NUR 6521 Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

NURS 6521 Adv. Pharmacology Certification Exam Review Questions with Verified Answers 2023/2024 Question 1: A 59-year-old man with a recent history of erectile dysfunction has been assessed and prescribed sildenafil (Viagra). When providing patient education to this man, the nurse should tell him which of the following? - Correct Answer Answer: "You might find that your face becomes flushed, or you get a headache after taking Viagra." - Correct Answer Question 2: A patient takes eto...

NURS 6521 Advanced Pharmacology 6521 Mid Term Questions with Verified Answers 2023/2024 Surfactant Laxatives - correct Answer Meds: Docusate sodium (Colace) Docusate calcium (Surfak) temporary treatment of constipation * avoid if narrowing of intestines Give with a full glass of water or juice Osmotic Laxatives - correct Answer Salts draw water into the intestine causing fecal mass to soften and swell stimulating peristalsis. Low dose 6-12 hours, high dose 2-6 hours. magnesium hydroxi...

NURS 6521 Pharmacology week 1 Foundational Questions with Answers 2023/2024 Bioavailability - Correct Answer IV meds are 100% bioavailable because it doesn't have to bypass anything...oral meds would be 50% bioavailable because thats all that would reach the receptor site, used to describe the extent of drug absorption first-pass effect - Correct Answer mostly oral meds, goes thru process site of action and that is the time the effect if the drug takes place...bypassing all of the things ...

NUR 6521 Midterm Exam Review Questions and Correct Answers 2023/2024 In order to promote therapeutic drug effects, the Nurse Practitioner should always encourage patients to - Correct Answer take their medication at the prescribed times. A female patient with a diagnosis of type 1 diabetes mellitus has been experiencing increasing neuropathic pain in recent months, a symptom that has not responded appreciably to conventional analgesics. The patient's care provider has begun treatment with...

NUR Pharmacology I: Week 1 Crucial Questions and Approved Answers 2023/2024 Rate of absorption by route - Answer IV fastest IM PO slower SC Injection, needle size, angle of insertion - Answer 25-29 gauge, 1/2 to 5/8 inch, 45-90 degrees NO Aspiration, MAX 0.5mL-1mL per hour IM Injection, needle size, angle of insertion - Answer 19-25 gauge, 1" to 3", 90 degrees Aspirate, MAX: Deltoid - 1 mL Vastus Lateralus - 3 mL Ventrogluteal 2.5-3 mL ID Injection, needle size, angle of ins...

NUR 6521 Pharmacology Adrenergic/ Cholinergic drugs QUESTIONS AND ACCURATE ANSWERS 2023/2024 Antidote for cholinergics - Correct Answer Atropine s/s of cholinergic crisis - Correct Answer -circulatory shock - hypoTN - Bloody diarrhea - shock - cardiac arrest (Namenda) memantine used to treat - Correct Answer alz. and dementia (Aricept) donepezil used to treat - Correct Answer alz. and dementia Pyridostigmine used to treat - Correct Answer myasthenia gravis Dobutamine antid...

Nur 6521Advanced Pharmacology test 1 Questions and Answers 2023/2024 Beta lactamase inhibitors - Correct Answer Clavulanic acid, sublactam, taxobactam Unasyn - Correct Answer Ampicillin and sulbactam Augmentin - Correct Answer Amoxicillin clavulanic acid Hapten - Correct Answer Drug +plasma protein severe allergic reaction Mechanisms resistance to beta lactamase - Correct Answer Inactivation by beta lactamase, mutation trans peptidase target, impaired penetration of drug into orga...

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Question 1 Laboratory testing has confirmed that a patient has chloroquine-resistant malaria and the patient's physician has prescribed quinine along with an adjunctive drug. The nurse should question the physician's order if the patient has a history of osteoporosis or low bone density. chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). diabetes mellitus. cardiac arrhythmias. Question 2 A pregnant patient asks the Nurse Practitioner what over-the-counter medication she can take for recu...

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