406 LATEST ASSESSMENT 1 PHA RMACOLO GY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2023

406 LATEST ASSESSMENT 1 PHA RMACOLO GY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Assessment 1 1. The first action the nurse should take is to assess the client for injury due to medication error. Assess the client 2. A nurse is reviewing the medical record of a client who received medications 1 hr ago and reports having chest pain. The nurse should recognize that chest pain can be an adverse effect of which of the following medication? Albuterol Furosemide Digoxin Atenolol 3. A nurse is providing teaching to a client who has a new prescription for ranitidine for the treatment of Zollinger-Ellison syndrome. The nurse should explain to the client that ranitidine treats ulcers through which of the following actions? It decreases stomach motility It reduces gastric acid production It forms a protective barrier in the stomach lining. It neutralizes gastric acid. 4. A nurse is caring for a client who has open-angle glaucoma and a new prescription for acetazolamide. Prior to administering the first dose, the nurse should ask the client if they have allergy to which of the following medication classifications? Nitrates Sulfa-based medications Antilipemic agents Proton pump inhibitors 5. A nurse is caring for a client who has HIV and is starting therapy with ritonavir and zidovudine. The client asks why they must take both medications. Which of the following response should the nurse make? If you take the two medications together, it will shorten the duration of you…. Taking the two medications together keeps you from becoming resistant to either of them. Taking the two medication together keeps you from developing toxicity from either of them Zidovudine will help protect you from the possible adverse effects of ritonavir 6. A nurse is providing teaching to a client who has type 2 diabetes mellitus and is starting to take immediate release exenatide. Which of the following client statements indicates an understanding of the teaching? I will discard the open injector pen after two months I will inject the medication into the muscle of my thigh I will store open injector pens at room temperature I will take this medication one hour before morning and evening meals. 7. A nurse is providing teaching to a client who has a new prescription for folic acid. The client states I thought that was only given during pregnancy. Which of the following statements should the nurse make? Folic acid is important for stimulating the immune system Folic acid is given to increase the absorption of the medication Folic acid is administered to minimize the manifestations of benign prostatic hyperplasia Folic acid important for the building of blood cells. 8. A nurse in the PACU is caring for a client who has received general anesthesia and has manifestation of malignant hyperthermia. Which of the following medications should the nurse expect to administer? Diazepam Dantrolene Cyclobenzaprine Metaxalone 9. A nurse is caring for a client who refuses a prescribed influenza immunization. Which of the following actions should the nurse take first? Contact the provider who prescribed the immunization Ask the client to describe their concerns Provide the client with education about the immunization Document the client refusal of the immunization 10. A nurse is caring for a client who has a prescription for a hypotonic Iv fluid. Which of the following solution the nurse expects to administer? 0.45% sodium chloride 0.9% sodium chloride 3% sodium chloride Lactated ringers 11. A nurse in an emergency department is caring for a client who has a new prescription for acetylcysteine. For which of the following condition should the nurse expect to administer this medication? Gastrointestinal bleed Acute bronchospasm Morphine toxicity Acetaminophen toxicity 12. A nurse is obtaining vital signs for a client who has been taking propranolol. Which of the following finding should the nurse identify as an adverse effect of the