NURS-6521N-3/NURS-6521C-3-Advanced Pharmacology2022
• Question 1
1 out of 1 points
It is determined that a patient, who is in a hepatic
... [Show More] coma, needs a laxative. Lactulose is prescribed. Which of the following should the nurse monitor to assess the efficacy of the lactulose therapy?
Selected Answer:
Blood ammonia levels
• Question 2
0 out of 1 points
The Nurse Practitioner is prescribing Salmeterol (Serevent) inhaler for a patient with asthma. What instructions would be correct to provide the patient?
Selected Answer:
"You should use this medication for acute symptoms and can repeat it every 4 hours as needed"
• Question 3
1 out of 1 points
A 20-year-old woman calls the clinic at 5 PM and reports to the Nurse Practitioner that she forgot to take her morning dose of fexofenadine (Allegra). She usually takes her evening dose at 8 PM. She wants to know what she should do. The Nurse
Practitioner will instruct her to
Selected Answer:
forget about the morning dose and take the evening dose.
• Question 4
1 out of 1 points
Which of the following affects drug distribution throughout the body?
Selected Answer:
Protein binding
• Question 5
1 out of 1 points
A homeless man who is well known to care providers at the local hospital has been admitted to the emergency department after having a seizure outside a mall. The man is known to be a heavy alcohol user and is malnourished with a very low body mass index. How are this patient's characteristics likely to influence possible treatment with phenytoin?
Selected Answer:
The patient's protein deficit will likely increase the levels of the free drug in his blood.
• Question 6
1 out of 1 points
Decongestants are recommended to use in which of the following patients?
Selected Answer:
patients with otitis media
• Question 7
1 out of 1 points
A 70-year-old woman with a history of atrial fibrillation takes digoxin and verapamil to control her health problem. Verapamil achieves a therapeutic effect by
Selected Answer:
inhibiting the movement of calcium ions across the cardiac muscle cell membrane.
• Question 8
1 out of 1 points
A patient has been prescribed a Scheduled 5 drug, an example of this drug is
Selected Answer:
Antitussives
• Question 9
1 out of 1 points
A 79-year-old patient in a long-term care facility is to receive an intravenous fat emulsion. Which of the following lab values would be a priority for the nurse to assess before administration?
Selected Answer:
Triglyceride levels
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