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Pharmacology Test 1 Bank Exam Practice Questions and Answers |100% Pass The nurse is teaching a patient how a medication works to treat an illness. To do this, the nurse will rely on knowledge of which topic? - Answer-Pharmacotherapeutics What is a desired outcome when a drug is described as ea...

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Pharmacology Test 1 Bank Exam Practice
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The nurse is teaching a patient how a medication works to treat an illness. To do this, the nurse will rely

on knowledge of which topic? - Answer✔✔-Pharmacotherapeutics


What is a desired outcome when a drug is described as easy to administer? - Answer✔✔-It enhances

patient adherence to the drug regimen.


A patient tells the nurse that an analgesic he will begin taking may cause drowsiness and will decrease

pain up to 4 hours at a time. Based on this understanding of the drug's effects by the patient, the nurse

will anticipate which outcome? - Answer✔✔-Improved compliance with the drug regimen.


A patient is using a metered-dose inhaler containing albuterol for asthma. The medication label instructs

the patient to administer "2 puffs every 4 hours as needed for coughing or wheezing." The patient

reports feeling jittery sometimes when taking the medication, and she doesn't feel that the medication is

always effective. Which action is outside the nurse's scope of practice? - Answer✔✔-Suggesting that the

patient use one puff to reduce side effects.


A postoperative patient is being discharged home with acetaminophen for pain. the patient asks the

nurse about using Tylenol for fever. Which statement by the nurse is correct? - Answer✔✔-"Taking the

two medications together poses a risk for drug toxicity"




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The nurse is preparing to care for a patient who will be taking an antihypertensive medication. Which

action by the nurse is part of the assessment step of the nursing process? - Answer✔✔-Questioning the

patient about OTC use


A postoperative patient reports pain, which the patient rates as an 8 on a scale of 1 to 10. The prescriber

has ordered acetaminophen 650mg PO every 6 hours PRN. What will the nurse do? - Answer✔✔-Contact

the provider to request a different analgesic medication.


A patient newly diagnosed with diabetes is to be discharged from the hospital. The nurse teaching the

patient about home management should begin by doing what? - Answer✔✔-Asking the patient to

demonstrate how to measure and administer insulin.


The nurse receives an order to give morphine 5 mg IV every 2 hours PRN for pain. Which action is not

part of the 6 rights of med adm? - Answer✔✔-Assessing the patient's pain level 15 to 30 minutes after

giving the medication.


A patient tells a nurse that a medication prescribed for recurrent migraine headaches is not working.

What will the nurse do? - Answer✔✔-Ask the patient about the number and frequency of tablets taken.


A nurse is preparing to administer medications. Which patient would the nurse consider to have the

greatest predisposition to an adverse reaction? - Answer✔✔-A 30 y/o man with kidney disease


A nurse consults a drug manual before giving a medication to an 80 y/o patient. The manual states that

older-adult patients are at increased risk for hepatic side effects. Which action by the nurse is correct? -

Answer✔✔-Contact the provider to discuss an order for pretreatment laboratory work.




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A patient has been receiving IV penicillin for pneumonia for several days and begins to complain of

generalized itching. The nurse auscultates bilateral wheezing and notes a temperature of 38.5 C (101F).

Which action by the nurse is correct? - Answer✔✔-Hold the next dose and notify the prescriber of the

symptoms


A postoperative patient has orders for morphine sulfate 1 to 2 mg IV every hour PRN for severe pain and

acetaminophen-hydrocodone (Lortab) 7.5 mg PO every 4-6 hours PRN for moderate pain. The patient

reports pain at a level of 8. Which action by the nurse is appropriate? - Answer✔✔-Administer morphine

sulfate 2 mg IV and evaluate the patient's pain in 15-30 minutes


The nurse is teaching a patient about home administration of insulin to treat DM. As part of the

teaching, the patient and nurse identify goals to maintain specific blood glucose ranges. This represents

which aspect of the nursing process? - Answer✔✔-Planning


A nurse educator is conducting a continuing education class on pharmacology. To evaluate the learning

of the nurses in the class, the nurse educator asks, "Which drug name gives information about the drug's

pharmacologic classification? What is the correct response? - Answer✔✔-Amoxicillin


The FDA Amendments Act was passed in 2007 to address which aspect of drug safety? - Answer✔✔-

Evaluating drug safety information that emerges after a drug has been approved and is in use


A nursing students asks a nurse about pharmaceutical research and wants to know the purpose of

randomization in drug trials. The nurse explains that the randomization is used to do what? -

Answer✔✔-To ensure that differences in outcomes are the result of the treatment and not differences in

subjects.




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