NURS-6521N-32 Advanced Pharmacology.2019 EXAM
Course NURS-6521N-32,Advanced Pharmacology.2019 Winter Qtr 11/25- 02/16-PT27
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1 hour, 43 minutes out of 2 hours
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hyperglyce mia
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State Law
A patient with a long history of alcohol abuse has been admitted to an acute medical unit with signs and symptoms of hepatic encephalopathy. His current medication orders include QID doses of oral lactulose. What desired outcomes should the nurse associate with this drug order?
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Patient will express relief from constipation.
A Nurse Practitioner is providing care for a 71-year-old woman who was sponsored to emigrate from Mexico to the United States 6 months ago. Earlier this week, the woman slipped while getting off a bus and fractured her hip. How should the woman's nurse best exemplify cultural competence in the care of this patient?
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Consider dimensions of the woman's cultural background when planning care.
A 72-year-old female patient is prescribed ipratropium aerosol for pulmonary emphysema. The nurse will instruct her to "test spray" the new metered-dose inhaler (MDI) three times before using it to prevent which of the following?
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Anaphylactoid reaction
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omit the dose if the meal does not contain fat.
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The medications should be taken at least 2 hours apart.
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an elixir.
A 47-year-old woman has been diagnosed with open-angle glaucoma. Pilocarpine drops are prescribed. The nurse's assessment reveals that the patient has worn soft contact lenses for 15 years. The nurse will instruct the patient to
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remove the contact lenses before applying the drops.
A patient has GERD and is taking ranitidine (Zantac). She continues to have gastric discomfort and asks whether she can take an antacid. Which of the following is an appropriate response by the nurse?
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"Yes, but be sure to wait at least 2 hours to take the antacid after you take the ranitidine."
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The parietal cells of the stomach have H2 receptors but not H1 receptors.
A 55-year-old man's hypertension has not responded adequately to his current medication regimen consisting or an ACE inhibitor, a beta-blocker and a thiazide diuretic. As a result, he will soon begin taking hydralazine (Apresoline) in addition to his existing antihypertensives. The addition of this medication to his regimen means that the nurse must prioritize which of the following nursing actions?
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Frequent assessment of the patient's cardiac status
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A 47-year-old female with hypertension
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drugs containing pseudoephedrine are available without a prescription but are kept off pharmacy shelves.
In which of the following patients would a Nurse Practitioner expect to experience alterations in drug metabolism?
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A 62-year-old woman in acute renal failure
A Nurse Practitioner has been administering a drug to a patient intramuscularly (IM). The physician discontinued the IM dose and wrote an order for the drug to be given orally. The Nurse Practitioner notices that the oral dosage is considerably higher than the parenteral dose and understands that this due to
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first-pass effect.
Mr. Lacuna is an 83-year-old resident of a long-term care facility who has a diagnosis of moderate Alzheimer disease. Mr. Lacuna's physician recently prescribed oral rivastigmine, but he was unable to tolerate the drug due to its gastrointestinal effects. As a result, he has been ordered the transdermal patch form of the medication. When administering this form of rivastigmine, the nurse should
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apply the patch to Mr. Lacuna's back to reduce the chance that he will remove it.
A teenage boy has undergone a diagnostic workup following several months of persistent, bloody diarrhea that appears to lack an infectious etiology. The boy has also experienced intermittent abdominal pain and has lost almost 15 pounds this year. Which of the following medications is most likely to treat this boy's diagnosis?
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Mesalamin e
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Taking several drugs simultaneously [Show Less]