NUR 350 REVIEW QUESTIONS WITH 100%
CORRECT ANSWERS
A patient is taking a new px of Bethanechol and reports profuse salivation and visual
disturbances. What is the first action for the nurse?
Give atropine
A patient is given atropine. After 30 minutes the patient reports being hot, is dry and
flushed. What is the first action for the nurse?
Give physostigmine
Drug for overactive bladder
Oxybuynin
Increases BP, tx for anaphylactic socks; must go to hospial if useing pen form
Epinephrine
Use for shock and HF, must be dispensed in adequous solutions
Dopamine
Drugs like Praz(osin) are most often used for
HTN and BPH
What is a nursing intervention that must be done prior to giving BB
Check the patients baseline HR and BP
Elevates glucose, decreases K, increases Na and water; suppresses immune response
Glucocorticoids
What should the nurse question with a patient on Prednisone?
Live vaccines
Phentoin therapeutic range
10-20 mcg/mL
ADR of Phenotin
Gingival hyperplasia and SJS
ADR of Lamotrigine
Asepic meningitis (stiff neck)
, HF drug 1st line for fluid overload
Diuretics
What must the nurse do before giving Digoxin
Check the apical rate (hold if less than 60)
ADR for Digoxin
Hypokelemia, cardiac dysrhythmias
A patient present with visual impairments, stating that they see halos around lights. What
might this patient have
Digoxin toxicity
Treat digoxin toxicity with
Digifab
Which vasodilatior is the fastest
Sodium Nitroprusside (works in seconds)
If a patient has a BP of 193/95 what medication should the nurse give them?
Sodium Nitroprusside
ADR of sodium nitroprusside
Cyanide poisioning and severe hypotension
What must the nurse do before giving Morphine or any opioid
Check respiratory basline rate
What is the most common ADR for opioids
Constipation
What is the most serious ADR for opioids
Respiratory depression
Which opioid is used as a cough suppressant
Codine
What medication do you give for benzodiazepine overdose
Flumazenil
What medication do you give for barbituate toxicity
There is no reversal agent; activated charcoal and O2
CORRECT ANSWERS
A patient is taking a new px of Bethanechol and reports profuse salivation and visual
disturbances. What is the first action for the nurse?
Give atropine
A patient is given atropine. After 30 minutes the patient reports being hot, is dry and
flushed. What is the first action for the nurse?
Give physostigmine
Drug for overactive bladder
Oxybuynin
Increases BP, tx for anaphylactic socks; must go to hospial if useing pen form
Epinephrine
Use for shock and HF, must be dispensed in adequous solutions
Dopamine
Drugs like Praz(osin) are most often used for
HTN and BPH
What is a nursing intervention that must be done prior to giving BB
Check the patients baseline HR and BP
Elevates glucose, decreases K, increases Na and water; suppresses immune response
Glucocorticoids
What should the nurse question with a patient on Prednisone?
Live vaccines
Phentoin therapeutic range
10-20 mcg/mL
ADR of Phenotin
Gingival hyperplasia and SJS
ADR of Lamotrigine
Asepic meningitis (stiff neck)
, HF drug 1st line for fluid overload
Diuretics
What must the nurse do before giving Digoxin
Check the apical rate (hold if less than 60)
ADR for Digoxin
Hypokelemia, cardiac dysrhythmias
A patient present with visual impairments, stating that they see halos around lights. What
might this patient have
Digoxin toxicity
Treat digoxin toxicity with
Digifab
Which vasodilatior is the fastest
Sodium Nitroprusside (works in seconds)
If a patient has a BP of 193/95 what medication should the nurse give them?
Sodium Nitroprusside
ADR of sodium nitroprusside
Cyanide poisioning and severe hypotension
What must the nurse do before giving Morphine or any opioid
Check respiratory basline rate
What is the most common ADR for opioids
Constipation
What is the most serious ADR for opioids
Respiratory depression
Which opioid is used as a cough suppressant
Codine
What medication do you give for benzodiazepine overdose
Flumazenil
What medication do you give for barbituate toxicity
There is no reversal agent; activated charcoal and O2
