Comprehensive Exam: NR293/ NR 293
Pharmacology for Nursing Practice
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Questions and Verified Answers (2023/ 2024
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Q: When is an anti-nausea med?
Answer: Oldasteron
Q: What are side effects of bismuth?
Answer: dark stools and hairy tongue, blue gums
Q: What probiotic would I administer for antibiotic induced diarrhea?
Answer: lacto- bacillus
Q: What does lactulose do?
Answer: excretes ammonia
-good for liver problems
Q: Before administering a laxative what is important to assess for?
Answer: bowel obstruction and illeus
Q: What type of diuretic is spironolactone?
Answer: potassium sparing
-can cause hyperkalemia
Q: Side effects of loop diuretics?
Answer: hypokalemia, hypocalcemia, dehydration, or- thostatic hypotension, constipation,
Q: What is important to remember to when administering diuretics?
Answer: take in the morning and don’t stop abruptly
increase fruits and fiber don’t increase fluids
Q: A heart failure patient has a potassium level of 2.3 what loop diuretic are they on?
Answer: Furosemide
Q: When administering morphine what is important to monitor the patient for?
Answer: constipation, respiratory depression, cns depression
-increase fluids, fiber, and ambulate
Q: What are adverse effects of PTU?
Answer: hypothyroidism, increased bleeding and infection risk due to bone marrow suppression
Q: What is contracted in opioids?
Answer: sleep apnea
Q: what are s/s of TB?
Answer: SOB, cough, weight loss, fatigue, night sweats
Q: If a person is taking an anti-TB what is a sign that it is working?
Answer: night sweats decrease
Q: What is treatment of yeast infections?
Answer: flucanozole
Q: What labs to monitor while taking valproic acid?
Answer: AST/ALT
-can cause jaundice
Q: Benzotripine an antiparkinson has which effects?
Answer: anticholinergic effects
(everything drys up)
Q: What are signs of lithium toxicity?
Answer: nausea, vomit, diarrhea