NUR 635 MIDTERM EXAM SPRING -SUMMER PHARM EXAM 100 VEIFIED QUESTIONS GCU 1. A woman who is breastfeeding her infant must take a prescription medication for 2 weeks. The medication is safe, but the patient_ wants to make sure her baby receives as little of the drug as possible. What will the nurse tell the patient_ to do? 2. A pregnant patient_ is in premature labor. Which class of drug will she be given? 3. A patient_ with type 1 diabetes is taking NPH insulin, 30 units every day. A nurse notes that the patient_ is also taking metoprolol [Lopressor]. What education should the nurse provide to the patient_? 4. Which are conditions that may be treated using beta blockers? Select all that apply. 5. A patient_ taking a beta blocker complains of shortness of breath. The patient_ has respirations of 28 breaths/minute, a blood pressure of 162/90 mm Hg, and a pulse of 88 beats/minute. The nurse auscultates crackles in all lung fields. The nurse understands that these assessments are consistent with 6. A prescriber orders clonidine [Kapvay] ER tablets for a 12-year- old child. The nurse understands tha t this drug is being given to treat which condition? 7. A nurse is teaching a group of nurses about Parkinson medications. The nurse is correct to state that one side effect associated with pramipexole [Mirapex] that is less likely to occur with other dopamine agonists is 8. A patient_ is taking a combination oral contraceptive (OC) and tells the nurse that she is planning to undergo knee replacement surgery in 2 months. What will the nurse recommend for t his patient_? 9. An adolescent female patient_ with multiple sexual partners asks a nurse about birth control methods. The patient_ tells the nurse she tried oral contraceptives once but often forgot to take her pills. The nurse will recommend discussing which contraceptive method with the provider? 10. A clinic nurse is assessing an adolescent male patient_ who has been receiving androgen therapy for hypogona dism via a transdermal patch. The patient_’s last clinic visit was 4 weeks earlier. Which part of the interval history is of most concern to the nurse? 11. A patient_ who takes aspirin for rheumatoid arthritis is admitted to the hospital complaining of headache and ringing in the ears. The plasma salicylate level is 300 μg/mL, and the urine pH is 6.0. What will the nurse do? 12. When metronidazole [Flagyl] is a component of the H. pylori treatment regimen, the patient_ must be instructed to do w hat? 13. A patient_ will begin taking iron supplements to treat anemia. The nurse will recommend that the patient_ take the iron with which food to facilitate absorption? 14. A patient_ with cancer is admitted to the hospital. The nurse obtains an admission history and learns that the patient_ has been taking oxycodone and a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) for a year. The patient_ reports a recent increase in the inte nsity of pain, along with a new pain described as “burning” and “shooting.” The nurse anticipates that the prescriber will order 15. A patient_ in her second trimester of pregnancy tells the nurse she is worried that a medication she took before kno wing she was pregnant might have harmed the fetus. What will the nurse do?
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