In reviewing a patient's drug history, the nurse must be aware that which drug name may have various names? Trade
The nurse administers naloxone [Narcan] to a patient who has received a toxic dose of morphine sulfate. The nurse understands that the naloxone is effective because of which action? Pr...
NUR 350 Week 1 Quiz Questions and
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In reviewing a patient's drug history, the nurse must be aware that which drug name
may have various names? ✅Trade
The nurse administers naloxone [Narcan] to a patient who has received a toxic dose of
morphine sulfate. The nurse understands that the naloxone is effective because of
which action? ✅Preventing activation of opioid receptors through antagonist actions
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? ✅Questioning the patient about over-the-counter medications
A provider has written an order for a medication: drug × 100 mg PO every 6 hours. The
half-life for the drug is approximately 6 hours. The nurse is preparing to administer the
first dose at 8:00 AM on Tuesday. On Wednesday, when will the serum drug level reach
plateau? ✅8:00AM
It takes four half-lives for a drug to reach plateau.
The nurse is preparing to administer penicillin G intramuscularly to a child. The child's
parents ask why the drug cannot be given in an oral liquid form. What is the nurse's
reply? ✅"This drug would be inactivated by enzymes in the stomach"
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?" Which is the
correct response? ✅Amoxicillin
Which of these laboratory results would the nurse recognize as most significant when
considering excretion of drugs? ✅Depressed renal function
A patient is receiving digoxin twice daily. When assessing the patient before giving a
dose, the nurse counts a pulse of 60 beats per minute and learns that the patient is
experiencing nausea. The nurse consults a drug manual and verifies that the ordered
dose is correct. What should the nurse do? ✅Contact the provider to report the
symptoms
Two nurses are discussing theories of drug-receptor interaction. Which statements are
true regarding the affinity of a drug and its receptor? (Select all that apply.) ✅~Affinity
refers to the strength of the attraction between a drug and its receptor
~Drugs with high affinity are strongly attracted to their receptors
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