NURS 6521N Advanced Pharmacology Week 5 Quiz (NURS 6521N Advanced Pharmacology Week 5 Quiz)

NURS 6521 Week 6 Quiz 1. Following an assessment by her primary care provider, a 70-year-old resident of an assisted living facility has begun taking daily oral doses of levothyroxine. Which of the following assessment findings should prompt the nurse to withhold a scheduled dose of levothyroxine? 2. A clinic nurse is following a 9-year-old boy who is taking somatropin. Which of the following will the nurse monitor periodically? 3. A patient receives 25 units of NPH insulin at 7.AM. At what tim...

NURS 6521 Week 5 Quiz 1. A nurse who provides care on an acute medicine unit has frequently recommended the use of nicotine replacement gum for patients who express a willingness to quit smoking during their admission or following their discharge. For which of the following patients would nicotine gum be contraindicated? 2. A patient who is experiencing acute alcohol withdrawal is being treated with intravenous lorazepam (Ativan). This drug achieves a therapeutic effect by 3. A patient is suffe...

NURS 6521 Week 5 Quiz 1. A homeless man who is well known to care providers at the local hospital has been admitted to the emergency department after having a seizure outside a mall. The man is known to be a heavy alcohol user and is malnourished with a very low body mass index. How are this patient's characteristics likely to influence possible treatment with phenytoin? 2. A patient has been hospitalized for treatment of substance abuse after being arrested and jailed for the past 24 hours. T...