Ati Pharmacology Midterm Exam 2023 Complete Solution Final Exam

ATI PHARMACOLOGY MIDTERM EXAM 2023 COMPLETE SOLUTION FINAL EXAM The nurse assesses hives in a patient started on a new medication. What is the nurse's priority action? - Notify physician of allergic reaction. The nurse administers an initial dose of a steroid to a patient with asthma. Thirty minutes after administration, the nurse finds the patient agitated and stating that "everyone is out to get me." What is the term for this unusual reaction? - Idiosyncratic reaction The nurse is assessing an older patient with Parkinson's disease who was started on entacapone 1 week ago. The patient has a history of coronary artery disease and takes an antihypertensive and aspirin. Which information would support the need for a reduction in medication dosage by the health care provider? - Dizziness An older adult patient is to receive atenolol, a beta-adrenergic blocking agent. Prior to administration of the drug, the nurse assesses an apical pulse rate of 58 and notes ankle edema. Which action will the nurse take first? - Withhold the medication. A patient hospitalized in an acute care setting reports to the nurse that since starting on an adrenergic medication, he has been feeling "dizzy and weak." The most appropriate action for the nurse is to - monitor the blood pressure in both the supine and standing positions. A long-term care resident is taking an anticholinergic agent. The nurse observes the resident to be disoriented and hallucinating. The priority nursing action is to - provide for resident's safety