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NUR 3145 - Exam 1 (ch 2, 3, 4, 54, 55) Questions With Complete Solutions
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NUR 3145 - Exam 1 (ch 2, 3, 4, 54, 55) Questions With Complete Solutions
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NUR 3145 - Exam 1 (ch 2, 3, 4, 54, 55) Questions WithComplete Solutions
Are Leukotriene Modifiers used for acute attacks? Correct
Answers No; and only as add on therapy b/c slow acting
Are there side effects of topical nasal steroid decongestants?
Correct Answers not many, nasal irritation
Are topical nasal steroid decongestants short term or long term?
Correct Answers Long term, but take for extended time to reach
therapeutic level!
CP: A client is administered an oral contraceptive. What is the
process that occurs between the time the drug enters the body
and the time that it enters the bloodstream? Correct Answers
Absorption
CP: A client is receiving 250 mg of a drug that has a half-life of
12 hours. How much drug would remain after 36 hours? Correct
Answers 31 mg
CP: A nurse is caring for a 73-year-old man who is receiving
drug therapy. He is beginning to exhibit signs of decline in his
renal system, yet his current serum creatinine level is normal.
The nurse will base the patient's plan of care on the
understanding that there is: Correct Answers a decrease in the
amount of creatinine to be filtered.
CP: Drugs injected intravenously (IV) reach their full strength in
which timeframe? Correct Answers immediately
,CP: What benefit is produced when the drugs become water
soluble (hydrophilic)? Correct Answers The drugs can be
excreted through the kidneys.
CP: What drug administration route should be used to assure the
best bioavailability as any particular drug? Correct Answers
Intravenous
CP: Which route of administration is most likely to cause toxic
effects? Correct Answers Intravenous
Do we use albuterol as first or last drug? Correct Answers We
always want to use albuterol first to open airways so the second
drug can get down
Does albuterol work fast or slow? Correct Answers it works
very fast
Drug B has a half-life of 9 hours. If 300mg is administered at
5:00 p.m, at what amount would the drug be considered to be
completely eliminated? Correct Answers 2 pm
drug class Correct Answers a way of organizing medicines into
different categories
Drug J has a half-life of 5 hours. If 500mg is administered at
8:00 p.m, how much would be eliminated after 15 hours?
Correct Answers 425mg would be eliminated (75mg would be
left)
, Drug V has a half-life of 2 hours. If 450 mg is administered at
4:00 p.m, at what time will the drug be considered eliminated?
Correct Answers 2 am
Drug X has a half-life of 8 hours. If 800mg is administered at
1:00 a.m, how much of the drug would be eliminated after 24
hours? Correct Answers 700mg eliminated, 100mg left
Give a description of leukotriene modifiers Correct Answers
action: block leukotrienes
indication: people with asthma who can't tolerate anticholinergic
adverse effects: depression
How can we measure ability to excrete drugs? Correct Answers
Blood work ( increased creat and BUN), urine test
How do we combat antihistamine side effects? Correct Answers
Dry mouth - water, hard candy
Sedation - take @ night
How do we identify adverse effects? Correct Answers patient
communication, monitoring
How do we identify drugs that may be harmful to developing
fetus? Correct Answers The Pregnancy Risk Category
Clarification section of drug handbook
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