Pharm Final 100 Questions With Correct
Answers
1. A nurse is monitoring a client who is receiving Epoetin alfa for adverse effects. The nurse
should identify which of the following findings as an adverse effect of this medication?
a. Edema and hematuria
b. Blurred vision and edema
c. Urinary ...
correct to request an increase in the glucocorticoid dosing.
5. A patient who is an opioid addict has undergone detoxification with buprenorphine [Subutex]
and has been given a prescription for buprenorphine with naloxone [Suboxone]. The patient
asks the nurse why the drug was changed. Which response by the nurse is correct?
a. "Suboxone has a lower risk of abuse."
b. "Suboxone has a longer half-life."
c. "Subutex causes more respiratory depression."
d. "Subutex has more buprenorphine." - answer✔A
The combination of buprenorphine and naloxone [Suboxone] discourages intravenous abuse,
because with IV use, the naloxone precipitates withdrawal; this effect does not occur with
sublingual dosing [Subutex]. Suboxone does not differ from Subutex in terms of drug halflife.
Subutex does not cause more respiratory depression and does not contain more
buprenorphine.
6. A clinic patient who has been taking a glucocorticoid for arthritis for several months remarks
to the nurse, "It's a good thing my symptoms are better, because my mother has been quite ill,
and I have to take care of her." The patient's blood pressure is 100/60 mm Hg. The nurse will
report this to the provider and ask about:
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