RELIAS RN PHARMACOLOGY EXAM
2025 ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
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GRADED A+ | LATEST EDITION
1. what medication is a leukotriene receptor antagonist?:
Answer Montelukast
2. Which statement made by a person regarding hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ) is
correct?: Answer I should take extra care when standing up or changing positions.
3. A 250mg dose of an oral medication has been ordered. The medication is
supplied only in 100mg tablets. How many tablets would you administer?:
Answer 2.5
4. What medication is considered a potassium-sparing diuretic?: spironolactione (Al-
dactone)
5. You receive report from the off-going nurse that the person being cared for just
received their fourth dose of IV vancomycin that was administered over 30
minutes. Upon assessment of them, you notice their face and neck are red and they
are itching all over. What would you suspect?:
Answer Red man syndrome due to a rapid infusion rate.
, 6. Which of the following would you question if prescribed for a person taking
sildenafil (Viagra?: nitroglycerin
7. You are caring for a person with a capillary blood glucose of 33 mg/dL and
they are unable to tolerate oral intake. Which of the following would you
administer?:
Answer dextrose 50% IV push
8. A physician's written order for the person you are caring for is as follows:
Insulin glargine (Lantus), 10 U, subQ QD. What changes would you suggest for
safety and to avoid the use of "do not use" abbreviations?:
Answer spell out units and daily
9. Which statement, if made by the person you are caring for, reflects the need for
further education regarding a new prescriptions of warfarin (Coumadin)?:
Answer If I get headaches, aspirin is my best options for pain
10. A person is noted to have a penicillin allergy. What medication would you
question of ordered by a physician?:
Answer ceftriaxone
11. You receive and order to start a Heparin drip at 18 units/kg/hr for a person
weighing 75 kg. The heparin comes in a 500 mL bag with 25,000 units. what is
the starting rate of the infusion?:
Answer 27 mL/hr
12. The physician orders 0.5 mg/kg of a medications. The medication is supplied in
a 10 mg/mL solution. The person you are caring for weighs 40 kg. How many mL of
the drug would you administer?f: 2 mL
2025 ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS (PROFESSOR VERIFIED) | ALREADY
GRADED A+ | LATEST EDITION
1. what medication is a leukotriene receptor antagonist?:
Answer Montelukast
2. Which statement made by a person regarding hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ) is
correct?: Answer I should take extra care when standing up or changing positions.
3. A 250mg dose of an oral medication has been ordered. The medication is
supplied only in 100mg tablets. How many tablets would you administer?:
Answer 2.5
4. What medication is considered a potassium-sparing diuretic?: spironolactione (Al-
dactone)
5. You receive report from the off-going nurse that the person being cared for just
received their fourth dose of IV vancomycin that was administered over 30
minutes. Upon assessment of them, you notice their face and neck are red and they
are itching all over. What would you suspect?:
Answer Red man syndrome due to a rapid infusion rate.
, 6. Which of the following would you question if prescribed for a person taking
sildenafil (Viagra?: nitroglycerin
7. You are caring for a person with a capillary blood glucose of 33 mg/dL and
they are unable to tolerate oral intake. Which of the following would you
administer?:
Answer dextrose 50% IV push
8. A physician's written order for the person you are caring for is as follows:
Insulin glargine (Lantus), 10 U, subQ QD. What changes would you suggest for
safety and to avoid the use of "do not use" abbreviations?:
Answer spell out units and daily
9. Which statement, if made by the person you are caring for, reflects the need for
further education regarding a new prescriptions of warfarin (Coumadin)?:
Answer If I get headaches, aspirin is my best options for pain
10. A person is noted to have a penicillin allergy. What medication would you
question of ordered by a physician?:
Answer ceftriaxone
11. You receive and order to start a Heparin drip at 18 units/kg/hr for a person
weighing 75 kg. The heparin comes in a 500 mL bag with 25,000 units. what is
the starting rate of the infusion?:
Answer 27 mL/hr
12. The physician orders 0.5 mg/kg of a medications. The medication is supplied in
a 10 mg/mL solution. The person you are caring for weighs 40 kg. How many mL of
the drug would you administer?f: 2 mL
