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Pharm Exam 1 Questions and Answers |100% Pass An 86-year-old patient is being discharged to home on drug therapy for hyperthyroidism and has very little information regarding the medication. Which statement best reflects a realistic outcome of patient teaching activities? a. The patient and pa...

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An 86-year-old patient is being discharged to home on drug therapy for hyperthyroidism and

has very little information regarding the medication. Which statement best reflects a realistic

outcome of patient teaching activities?


a. The patient and patient's daughter will state the proper way to take the drug.


b. The nurse will provide teaching about the drug's adverse effects.


c. The patient will state all the symptoms of toxicity of the drug.


d. The patient will call the prescriber if adverse effects occur. - Answer✔✔-A


A patient has a new prescription for a blood pressure medica-tion that may cause him to feel

dizzy during the first few days of therapy. Which is the best human needs statement for this

situation?


a. Physical activity


b. Physical safety


c. Freedom pain


d. Interchange of gases - Answer✔✔-B



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A patient's medical record includes an order that reads as follows: "Atenolol 25 mg once daily at

0900." Which action by the nurse is correct?


a. The nurse does not give the drug.


b. The nurse gives the drug orally.


c. The nurse gives the drug intravenously.


d. The nurse contacts the prescriber to clarify the dosage route. - Answer✔✔-D


The nurse is compiling a drug history for a patient. Which questions from the nurse will obtain

the most information from the patient? (Select all that apply.)


a. "Do you use sleeping pills to get to sleep?"


b. "Do you have a family history of heart disease?"


c. "When you have pain, what do you do to relieve it?"


d. "Did you have the mumps as a child?"


e. "Tell me about what happened when you had the allergic reaction to penicillin."


f. "What herbal products or over-the-counter medications do you use?" - Answer✔✔-C, E, F


A 77-year-old man who has been diagnosed with an upper respiratory tract infection tells the

nurse that he is allergic to penicillin. Which is the most appropriate response by the nurse?


a. "Many people are allergic to penicillin."


b. "This allergy is not of major concern because the drug is given so often."


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c. "What type of reaction did you have when you took penicillin?"


d. "Drug allergies don't usually occur in older individuals due to built-up resistance to allergic

reactions." - Answer✔✔-C


The nurse is preparing a care plan for a patient who has been newly diagnosed with type 2

diabetes mellitus. Which of these reflect the correct order of the steps of the nursing process?


a. Assessment, planning, human needs statement, implementation, evaluation


b. Evaluation, assessment, human needs statement, planning, implementation


c. Human needs statement, assessment, planning, implementation, evaluation


d. Assessment, human needs statement, planning, implementation, evaluation - Answer✔✔-D


The nurse is reviewing new medication orders that have been written for a newly admitted

patient. The nurse will need to clarify which orders? (Select all that apply.)


a. metformin (Glucophage) 1000 mg PO twice a day


b. sitagliptin (Januvia) 50 mg daily


c. simvastatin (Zocor) 20 mg PO every evening


d. irbesartan (Avapro) 300 mg PO once a day


e. docusate (Colace) as needed for constipation - Answer✔✔-B, E


The nurse is reviewing data collected from a medication history. Which of these data are

considered objective data? (Select all that apply.)


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