ATI Pharmacology Retake 2 Exam
1. When a patient has been receiving sodium nitroprusside for 1 week, the nurse should be alert for:
- thiocyanate
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2. Your patient is taking lisinopril for hypertension. His blood pressure still remains slightly elevated and the physician would like to order a diuretic. Which of the following diuretics would be inappropriate to prescribe?
- triamterene
3. How would the nurse expect calcium channel blockers to physiologically affect the function of the heart?
- Decrease AV node conduction
4. The patient takes insulin for diabetes mellitus. The physician orders atenolol for his hypertension. After medication teaching, the nurse determines that learning has been effective when the patient makes which statement?
- "This medication can enhance the effects of my insulin."
5. Your patient is receiving 40 mg of furosemide every day, enteric-coated aspirin 325 mg every day and digoxin 0.25 mg every day. Your patient suddenly begins complaining of muscle weakness and seeing yellow halos around lights. What are your suspicions?
- digitalis toxicity due to hypokalemia
6. Your patient is experiencing an emergent hypertensive crisis. The provider has ordered nitroprusside. Before administration, you should take action to:
- protect the solution from sunlight/bright light by covering it up
7. Your patient is receiving a beta-blocker for his high blood pressure. He arrives in the ER with complaints of severe dizziness and shortness of breath. As you obtain his apical rate, you notice it is 40 bpm and realize the patient has taken too much of the drug. What antidote should be administered?
- atropine
8. A direct vasodilator that relaxes capacitance vessels (veins) has what beneficial effect in the body?
- Decreases preload
9. Your patient has been diagnosed with unstable angina. What is the anticipated treatment? ("select all that apply")
- Morphine
- Supplemental Oxygen
- Nitroglycerin
- Aspirin
10. In addition to hypertension, alpha-1 blockers, such as doxazosin, may be useful in the treatment of:
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