NR 293 PHARMACOLOGY EXAM 2
ACTUAL EXAM 2024 EXAM
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The nurse is preparing to administer digoxin 0.25 mg
intravenous push to a patient. Which is an expected
patient outcome related to the administration of
digoxin?
Decrease in the heart rate
The patient's serum digoxin level is 0.4 ng/mL. How
does the nurse interpret this laboratory value result
for digoxin?
Below the therapeutic level
A patient prescribed digoxin 0.25 mg and furosemide
40 mg for the treatment of systolic heart failure
states, "I am starting to see yellow halos around
lights." What is the appropriate nursing intervention?
Assess for other symptoms of digoxin toxicity.
,Which are therapeutic effects of digoxin?
Positive inotropic, negative chronotropic, and
negative dromotropic
When teaching a patient regarding the
administration of digoxin, the nurse instructs the
patient not to take this medication with which food?
Wheat brain
A patient weighing 44 lb is prescribed a digoxin
loading dose of 0.03 mg/kg to be administered in
three divided doses. How much will the nurse
administer in each dose?
0.2 mg
Phosphodiesterase inhibitors (PDIs) have an added
advantage in treating heart failure. These drugs
cause a positive inotropic effect and what other
effect?
Vasodilation
The nurse reviews an adult patient's laboratory
values and notes a digoxin level of 11 ng/mL and a
serum potassium level of 6.2 mEq/L. The nurse
would notify the health care provider and anticipate
which medication will be prescribed to administer?
Digoxin immune Fab
, The nurse would question the use of milrinone in a
patient with which condition?
Aortic regurgitation
For a patient receiving a positive inotropic drug,
which nursing assessments should be performed?
Monitor serum electrolytes.
Obtain daily weights
Check apical pulse
Auscultate lung sounds
Before administering a dose of an antidysrhythmic
drug to a patient, what nursing assessment must be
completed?
Check apical pulse and blood pressure.
Which drug class is used to treat both hypertension
and dysrhythmias?
calcium channel blockers
The nurse is caring for a patient prescribed
amiodarone. The nurse knows the MOST serious
adverse effect of this medication can occur in which
body system?
Respiratory
The nurse is caring for a pediatric patient with a
prescription for 0.2 mg/kg bolus of verapamil. What
is the correct dose for a pediatric patient with a
weight of 34 lb?
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