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Final Exam NUR350 Latest Update The nurse is educating a patient on foods to avoid because the foods cause an undesired high effect of the medication. The nurse understa nds that the patient is correct with which of the following medications: - Answer Grape fruit juice and statins MAOIs and tyramine Fiber and digoxin Milk and tetracyclines "Off-label" means that a drug: - Answer Th effect of the drug is not its primary use The nursing student understands that the biggest differe nce between children 1-12 and adults is which of the following - Answer Children have a faster me tabolism Nurses need to teach clients when each medication is to be taken in relation to meals because food may: - Answer Food may reduce rate or extent of dr ug absorption The nurse is taking a health history on a patient who has bee n prescribed a drug with anticholinergic properties. While collecting the health history, what should the nurse specifically assess for? - Answer Glaucoma Discharge planning for patients leaving the hospital should inclu de instructions on the use of over the counter (OTC) drugs. Which comment by the patie nt would demonstrate a good understanding of OTC drugs? - Answer OTC medications can cau se serious harm if not taken according to directions The nurse is assessing a patient who comes to the emergency depa rtment with swelling of face/neck, difficulty breathing, and palpitations following a bee sting. The nurse prepares to administer which of the following drugs? - Answer E pinephrine The nurse caring for a patient receiving a vasodilator drug notes that his pulse has increased to 110 beats per minute. Which of the following drug s might be added to counteract this acceleration in pulse? - Answer Beta blocker s, propranolol A nurse is teaching parents how to use an Epi-Pen for their child. Which s tatement by the parents indicates understanding of the of the teaching? - Answer Go to the ER after use A client is receiving a drug that is an alpha-and-beta adrenergic re ceptor agonist. The nurse should assess the client for what possible side effects to this medication? - Answer Hypertension While studying for the test, the nursing student encounters the follo wing drug: papaverine (Pavabid). What does the nursing student identify th e name papaverine as? - Answer Generic name A client is brought to the emergency department having ingested some wild mushrooms. The nurse notes the client is salivating profusely and has a blood pressure of 70/40 and a pulse of 48 bpm. What drug will the nurse expect to administer? - Answer Atropine A breast-feeding patient has been given a prescription medic ation. The physician assures her that the drug is safe. The mother is concerned but wants to continue breast-feeding. The nurse should instruct the patient to: - Answer Take the medication right after breast-feeding The nurse understands that the effect between morphine and naloxone is considered which of the following interactions: - Answer Beneficial inhibit ory interaction The nurse is reviewing medication that the 32-week pregnant mo ther is taking which medication would be most concerning for the nurse? - Answ er Category X drugs Heroin is a drug with the greatest potential for abuse and no recognized medical use i n the US. Under what category would heroin be classified? - Answer Le vel 1 The nurse is educating new nurses on the ways to decrease medicat ion errors. Which of the following if said by the new nurse would require further educati on? - Answer TIPS: use a computerized order entry system, bar-codes that match pt s armband, medication reconciliation, avoid error prone abbreviations, Encourage pts a nd families to be active members of the healthcare team The nurse administers albuterol to a patient who has asthma. Th e albuterol acts by stimulating beta2-adrenergic receptors to cause bronchodilat ion. The nurse understands that albuterol is beta-adrenergic: - Answer Agonist Which of the following neurotransmitters is associated with activat ion of muscarinic (cholinergic) receptors? - Answer Acetylcholine What conditions may be treated using alpha blockers? - Answer Hy pertension Prostate problems in men A drug that elicits only those responses for which it is given is cons idered to be - Answer Selective What is the most important property of an ideal drug? - Answer Eff ectiveness A pregnant woman develops hypertension. Which of the following dr ugs would the nurse expect to be ordered? - Answer Methyldopa, Labetalol The process by which a drug moves from its site of administration into the venous or lymphatic circulation is termed: - Answer Absorption Which of the following nursing actions is important before the a dministration ofThe benefits of buying summaries with Stuvia:
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