NUR 352 Exam 1 Questions With Complete Solutions
A dosage of 200 mcg is ordered. The strength available is 0.3
mg in 1.5 mL. How many mL will you administer? Correct
Answers 1 mL
A dosage of 80 mg is ordered. The dosage strength available is
100 mg in 2 mL. Calculate the mL necessary to administer this
dosage. Correct Answers 1.6 mL
A nurse administers the same medication in the same
preparation in the same dose to several patients and notes that
some patients have a better response to the drug than others.
What is the most likely explanation for this phenomenon?
Correct Answers Pharmacogenomic differences among
individuals
A nurse is explaining drug metabolism to a nursing student who
asks about glucuronidation. The nurse knows that this is a
process that allows drugs to be: Correct Answers recycled via
the enterohepatic recirculation to remain in the body longer.
A nurse is giving an enteral (oral) medication. The patient asks
why this method is preferable for this drug. How will the nurse
reply? Correct Answers "This route is safer, less expensive, and
more convenient."
A nurse is reviewing a patient's medical record before
administering a medication. Which factors can alter the patient's
physiologic response to the drug? (Select three that apply.)
Correct Answers age, genetic factors, gender
, 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
Answers They alert prescribers to measures to mitigate
potential harm from side effects.
A patient arrives in the emergency department after becoming
dehydrated. Based on the patient's history, the provider
determines that isotonic dehydration has occurred. Which
solution will the nurse expect to infuse to treat this patient?
Correct Answers 0.9% sodium chloride in sterile water
A patient asks a nurse why a friend who is taking the same drug
responds differently to that drug. The nurse knows that the most
common variation in drug response is due to differences in each
patient's: Correct Answers metabolism of drugs.
A patient has 2+ pitting edema of the lower extremities
bilaterally. Auscultation of the lungs reveals crackles bilaterally,
and the serum potassium level is 6 mEq/L. Which diuretic agent
ordered by the prescriber should the nurse question? Correct
Answers Spironolactone [Aldactone]
A patient has a serum potassium level of 3.1 mEq/L. It is
appropriate for the nurse to take which action? Correct Answers
Administer the ordered
sustained-release potassium
tablets [K-Dur].
A dosage of 200 mcg is ordered. The strength available is 0.3
mg in 1.5 mL. How many mL will you administer? Correct
Answers 1 mL
A dosage of 80 mg is ordered. The dosage strength available is
100 mg in 2 mL. Calculate the mL necessary to administer this
dosage. Correct Answers 1.6 mL
A nurse administers the same medication in the same
preparation in the same dose to several patients and notes that
some patients have a better response to the drug than others.
What is the most likely explanation for this phenomenon?
Correct Answers Pharmacogenomic differences among
individuals
A nurse is explaining drug metabolism to a nursing student who
asks about glucuronidation. The nurse knows that this is a
process that allows drugs to be: Correct Answers recycled via
the enterohepatic recirculation to remain in the body longer.
A nurse is giving an enteral (oral) medication. The patient asks
why this method is preferable for this drug. How will the nurse
reply? Correct Answers "This route is safer, less expensive, and
more convenient."
A nurse is reviewing a patient's medical record before
administering a medication. Which factors can alter the patient's
physiologic response to the drug? (Select three that apply.)
Correct Answers age, genetic factors, gender
, 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
Answers They alert prescribers to measures to mitigate
potential harm from side effects.
A patient arrives in the emergency department after becoming
dehydrated. Based on the patient's history, the provider
determines that isotonic dehydration has occurred. Which
solution will the nurse expect to infuse to treat this patient?
Correct Answers 0.9% sodium chloride in sterile water
A patient asks a nurse why a friend who is taking the same drug
responds differently to that drug. The nurse knows that the most
common variation in drug response is due to differences in each
patient's: Correct Answers metabolism of drugs.
A patient has 2+ pitting edema of the lower extremities
bilaterally. Auscultation of the lungs reveals crackles bilaterally,
and the serum potassium level is 6 mEq/L. Which diuretic agent
ordered by the prescriber should the nurse question? Correct
Answers Spironolactone [Aldactone]
A patient has a serum potassium level of 3.1 mEq/L. It is
appropriate for the nurse to take which action? Correct Answers
Administer the ordered
sustained-release potassium
tablets [K-Dur].
