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NURS 2060 Pharmacology WGU D116
WGU NURS 2060 D116 Midterm and Final Exam
Course Title and Number: NURS 2060 Pharmacology WGU
D116 Exam
Exam Title: WGU NURS 2060 D116 Midterm and Final Exam
Exam Date: Exam 2024- 2025
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D116 2024-2025 NURS 2060 WGU D116 Adv Pharm
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A patient asks his provider to explain what drug
tolerance means.
The provider responds by telling the patient that when
tolerance occurs, it means the patient __________. -
Answer>> may need increased amounts of the drug
over time
When tolerance develops, a dose increase may be
needed because a decreased response may occur with
prolonged use
A group of nursing students asks a nurse to explain the
blood-brain barrier.
The nurse would be correct to say that the blood-brain
barrier __________. - Answer>> Prevents some
potentially toxic substances from crossing into the
central nervous system
Infants are more sensitive to CNS drugs and require
lower doses
Prevents highly ionized and protein-bound drugs from
entering
Allows lipid-soluble drugs drugs and drugs that use
specific transport systems to enter
A pregnant patient is in premature labor.
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Which class of drug will she be
given? - Answer>> Beta 2
agonist (helper)
Part of the peripheral adrenergic receptor subtypes
(epi/norepi)
Beta2 agonists cause relaxation of the uterine muscles,
slowing or stopping the contractions that precipitate
labor
*Beta2 ANTagonist would increase constriction of the
uterine muscles*
What type of drug class has effects on the heart and
arterioles? - Answer>> Alpha1 agonist
Anticcholinergic drugs are given for what effects? -
Answer>> Urinary and GI tracts
They do not affect the urine muscles
A nurse is explaining the activation of beta-2 receptors
to nursing students during a clinical rotation at the
hospital.
Which statement by a student demonstrates a need for
further teaching? - Answer>> "Beta2 activation
results in contraction of the uterine muscles"
*Beta2 activation DOES result in vasodilation of skeletal
muscles, bronchodilation, and glycogenolysis, and
RELAXATION of uterine muscles*
A provider is teaching a patient about a medication that
alters the sympathetic nervous system functions. To
evaluate understanding, the provider asks the patient
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to describe which functions the
sympathetic nervous system
regulates.
Which answer indicates the need for further teaching? -
Answer>> "The digestive functions of the body"
All apart of the sympathetic nervous system:
1. fight or flight
2. cardiovascular system
3. body temperature
A patient is experiencing toxic side effects from
atropine, including delirium and hallucinations.
Which medication will the provider ask the nurse to
administer? - Answer>> Physostigmine (Mestinon,
Regonol)
Drug of choice for treating poisoning from atropine and
other drugs that cause muscarinic blockage ie: atropine
(Muscarinic Antagonist)
What drug is used to treat Alzheimer's Disease? -
Answer>> Donepezil
A patient who has myasthenia gravis will be taking
neostigmine.
What should the nurse emphasize when teaching this
patient about the medication? - Answer>> Take a
supplementary dose before exercise
You have ordered pilocarpine. You understand that the
drug stimulates muscarinic receptors.
Which action would you expect the drug to have? -
Answer>> Lowering of intraocular pressure in pts with
glaucoma
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