NURS 6521 FINAL EXAM 2024 v3 WINTER QTR
WALDEN UNIVERSITY/ NURS 6521 ADVANCED
PHARMACOLOGY LATEST FINAL EXAM2024 NEW!!
, Administer a tablet under his tongue and repeat the action in 5 and 10 minutes if the
pain has not subsided - CORRECT ANSWERS-A 62-year-old man is admitted to the
hospital with a diagnosis of chest pain. He has an
order for 0.3 mg of sublingual nitroglycerin prn for chest pain. Which of the following
actions should the nurse do first when he complains of chest pain?
increased HR and decrease BP - CORRECT ANSWERS-An expected outcome for a
patient who has just taken sublingual nitroglycerin should
be
10 mg - CORRECT ANSWERS-A patient is to take nifedipine (Procardia) 10 mg PO tid.
How many milligrams will he take per dose?
Nitrate tolerance - CORRECT ANSWERS-A nurse explains to a patient that nitroglycerin
patches should be applied in the morning and removed in the evening. This medication
schedule reduces the potential for ...
Blood pressure - CORRECT ANSWERS-A patient is admitted to the emergency
department with severe chest pain. The
emergency department physician orders intravenous nitroglycerin 5 mcg/min, titrate
dose by 5 mcg/min every 3 to 5 minutes per infusion pump as needed. Before
administering the nitroglycerin, the nurse should prioritize which of the following
assessments?
Dizziness - CORRECT ANSWERS-A nurse is caring for a patient with chronic angina.
The patient is receiving ranolazine
(Ranexa) 500 mg PO bid. Which of the following signs or symptoms would the nurse
attribute to being a common adverse effect of this medication?
crush the capsule and ask the patient to inhale the vapors - CORRECT ANSWERS-A
45-year-old man enters the emergency department complaining of chest pain. The
nurse has an order to administer amyl nitrite. The nurse will...
keep the tablets in the original dark bottle. - CORRECT ANSWERS-A patient is being
discharged home with a prescription for sublingual nitroglycerin.
The nurse will instruct the patient and family to...
don a pair of gloves - CORRECT ANSWERS-A nurse has an order to apply nitroglycerin
topically, twice a day. The nurse's initial
action will be to...
have the patient go into his house and sit or lie down - CORRECT ANSWERS-A patient
calls the clinic and reports that he is having chest pain. The patient states that
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