Verapamil Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Exam 3: NUR280/ NUR 280 (Latest 2023/ 2024) Comprehensive Exam Review (Transition to RN Practice) | Guide with Verified Answers| 100% Correct- Galen Q: with any weird cardiac rhythm first ? Answer: Assess the patient Especially with asystole see if the probes are in place correctly Q: with evidence base practive what is a barrier ? Answer: Money !!!, time, employees Q: Answer: Which rhythm is it? Q: sinus bradycardia treatment Answer: -atropine ...

a nurse is caring for a client who is receiving morphine, what assessment is priority (Ans- RR a nurse is assessing a client who has been using beclomethasone for 2 weeks to manage her asthma, what is the priority to report to the provider (Ans- bronchospasms a nurse is providing teaching to a client who has a new prescription for beclomethasone inhaler to use with an albuterol inhaler for asthma maintenance, what should the nurse instruct? (Ans- you should gargle with water after each...

A patient has recurrent cluster headaches and asks about abortive therapy. Which therapy is effective for a majority of patients with cluster headaches? a. Lithium b. NSAIDs c. Oxygen d. Verapamil - Answer- C. Oxygen A patient reports recurrent headaches occurring 1 or 2 times per month that generally occur with weather changes or when sleep patterns are disrupted and describes them as severe, with throbbing on one side of the head and sometimes accompanied by nausea. What is the recommen...

Pharmacology HESI Review Cardiac Drugs/Diuretics • Digoxin – positive inotrope (increases force of contraction); negative chronotrope (decreases heart rate). How do you assess for this? (Always take AP for a full minute!) • Client with long hx of daily digoxin and furosemide (Lasix) use; creates a high risk for dig toxicity (Lasix can cause hypokalemia, which can lead to dig toxicity) • Digoxin toxicity – know normal digoxin level (0.5 – 2 ng/mL); serum potassium (K+) level (3.5 ...

ATI CAPSTONE PHARMACOLOGY ASSESSMENT 1 2019 NGN QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS A nurse is caring for a client who is receiving morphine. Which of the following assessments is priority? RR A nurse is assessing a client who has been using beclomethasone for 2 weeks to manage her asthma. Which of the following findings is the priority to report to the provider? bronchospasms A nurse is caring for a client who has a prescription for terazosin. The nurse should identify that this medi...

Pearl - Amide- vs. Ester-Type Anesthetics - Answer Amide-type anesthetics can be recognized by the "i" in their name before the"-caine" ending (e.g., lidocaine, bupivacaine, mepivacaine, ropivacaine). Ester-type anesthetics do not contain an "i" before the "-caine" ending (e.g., procaine, benzocaine, cocaine, tetracaine). Hypersensitivity to one type of drug in an anesthetic class, such as the ester-type procaine, does not confer cross-reactivity to drugs within the opposite anesth...

Clonodine CORRECT ANSWER Has several off-label uses including: alcohol and nicotine withdrawal and post therapeutic neuralgia Guanfacine CORRECT ANSWER hypertension drug that has also been approved to use for ADHD Ramelteon (Rozerem) CORRECT ANSWER Insomnia med that does not have inverse risk for patients engaging in activities while somnolent with no memory of having taking pill Common mistakes practitioners make in treating anxiety disorders CORRECT ANSWER General diagnosis and follow...

Warfarin interactions - ANSWER-FLAMES o Fluconazole o Levofloxacin (really increase INR) o Amiodarone (worse interaction - decrease warfarin dose *by 50%*) o Metronidazole (decrease warfarin dose *by 1/3*) o Erythromycin (macrolides in general but this one is the worse) o Sulf-TMP CYP Inducers - ANSWER-PS PORCS o Phenytoin o Smoking o Phenobarbital o Oxcarbazepine (and eslicarbamazepine) o Rifampin o Carbamazepine (and its auto-inducer) o St. John's wort CYP Inhibitor...

NURS 6521 MIDTERM PRACTICE EXAM WITH CORRECT ANSWERS In order to promote therapeutic drug effects, the Nurse Practitioner should always encourage patients to - CORRECT ANSWER-take their medication at the prescribed times. A female patient with a diagnosis of type 1 diabetes mellitus has been experiencing increasing neuropathic pain in recent months, a symptom that has not responded appreciably to conventional analgesics. The patient's care provider has begun treatment with gabapen...

HESI MED SURGE II Exam Questions and Answers 2024 (Graded A) Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is suspected when: -Answer-A) hypoxemia persists despite supplemental 100 percent of oxygen. Major respiratory problems related to pathophysiology of ARDS include: -Answer- pulmonary edema caused by increased membrane permeability. A client is admitted with a medical diagnosis of Addisonian crisis. When completing the admission assessment, the nurse expects this client to exhibit which ...