Pharmacology HESI Version 2
Questions and Answers | Latest
Version | 2025/2026 | Correct & Verified
A patient is prescribed metformin. What is the nurse’s priority teaching?
A. Take with alcohol to reduce nausea
✔✔B. Report muscle pain or fatigue (risk of lactic acidosis)
C. Avoid all carbohydrate intake
D. Stop taking if diarrhea occurs once
Which drug is used as a rescue inhaler for acute asthma attacks?
A. Tiotropium
✔✔B. Albuterol
C. Montelukast
D. Salmeterol
A client taking hydrochlorothiazide should be monitored for which electrolyte imbalance?
✔✔A. Hypokalemia
B. Hypermagnesemia
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,C. Hypernatremia
D. Hypocalcemia
Which opioid is used to treat severe pain in myocardial infarction?
✔✔A. Morphine
B. Ibuprofen
C. Codeine
D. Ketorolac
Which medication is given to prevent hemorrhage in newborns?
A. Vitamin D
B. Vitamin C
✔✔C. Vitamin K
D. Vitamin B12
A patient on phenytoin reports bleeding gums. What should the nurse suspect?
A. Low potassium
✔✔B. Gingival hyperplasia
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, C. Vitamin deficiency
D. Allergic reaction
Which drug is considered a loop diuretic?
✔✔A. Furosemide
B. Spironolactone
C. Hydrochlorothiazide
D. Mannitol
Which side effect is most associated with metoprolol?
A. Hyperglycemia
✔✔B. Bradycardia
C. Insomnia
D. Diarrhea
Which drug is an antidote for acetaminophen overdose?
✔✔A. Acetylcysteine
B. Naloxone
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Questions and Answers | Latest
Version | 2025/2026 | Correct & Verified
A patient is prescribed metformin. What is the nurse’s priority teaching?
A. Take with alcohol to reduce nausea
✔✔B. Report muscle pain or fatigue (risk of lactic acidosis)
C. Avoid all carbohydrate intake
D. Stop taking if diarrhea occurs once
Which drug is used as a rescue inhaler for acute asthma attacks?
A. Tiotropium
✔✔B. Albuterol
C. Montelukast
D. Salmeterol
A client taking hydrochlorothiazide should be monitored for which electrolyte imbalance?
✔✔A. Hypokalemia
B. Hypermagnesemia
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,C. Hypernatremia
D. Hypocalcemia
Which opioid is used to treat severe pain in myocardial infarction?
✔✔A. Morphine
B. Ibuprofen
C. Codeine
D. Ketorolac
Which medication is given to prevent hemorrhage in newborns?
A. Vitamin D
B. Vitamin C
✔✔C. Vitamin K
D. Vitamin B12
A patient on phenytoin reports bleeding gums. What should the nurse suspect?
A. Low potassium
✔✔B. Gingival hyperplasia
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, C. Vitamin deficiency
D. Allergic reaction
Which drug is considered a loop diuretic?
✔✔A. Furosemide
B. Spironolactone
C. Hydrochlorothiazide
D. Mannitol
Which side effect is most associated with metoprolol?
A. Hyperglycemia
✔✔B. Bradycardia
C. Insomnia
D. Diarrhea
Which drug is an antidote for acetaminophen overdose?
✔✔A. Acetylcysteine
B. Naloxone
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