NUR 004 STUDY GUIDE 2026
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS
◉ A 29 years old female patient has sinusitis, so the physician orders a
topical nasal decongestant. What instructions should be given? Answer:
Increase fluids to 2 L/ day
◉ 71 year old man with a history of heart disease and diabetes, has had
an antihistamine prescribed. The nurse is concerned with this
prescription because of the risk of what? Answer: Cardiac arrhythmias
◉ The nursing instructor is discussing bronchodilators with a group of
nursing students. The students understand the instruction when they
identify what drug is most effective in treating acute bronchospasm?
Answer: Epinephrine
◉ The nurse is caring for a patient who is taking the dextromethorphan
for cough suppression. The nurse will assess this patient for hypotension
if he also takes which order medication? Answer: Monoamine oxidase
inhibitors (MAO)
◉ A patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD),
presents at the emergency department in acute respiratory distress. The
patient's family told the nurse that the patient's problems began right
after the patient took his first dose of Ipratropium (Atrovent). What
, would the nurse suspect be the problem? Answer: An allergy to soy
products
◉ What disorder would the pharmacology instructor tell the nurses
students may be exacerbated by the use of nasal decongestant? Answer:
Hypothyroidism
◉ A patient presents at the clinic with sign and symptoms of seasonal
allergic rhinitis. The patient is prescribed a nasal steroids to relieve
symptoms. Two days later, the patient call the clinic and tell the nurse
that he's frustrated and wants a new drug. What is the most appropriate
response by the nurse? Answer: It may take up to two weeks to get full
clinical effect. Try to keep using the drug as ordered.
◉ A patient newly diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease (COPD), call the clinic and ask the nurse to explain what the
new prescribed medication are for. What will be the most appropriate
response by the nurse? Answer: The medication that has been ordered,
for you are to relieve the inflammation and promote dilation of the
bronchi.
◉ The nurse is caring for a patient who doesn't have a respiratory
disorder, but has been prescribed acetylcysteine. What is an additional
indication for acetylcysteine? Answer: Antidote for acetaminophen
poisoning
◉ The nurse is caring for a patient who needs education on his
medication therapy for allergic rhinitis. The patient is to take clemastine
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS
◉ A 29 years old female patient has sinusitis, so the physician orders a
topical nasal decongestant. What instructions should be given? Answer:
Increase fluids to 2 L/ day
◉ 71 year old man with a history of heart disease and diabetes, has had
an antihistamine prescribed. The nurse is concerned with this
prescription because of the risk of what? Answer: Cardiac arrhythmias
◉ The nursing instructor is discussing bronchodilators with a group of
nursing students. The students understand the instruction when they
identify what drug is most effective in treating acute bronchospasm?
Answer: Epinephrine
◉ The nurse is caring for a patient who is taking the dextromethorphan
for cough suppression. The nurse will assess this patient for hypotension
if he also takes which order medication? Answer: Monoamine oxidase
inhibitors (MAO)
◉ A patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD),
presents at the emergency department in acute respiratory distress. The
patient's family told the nurse that the patient's problems began right
after the patient took his first dose of Ipratropium (Atrovent). What
, would the nurse suspect be the problem? Answer: An allergy to soy
products
◉ What disorder would the pharmacology instructor tell the nurses
students may be exacerbated by the use of nasal decongestant? Answer:
Hypothyroidism
◉ A patient presents at the clinic with sign and symptoms of seasonal
allergic rhinitis. The patient is prescribed a nasal steroids to relieve
symptoms. Two days later, the patient call the clinic and tell the nurse
that he's frustrated and wants a new drug. What is the most appropriate
response by the nurse? Answer: It may take up to two weeks to get full
clinical effect. Try to keep using the drug as ordered.
◉ A patient newly diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease (COPD), call the clinic and ask the nurse to explain what the
new prescribed medication are for. What will be the most appropriate
response by the nurse? Answer: The medication that has been ordered,
for you are to relieve the inflammation and promote dilation of the
bronchi.
◉ The nurse is caring for a patient who doesn't have a respiratory
disorder, but has been prescribed acetylcysteine. What is an additional
indication for acetylcysteine? Answer: Antidote for acetaminophen
poisoning
◉ The nurse is caring for a patient who needs education on his
medication therapy for allergic rhinitis. The patient is to take clemastine
