin, and nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). Drug safety for adolescents is not yet established During the third trimester of pregnancy because they can cause a premature closure of the patent ductus arteriosus - COX-2 inhibitors are contraindicated for subcutaneously when given as a prophylaxis for deep vein thrombosis - Enoxaparin is a low-molecular-weight heparin that should be administered Protamine sulfate The antagonist for heparin and is given for episodes of acute hemorrhage. - A client receiving a continuous infusion of heparin IV starts to hemorrhage from an arterial access site. Which medication should the nurse anticipate administering to prevent further heparin-induced hemorrhaging? Increase in urine output - Dopamine is administered to a client who is hypotensive. Which finding should the nurse identify as a therapeutic response? An increase in glomerular filtration caused by increased arterial blood pressure - Intropin activates dopamine receptors in the kidney and dilates blood vessels