Kaplan Pharmacology Complete Questions and Answers Exam Prep Guide

Kaplan Pharmacology Complete Questions and Answers Exam Prep Guide

1- The physician orders ear drop for a 3-year-old child with otitis media. The nurse watches the child's parent administer the ear drops. Which of the following observations if made by the nurse would require an intervention?ANS:- The parent pulls the auricle of the child's ear up and back to instill the ear drop.2- A 60-year-old client is taking atrovastatin calcium (Lipitor) for hypercholesterolemia. It is MOST important for the nurse to tell the client to

ANS: - Avoid alcoholic beverage.

3- A 40-year-old patient is to receive an iron preparation by Z-track injection. To correctly administer injection, the nurse.ANS:- Pull the skin and subcutaneous tissue 1.5 inches to the side and inject the medication.4- The nurse is caring for a patient who has been taking prednisone for several months. The nurse knows that which of the following is possible side effect of this medication?

ANS:- Gastric bleeding.

5- The nurse is planning to administer a medication that is classified by the FDA as a Schedule II drug. The nurse knows that this means the medication.

ANS:- Has high potent for abuse.

6- The nurse is monitoring a client who is taking nifedipine (Procardia). Which of the following symptoms if described by the client would require immediate follow up by the nurse?

ANS:- My shoes feel very tight since I started the medication.

7- The physician orders IV administration of magnesium sulfate in 5?xtrose in water for a 40-year-old primigravida. If the patient experiences side effects of the medication the nurse would expect to see.

ANS:- Depressed deep tendon reflexes.

8- The nurse instructs a client who is to put timolol 0.25% eye drops 1 drop into both eyes BID. What statement if made by the client indicates a need for further instruction?

ANS:- After I put the eye drops in my eye, I should put pressure on the outside

corner of my eye.9- The nurse cares for a patient at 28 weeks gestation diagnosed with severe preeclampsia receiving magnesium sulfate IV. If the patient experience magnesium sulfate toxicity, the nurse should expect the patient to receive which of the following?

ANS:- Calcium gluconate.

10- The physician prescribes risperidone (Risperdal) for a patient diagnosed with schizophrenia. The nurse should counsel the patient to be alert for the side effects which include.

ANS:- Headache and drowsiness.

11- The nurse is evaluating a patient's response to lorazepam (Ativan). The nurse would expect the patient to exhibit.

ANS:- Reduced anxiety.

12- The nurse administers isoniazid (INH) and pyridoxine (vitamin B6) to a client with tuberculosis. The client ask why he is receiving vitamin B6. The nurse's response should be based on the knowledge that pyridoxine.

ANS:- Prevents INH-associated neuritis.

13- The nurse observes the behavior of the 25-year-old patient with schizophrenia who is receiving haloperidol (Haldol). The nurse knows that the medication is having a therapeutic effect if the patient.

ANS:- Becomes quiet and unobtrusive.

14- A 63-year-old client returns to the outpatient clinic four days after starting chemotherapy for treatment of colon cancer. To plan care for this client the nurse should recognize that an early side effect of chemotherapy is.

ANS:- Mouth ulceration.

15- A 77-year-old patient diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease is hospitalized for abdominal surgery. The nurse notes that the patient has changed the setting on the IV infusion pump . Instead of receiving 125 ml/hr of 0.9% NaCl, the patient received 250 ml of fluid in one hour. The nurse should assess the patient for.

ANS:- Distended hand veins, elevated blood pressure, and moist lung crackles.

16- A nurse should counsel an adult patient who is being discharged on carbamazepine (Tegretol) to be alert for which of the following side effect?

ANS:- Double vision.

17- The physician prescribes levothyroxine sodium (Synthroid) for a 55-year-old woman. Which of the following statement if made by the client would require immediate follow up by the nurse?

ANS:- Sometimes I feel dizzy and my heart pounds.

18- The school nurse is coordinating the administration of prophylactic rifampicin (Rifadin) to a class of 10th-graders who were exposed to a fellow studied hospitalized with meningococcal meningitis. The nurse should inform the students that they may experience which of the following side effects?

ANS:- Orange-colored tears, saliva and urine.

19- The nurse knows that nitroglycerin therapy is administered to.

ANS:- Dilate blood vessels.

20- The physician orders aluminum hydroxide hydrochloride (Amphojel) for 24- year-old client with a peptic ulcer. The nurse should instruct the client to take the medication.

ANS:- 30 minutes before meals.

21- A nurse is doing a home visit with a patient who is taking oral ferrous sulfate. It is MOST important for the nurse to ask which of the following questions?

ANS:- What color are your bowel movement?

22- A 70-year-old client who has been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease begins treatment with benztropine (Cogentin). The nurse teach the client about the medication. Which statement, if made by the client, should the nurse correct?ANS:- I can expect to have increased sweating and diarrhea while taking Cogentin.23- A patient who is blood type A- is to receive a unit of packed cells. Four units of packed red blood cells are available from the blood bank. The nurse should knows that the patient can receive unit of blood?

ANS:- O-

24- A patient receiving heparin sodium IV for thrombophlebitis. It is MOST important for the nurse to monitor the patient's.

ANS:- Activated partial thromboplastin time.

25- The nurse is processing the physician's medication order for a patient. The order reads, ''Benadryl 25 mg at hour of sleep''. The nurse should.

ANS:- Call the physician and ask for clarification of the order.

26- The nurse is being oriented to a maternity unit at the hospital. The nurse understands that RhoGam is given to.