in the morning before the child goes to school - ANS Methylphenidate:
A CNS stimulant for (ADHD) in children, dose should be administered
GI complaints, such as diarrhea - ANS Quinidine:
given for dysrhythmias, has the most common side effect of
Have another nurse check th...
HESI-Pharmacology Remediation Exam
Questions And Answers
in the morning before the child goes to school - ANS Methylphenidate:
A CNS stimulant for (ADHD) in children, dose should be administered
GI complaints, such as diarrhea - ANS Quinidine:
given for dysrhythmias, has the most common side effect of
Have another nurse check the prescription.
An important intervention because death can occur from overdose. - ANS Methotrexate:
A disease-modifying antirheumatic drug (DMARD) for rheumatoid arthritis
What is the most important priority to administering this medication?
Clients should be taught to recognize signs of overmedication and undermedication so that they
can modify the dosage themselves based on a prescribed sliding scale. - ANS
Cholinesterase Inhibitor:
given for myasthenia gravis
With a client experiencing fatigue and difficulty swallowing, what action should the nurse take
first?
Schizophrenia and manifestations of psychotic disorder - ANS Phenothiazine antipsychotic
medication is used to treat
Tardive dyskinesia - ANS What extrapyramidal symptom is a permanent and irreversible
adverse effect of long-term phenothiazine administration?
Diarrhea - ANS High doses of vitamin C may cause the adverse effect of
Lipemia is an excess of lipid (fat) in the blood
Antilipemic agents acts to reduce lipids. - ANS What does an Antilipemic do?
With the evening meal.
The enzyme that helps metabolize cholesterol is activated at night. - ANS When is the best
time to take antilipemic drug lovastatin?
Hypotension - ANS Nifedipine reduces peripheral vascular resistance and Nitrates produce
vasodilation, so concurrent use of nitrates with nifedipine can cause
, Pharmacokinetics
definition - ANS The physiologic process of a drug's movement throughout the body and
how the drug's interaction is affected by an underlying disease.
Ipratropium - ANS Clients who have experienced allergic reactions to atropine sulfate and
belladonna alkaloids may also be allergic to
Resistance of the tubercle bacilli. - ANS A multidrug regimen is prescribed for a client with
HIV and TB to prevent the development of
Restlessness, anorexia, nausea, vomiting, insomnia, tachycardia, arrhythmias, and seizures -
ANS Theophylline S/S of toxicity
Allergic to sulfa drug: aspirin, and nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs).
Drug safety for adolescents is not yet established
During the third trimester of pregnancy because they can cause a premature closure of the
patent ductus arteriosus - ANS COX-2 inhibitors are contraindicated for
subcutaneously when given as a prophylaxis for deep vein thrombosis - ANS Enoxaparin is
a low-molecular-weight heparin that should be administered
Protamine sulfate
The antagonist for heparin and is given for episodes of acute hemorrhage. - ANS A client
receiving a continuous infusion of heparin IV starts to hemorrhage from an arterial access site.
Which medication should the nurse anticipate administering to prevent further heparin-induced
hemorrhaging?
Increase in urine output - ANS Dopamine is administered to a client who is hypotensive.
Which finding should the nurse identify as a therapeutic response?
An increase in glomerular filtration caused by increased arterial blood pressure - ANS
Intropin activates dopamine receptors in the kidney and dilates blood vessels to improve renal
perfusion, so an increase in urine output indicates
Naloxone - ANS The nurse is assessing a stuporous client in the emergency department
who is suspected of overdosing with opioids. Which agent should the nurse prepare to
administer if the client becomes comatose?
Respirations decrease to 10 breaths/min. - ANS An 80-year-old client who had a colon
resection yesterday is receiving a constant dose of hydromorphone via a patient-controlled
analgesia (PCA) pump. Which finding requires immediate nursing action?
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