NUR 2407 Pharmacology Quiz 1

NUR 2407 Pharmacology Quiz 1 1. You receive a patient with a risk for injury due to taking sedatives. This is included in what phase of the nursing process? Nursing diagnosis 2. Revision of your care plan goals in included in which phase of the nursing process? Evaluation 3. A nurse is explaining Evidence Based practice to a new student nurse. Select all that apply below that is part of EBP. Integrate pts preference into care, guided by research use the most currently approved approach to providing pt care 4. The nurse acknowledges that the correct sequence of the 4 processes of pharmacokinetics are? Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism, Excretion 5. A client who takes Theo-24 (theophylline) for asthma, is experiencing theophylline toxicity. Which of these may be a contributing factor? (Select all that apply) Chewing the capsule, forgetfulness, cirrhosis with gallstones 6. If phenobarbital has a four day half-life, and a client accidentally took 200 mg of the drug on Tuesday morning, and no intervention occurred, how much medication will remain in the bloodstream of that client on Thursday morning? 50 mg!!!!!! 7. The nurse is wanting to measure the margin of safety of a medication. Which description below is correct for this measurement? Therapeutic index 8. A client reports that he has been swallowing his nitroglycerin instead of leaving it under his tongue. Teaching is needed. What can happen if sublingual medications are swallowed? First pass may inactivate the medication 9. A laboring mother wants to know why pain medication is not advisable. What rationales could the nurse offer for this? Blood brain barrier of an infant isn’t fully developed so infants are at risk for sedation, liver of an infant is not well