Nursing 350 Pharmacology Review Questions and Correct Answers
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NUR 350
Institution
NUR 350
The nurse is teaching a patient about taking warfarin and asks if the patient takes aspirin. This assessment by the nurse reflects a knowledge of which type of drug interaction?
a. creation of unique effects b. increased therapeutic effects c. inhibitory effects d. potentiative effects D. potentia...
Nursing 350 Pharmacology Review
Questions and Correct Answers
The nurse is teaching a patient about taking warfarin and asks if the patient takes
aspirin. This assessment by the nurse reflects a knowledge of which type of drug
interaction?
a. creation of unique effects
b. increased therapeutic effects
c. inhibitory effects
d. potentiative effects ✅D. potentiative effects
A patient taking a beta blocker complains of shortness of breath. The patient has
respirations of 28 breaths per minute, a blood pressure of 162/90 mm Hg, and a pulse
of 88 beats per minute. The nurse auscultates crackles in all lung fields. The nurse
understands that these assessments are consistent with:
a. bronchoconstriction.
b. left-sided heart failure.
c. rebound cardiac excitation.
d. sinus bradycardia. ✅B. left-sided heart failure
A pregnant patient in active labor receives a drug screen that reveals that the patient is
an active heroin addict. The nurse who cares for the neonate after delivery should
anticipate which clinical manifestations?
a. passivity and flat affect
b. diarrhea and salivation
c. a shrill cry and irritability ✅C. a shrill cry and irritability
Many medications list side effects that include dry mouth, constipation, and urinary
retention. What kinds of effects are these?
a. alpha adrenergic
b. anticholinergic
c. beta adrenergic
d. sympathetic ✅B. anticholinergic
A patient is receiving digoxin daily. When assessing a patient before giving a dose, the
nurse counts a pulse of 64 beats per minute and learns that the patient is experiencing
halo looking shadows around lights. After verifying in the chart that the dose is correct,
what action should be taken next? ✅call the healthcare provider and report the
symptoms
, A patient is given a prescription for an antibiotic and she asks the nurse why her dose
on the first day is so much larger than that on the following days. Which statement
would be best given at this time?
a. "A large initial dose helps to get the drug to optimal levels in the body faster."
b. "The first dose is larger to minimize the first pass effect of the liver."
c. "The four smaller doses help the body taper the amount of drug more gradually."
d. "Tubular reabsorption is faster with initial doses, so more is needed at first." ✅A. "A
large initial dose helps to get the drug to optimal levels in the body faster."
Dopamine is administered to a patient who has been experiencing hypotensive
episodes. Other than an increase in blood pressure, which indicator would the nurse
use to evaluate a successful response?
a. decrease in pulse
b. increase in urine output
c. weight gain
d. improved gastric motility ✅B. increase in urine output
A parent asks a nurse about giving diphenhydramine [Benadryl] to a child to relieve
symptoms. Which response by the nurse is correct?
a. "Benadryl must be given in higher doses to provide relief for cold symptoms."
b."Intranasal glucocorticoids are more effective for treating cold symptoms."
c."Nasal antihistamines are more effective for treating cold symptoms."
d."Because histamine doesn't cause cold symptoms, Benadryl would not be effective."
✅D. "Because histamine doesn't cause cold symptoms, Benadryl would not be
effective."
A patient who came into the emergency room post car accident states he is having pain
rated 10/10 on the numeric pain scale. Which of the following would be the best
medication to give at this time?
a. 60 mg morphine sulfate PO
b. 75 mg meperidine (Demerol) intramuscularly
c. 6 mg morphine sulfate intravenously
d. Fentanyl (Duragesic) patch 50 mcg transdermally ✅C. 6 mg morphine sulfate
intravenously
A prescriber has ordered methyldopa for a patient with hypertension. The nurse teaches
the patient about drug actions, adverse effects, and the ongoing blood tests necessary
with this drug. The nurse is correct to tell the patient what?
a. "If you have a positive Coombs' test result, you will need to discontinue the
medication, because this means you have hemolytic anemia."
b. "Methyldopa can be used for its analgesic effects and for its hypertensive effects."
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