NR293 / NR 293Exam 2:(Latest Update 2025 /
2026) Pharmacology for Nursing Practice |
Questions & Answers |Grade A. 100% Correct.
Chamberlain
1. Which bronchodilator should be used as a rescue inhaler and not as a
daily medication to prevent shortness of breath?
Long-acting inhaled beta2-agonsits
Inhaled corticosteroids
Mast cell stabilizers
Short-acting inhaled beta2-agonists: Short-acting inhaled beta2-
agonists
2. Which drug classifications are respiratory drugs? Select all that
apply.
Diuretics
,Antibiotics
Bronchodilators
Expectorants
Antitussives
Antihistamines
Decongestants: Bronchodilators
Expectorants
Antitussives
Antihistamines
Decongestants
3. Which conditions are respiratory medications used to treat?
Allergies and hay fever
Congestive heart failure
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
Asthma
Emphysema and chronic bronchitis: Allergies and hay fever
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
,Asthma
Emphysema and chronic bronchitis
4. Valine is a 24-year-old nursing student recently diagnosed with asthma.
Valine notices that her chest feels tight, she feels dizzy, and she can't
catch her breath after running up a flight of stairs. Which classification
of her prescribed respiratory medication should she use now?
Inhaled corticosteroids
Long-acting beta2-agonists
Mast cell stabilizers
Short-acting inhaled beta2-agonists: Short-acting inhaled beta2-agonists
5. Long-acting Beta2 Agonists actions and side effects of beta-adrenergic
agonist (beta-blockers) will mimic the (parasympathetic, sympathetic)
nervous system.: sympathetic
6. Mast cell stabilizers are rarely used, and when indicated they are
prescribed for exercise-induced (COPD, emphysema, asthma,
allergies.): asthma
, 7. 1. Obtain the patient's medical history and medication profile. 2.
Complete a thorough head-to-toe physical assessment.
3. Identify possible causes, risks, or links to diseases or conditions such as
an allergy, a cold, or the flu.
4. Ask the patient about previous alcohol, antitussives, antihistamine,
expectorants, MAOIs, and CNS depressants.
5. Use with many antihistamines can lead to increased CNS depression.:
8. Dextromethorphan suppresses the cough reflex by which mechanism
of action?
Depressing the central nervous system
Depressing the cough center of the brain
Depressing the parasympathetic nervous system
Decreasing the thickness of bronchial secretions: Depressing the cough
center of the brain
9. SABA: levalbuterol, metaproterenol, pirbuterol, bitolterol, and
terbutaline
LABA: salmeterol, formoterol, and arformoterol
2026) Pharmacology for Nursing Practice |
Questions & Answers |Grade A. 100% Correct.
Chamberlain
1. Which bronchodilator should be used as a rescue inhaler and not as a
daily medication to prevent shortness of breath?
Long-acting inhaled beta2-agonsits
Inhaled corticosteroids
Mast cell stabilizers
Short-acting inhaled beta2-agonists: Short-acting inhaled beta2-
agonists
2. Which drug classifications are respiratory drugs? Select all that
apply.
Diuretics
,Antibiotics
Bronchodilators
Expectorants
Antitussives
Antihistamines
Decongestants: Bronchodilators
Expectorants
Antitussives
Antihistamines
Decongestants
3. Which conditions are respiratory medications used to treat?
Allergies and hay fever
Congestive heart failure
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
Asthma
Emphysema and chronic bronchitis: Allergies and hay fever
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
,Asthma
Emphysema and chronic bronchitis
4. Valine is a 24-year-old nursing student recently diagnosed with asthma.
Valine notices that her chest feels tight, she feels dizzy, and she can't
catch her breath after running up a flight of stairs. Which classification
of her prescribed respiratory medication should she use now?
Inhaled corticosteroids
Long-acting beta2-agonists
Mast cell stabilizers
Short-acting inhaled beta2-agonists: Short-acting inhaled beta2-agonists
5. Long-acting Beta2 Agonists actions and side effects of beta-adrenergic
agonist (beta-blockers) will mimic the (parasympathetic, sympathetic)
nervous system.: sympathetic
6. Mast cell stabilizers are rarely used, and when indicated they are
prescribed for exercise-induced (COPD, emphysema, asthma,
allergies.): asthma
, 7. 1. Obtain the patient's medical history and medication profile. 2.
Complete a thorough head-to-toe physical assessment.
3. Identify possible causes, risks, or links to diseases or conditions such as
an allergy, a cold, or the flu.
4. Ask the patient about previous alcohol, antitussives, antihistamine,
expectorants, MAOIs, and CNS depressants.
5. Use with many antihistamines can lead to increased CNS depression.:
8. Dextromethorphan suppresses the cough reflex by which mechanism
of action?
Depressing the central nervous system
Depressing the cough center of the brain
Depressing the parasympathetic nervous system
Decreasing the thickness of bronchial secretions: Depressing the cough
center of the brain
9. SABA: levalbuterol, metaproterenol, pirbuterol, bitolterol, and
terbutaline
LABA: salmeterol, formoterol, and arformoterol
