Pharmacology 1301 Exam 1 || with 100% Errorless Answers.
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Pharmacology 1301
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Pharmacology 1301
A patient is given a prescription for azithromycin (Zithromax) and asks the nurse why the dose on the first day is twice the amount of the dose on the next 4 days. Which reply by the nurse is correct? correct answers "A large initial dose helps to get the drug to optimal levels in the body faster."...
Pharmacology 1301 Exam 1 || with 100% Errorless Answers.
A patient is given a prescription for azithromycin (Zithromax) and asks the nurse why the dose
on the first day is twice the amount of the dose on the next 4 days. Which reply by the nurse is
correct? correct answers "A large initial dose helps to get the drug to optimal levels in the body
faster."
The nurse is teaching a patient how a medication works to treat an illness. To do this, the nurse
will rely on knowledge of: correct answers pharmacotherapeutics.
What does it mean when a drug is described as easy to administer? correct answers It enhances
patient adherence to the drug regimen.
A nurse is caring for a patient who has myasthenia gravis. The prescriber has ordered
neostigmine (Prostigmin). An important initial nursing action before administration of the
medication includes assessing: correct answers swallowing ability.
A nurse is caring for a patient who is taking multiple medications. To help ensure that adverse
drug reactions are prevented or minimized, the nurse will do which of the following? (Select all
that apply.) correct answers Ask the patient about over-the-counter medications used.
Contact the prescriber to request cytochrome P450 levels.
Obtain a thorough diet history.
Answers:
A nurse is explaining activation of beta2 receptors to some student nurses during a clinical
rotation at the hospital. Which statement by a student demonstrates a need for further teaching?
correct answers "Beta2 activation results in contraction of uterine muscle."
A nurse is helping a nursing student who is administering a medication to a patient with
myasthenia gravis. Which statement by the student indicates the need for further teaching?
correct answers "I will let the patient sleep after giving the medication, because rest is
important."
A nurse is preparing to administer a drug. Upon reading the medication guide, the nurse notes
that the drug has been linked to symptoms of Parkinson's disease in some patients. What will the
nurse do? correct answers Observe the patient closely for such symptoms and prepare to treat
them if needed.
A nurse is preparing to teach a forgetful older adult patient about a multiple drug regimen to
follow after discharge from the hospital. To help promote adherence, what will the nurse do?
correct answers Cluster medication administration times as much as possible.
, A nurse is reviewing a patient's medical record before administering a medication. Which
factor(s) can alter the patient's physiologic response to the drug? (Select all that apply.) correct
answers Age
Genetic factors
Gender
A nurse is reviewing nursing actions for emergency treatment of malignant hyperthermia with a
group of nursing students. Which statement by a student indicates a need for further teaching?
correct answers "Analgesics should be given to help with muscle pain."
A nurse is teaching a class to a group of pregnant patients. The nurse correctly teaches that the
highest risk of teratogen-induced gross malformations exists during which time? correct answers
During the first trimester
A nurse is teaching a group of nursing students about neuromuscular blocking agents. For what
may these agents be used? (Select all that apply.) correct answers Electroshock therapy
Mechanical ventilation
Surgery
A nurse is teaching a group of women about medications. The women want to know why so
many drugs have unpredictable effects in women. The nurse will tell them that: correct answers
most known drug effects are based on drug trials in men.
A nurse learns about a drug that interferes with transmitter storage in the PNS. The transmitter
affected by this drug causes an increased heart rate. What response will the nurse expect to see
when this drug is administered? correct answers .
Bradycardia
A nursing student asks the nurse about receptor specificity of adrenergic agonist medications.
What will the nurse say? correct answers "Specificity is relative and is dose dependent."
A patient brought to the emergency department requires sutures. The prescriber orders a local
anesthetic with epinephrine. The nurse understands that epinephrine is ordered to: correct
answers prolong absorption of the anesthetic.
A patient claims to get better effects with a tablet of Brand X of a drug than with a tablet of
Brand Y of the same drug. Both brands contain the same amount of the active ingredient. What
does the nurse know to be most likely? correct answers Tablets can differ in composition and can
have differing rates of disintegration and dissolution, which can alter the drug's effects in the
body
A patient has allergies and takes an antihistamine. The patient wants to know how the drug
works. The nurse understands that antihistamines work because they are what? correct answers
Antagonists
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