/PHARMACOLOGY PN RETAKE PROCTORED
COMPLETE EXAM ALL 70 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
Terms in this set (76)
A home health nurse is B
visiting an older adult client
who has Alzheimer's
disease. His caregiver tells
the nurse she has been
administering prescribed
lorazepam, 1 mg 3 x daily, to
the client for restlessness
and anxiety during the past
few days. For which of the
following effects should the
nurse assess the client?
A. Low-grade fever
B. Sedation
C. Diuresis
D. Tonic-clonic seizures
,A hospice nurse is caring D
for a client who has cancer
and is taking naproxen 250
mg 3 x daily po and
gabapentin 1,800mg 3 x
daily po to manage pain.
The client tells the nurse,
"I'm having pain that keeps
me from doing what I'd like
most of the time." which of
the following additions
should the nurse anticipate
to the client's medication
regimen?
A. Oral meperidine
B. Parenteral naloxone
C. Parenteral diazepam
D. Oral oxycodone
A nurse in an outpatient A
facility is assessing a client
who is prescribed
furosemide 40mg daily, but
the client reports that she
has been taking extra doses
to promote weight loss.
Which of the following
findings should indicate to
the nurse that the client is
dehydrated?
A. Urine specific gravity
1.035
B. Distended neck veins
C. BUN 18mg/dL
D. Bounding radial pulse
,A nurse is administering C
adenosine via IV bolus for a
client who has developed
paroxysmal atrial
tachycardia. For which of
the following findings
should the nurse assess the
client during administration
of adenosine?
A. Seizures
B. Cinchonism
C. Dyspnea
D. Transient pallor of the
face
, A nurse is administering D
ciprofloxacin and
phenazopyridine to a client
who has a severe UTI. The
client asks why both
medications are needed.
Which of the following
responses should the nurse
make?
A. Phenazopyridine
decreases adverse effects
of ciprofloxacin
hydrochloride.
B. Combining
phenazopyridine with
ciprofloxacin hydrochloride
shortens the course
of therapy.
C. The use of
phenazopyridine allows for
a lower dosage of
ciprofloxacin
hydrochloride.
D. Ciprofloxacin
hydrochloride treats the
infection and the
phenazopyridine treats
pain.