Pharmacology SATA Updated 2024/2025 Actual Questions and answers with complete solutions

A child and his mother are being sent home after diagnosis of a parasite infection. What does the nurse teach regarding use of anthelmintic medications? SATA 1. take daily baths, not showers 2. change sheets, towels, bedclothes weekly 3. wash hands before eating and after using the bathroom 4. drowsiness may occur 5. take showers, not baths - Ans: 3,4,5 1. do not take baths 2. would change sheets, towels, and bedclothes daily, along with underwear A nurse is assessing a patient who is taking Lithium for bipolar disorder. What s/sx would alert the nurse of possible toxicity? SATA 1. NVD 2. muscular weakness 3. confusion 4. constipation 5. polyuria, then oliguria/anuria 6. seizures - Ans: 1,3,5,6 2) patient would experience muscular irritability, tremors, and psychomotor retardation 4. patient experiences diarrhea, not constipationPatient will also experience blurred vision and nystagmus, ataxia, tinnitus, giddiness, arrhythmias, and impaired LOC A nurse is educating a patient on the medication colchicine used to treat gout? What will be included in the patient teaching? SATA 1. this medication alleviates acute symptoms 2. it inhibits uric acid synthesis and promtes excretion 3. do not take with food 4. NVD may occur - Ans: 1,4