Diltiazem - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

NR571/ NR 571 Midterm Exam (Latest 2024/ 2025 Update) Complex Diagnosis & Management in Acute Care Review| Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct |Grade A – Chamberlain Q: The AGACNP is called to see a patient who is ready for discharge after a carotid endarterectomy. The patient is altered and began complaining of new headache this morning. The current vital signs are as follows : heart rate (HR) 116 beats/min, blood pressure (BP) 170/90 mmHg, and temperature 99°F. What orders shou...

NUR 265 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS graded A What is pericarditis? - Inflammation/ infection of the periardial sac What are S/S of pericarditis? - Chest pain -Sharp, stabbing -Behind breast bone -Left side of chest -Elevated with tripod position -SOB-oxygen -Low grade temp -Relieved with positioning -worse on inspiration -pericardial friction rub What are S/S of endocarditis? -Fever- night sweats, malaise, chills, fatigue -Anorexia and weight loss -Cardiac murmur...

Exam 2: NUR 210/ NUR210 (NEW 2023/ 2024) Principles of Pharmacology Exam Review| Guide with Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct| Galen QUESTION Calcium Channel Blockers? Answer: Diltiazem QUESTION Diltiazem? Answer: unstable angina QUESTION Diltiazem side effects? Answer: dizziness headache flusing QUESTION Diltiazem adverse reactions? Answer: hypotension bradycardia a-fib reflux tachycardia QUESTION Diltiaz...

Exam 3: NSG533/ NSG 533 (New 2023/ 2024 Update) Advanced Pharmacology Exam Review| Guide with Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct QUESTION how to treat hypertension a. Step 1: ACE inhibitor or ARB or CCB or thiazide diuretic b. Step 2: ACE inhibitor or ARB + CCB or thiazide diuretic c. Step 3: ACE inhibitor or ARB + CCB + thiazide diuretic Step 4: ACE inhibitor or ARB + CCB + thiazide diuretic + spironolactone QUESTION Avoid CCB in patients with Answer: hea...

Exam 3: NSG 124 / NSG124 (NEW 2024 / 2025 Update) Pharmacology | Review with Questions and Verified Answers | 100% Correct | Graded A - Herzing Q: Calcium Channel Blockers general info Answer: - first line drug for hypertension - blocks calcium ions access to cells causing decreased demand for oxygen, decreased contractility - avoid GRAPEFRUIT juice Ex: Amlodipine, Verapamil, Diltiazem, Nifedipine Q: calcium channel blockers adverse effects Answer: - heart failure - dysrhythmias - Stevens-Johnso...

Exam 3: NSG 124/ NSG124 (NEW 2024/ 2025 Update) Pharmacology | Review with Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct| Graded A- Herzing Q: Calcium Channel Blockers general info Answer: - first line drug for hypertension - blocks calcium ions access to cells causing decreased demand for oxygen, decreased contractility - avoid GRAPEFRUIT juice Ex: Amlodipine, Verapamil, Diltiazem, Nifedipine Q: calcium channel blockers adverse effects Answer: - heart failure - dysrh...

Exam 4: NURS 5463 (Latest 2024/ 2025 Update) Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct| Grade A- UTA Q: establish prognosis in acutely decompensated HF? Answer: natriuretic peptides and cardiac troponin Q: avoid in asymptomatic HF patients due to negative inotropic effect? Answer: nondihydropyridine CCB- Verapamil & Diltiazem Q: place prophylactic ICD? Answer: prevention of cardiac death in post MI patients with reduced EF <30% in Stage B HF Q:...

NSG124/ NSG 124 Exam 3: (Latest 2024/ 2025 Update) Pharmacology Review| Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct| Grade A – Herzing Q: when taking calcium channel blockers...what food should you avoid? Answer: - grapefruit Q: why should you avoid grapefruit when taking calcium channel blockers? Answer: it raises levels of verapamil and diltiazem...results in toxicity Q: calcium channel blockers common adverse effects? Answer: -headache -flushing -periph. ed...

The process by which the body break down and coverts a medication into active subtance is know as metabolism The term NOT associated with the pharmacokinetics of a drug is Pharmacodynamics R ationale: Pharmacokinetics can be simply described as the study of 'what the body does to the drugs' and includes: the rate and extend to which drugs are absorbed and distributed to body tissue; the rate and pathways by which drugs are eliminated from the body by metabolism and excretion; and the relations...

Medical-Surgical RN A Prophecy Relias Exam| Questions and 100% Correct Verified Answers| 2023/ 2024 New Update QUESTION The provider gives you a telephone order to explain a surgical procedure to your patient and obtain surgical consent. How should you respond? Answer: Inform the provider that explaining the procedure is outside the nurse's scope of practice. QUESTION The patient has diltiazem HCl (Cardizem CD) ordered and is requesting the capsule be mixed into her...