NUR 350 WEEK 2 QUIZ EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
A nursing student is preparing to give a medication that has a boxed warning. The student asks the nurse
what this means. What will the nurse explain about boxed warnings? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅They alert
prescribers to measures to mitigate from potential harm from side effects
A young adult postoperative patient is receiving morphine 2 to 4 mg IV every 2 hours PRN pain. The last
dose was 3 mg given 2 hours ago. The patient is asleep, and the nurse notes a heart rate of 86 beats per
minute and a respiratory rate of 8 breaths per minute. Which PRN medication will the nurse give this
patient? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Naloxone [Narcan] to block the effects of the morphine
A patient is given a drug for the first time and develops shortness of breath. The patient's heart rate is
76 beats per minute, the respiratory rate is 20 breaths per minute, and the blood pressure is 120/70 mm
Hg. The nurse checks a drug administration manual to make sure the correct dose was given and learns
that some patients taking the drug experience shortness of breath. The nurse will contact the provider
to report what? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Side Effect
The nurse is teaching a patient about taking warfarin and asks if the patient takes aspirin. This
assessment by the nurse reflects a knowledge of which type of drug interaction? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Potentiative effects
A patient is taking drug X and receives a new prescription for drug Y, which is listed as an inducing agent.
The nurse caring for this patient understands that this patient may require ____ doses of drug ____. -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Higher; X
A patient is given a new medication and reports nausea within an hour after taking the drug. The nurse
consults the drug information manual and learns that nausea is not an expected adverse effect of this
drug. When the next dose is due, what will the nurse do? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Administer the drug
and tell the patient to report further nausea
A child ingests a parent's aspirin tablets, and the prescriber orders sodium bicarbonate to block the toxic
effects of the aspirin. The nurse caring for this patient knows that sodium bicarbonate is effective
against the aspirin because it: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Raises the pH of the intestinal fluid to facilitate
passage out of the cells
A nursing student is preparing to give a medication that has a boxed warning. The student asks the nurse
what this means. What will the nurse explain about boxed warnings? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅They alert
prescribers to measures to mitigate from potential harm from side effects
A young adult postoperative patient is receiving morphine 2 to 4 mg IV every 2 hours PRN pain. The last
dose was 3 mg given 2 hours ago. The patient is asleep, and the nurse notes a heart rate of 86 beats per
minute and a respiratory rate of 8 breaths per minute. Which PRN medication will the nurse give this
patient? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Naloxone [Narcan] to block the effects of the morphine
A patient is given a drug for the first time and develops shortness of breath. The patient's heart rate is
76 beats per minute, the respiratory rate is 20 breaths per minute, and the blood pressure is 120/70 mm
Hg. The nurse checks a drug administration manual to make sure the correct dose was given and learns
that some patients taking the drug experience shortness of breath. The nurse will contact the provider
to report what? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Side Effect
The nurse is teaching a patient about taking warfarin and asks if the patient takes aspirin. This
assessment by the nurse reflects a knowledge of which type of drug interaction? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Potentiative effects
A patient is taking drug X and receives a new prescription for drug Y, which is listed as an inducing agent.
The nurse caring for this patient understands that this patient may require ____ doses of drug ____. -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Higher; X
A patient is given a new medication and reports nausea within an hour after taking the drug. The nurse
consults the drug information manual and learns that nausea is not an expected adverse effect of this
drug. When the next dose is due, what will the nurse do? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Administer the drug
and tell the patient to report further nausea
A child ingests a parent's aspirin tablets, and the prescriber orders sodium bicarbonate to block the toxic
effects of the aspirin. The nurse caring for this patient knows that sodium bicarbonate is effective
against the aspirin because it: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Raises the pH of the intestinal fluid to facilitate
passage out of the cells
