NSG 304 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS ANSWERED CORRECTLY LATEST UPDATE 2026
Regular Insulin - Answers A client is prescribed the insulin with the least rapid onset. Which insulin
will the nurse administer to this client?
Regular Insulin - Answers A client is prescribed insulin via the intravenous (IV) route. Which insulin
will the nurse administer to this client?
Hypoglycemia - Answers The nurse is instructing a client on the effects of insulin. What will the nurse
include as the primary adverse effect?
70 mg/dL - Answers The nurse knows that the prescribed dose of insulin should not be administered
in to a client whose blood glucose is lower than:
1. "Exercise will improve insulin resistance."
2. "Eating a healthy diet will reverse insulin resistance." - Answers Which client statements indicate
to the nurse that instruction about type 2 diabetes mellitus and insulin resistance has been effective?
Grapefruit juice increases the level of simvastatin in your blood and makes side effects more likely -
Answers Simvastatin and interaction Grapefruit Juice
Matching/Mechanisms of Action
1. Insulin
2. A"carb"ose
3. Metformin
4. Exenatide
5. Linagliptan - Answers 1. Decreases blood glucose levels by increasing cellular uptake of glucose and
stimulating storage of glucose as glycogen (also inhibits the release of glucagon)
2. Lowers glucose levels by interfering with Carbohydrate absorption from the GI tract. Inhibits
enzyme responsible for carbohydrate breakdown
3. Reduces blood glucose by multiple mechanisms:
a. Reduces Glucogenesis (liver suppressant)
b. Decreases intestinal glucose reabsorption
4. Stimulates release of insulin from pancreatic beta cells.
5. Prevent the breakdown of incretins (enhancer)
Which hyperlipidemic drugs blocks the absorption of cholesterol from the small intestine? (New drug
est. 2015) - Answers Ezetimibe (Zetia) mechanism of action and health teaching
Monitor patients w/hepatic impairment because ezetimibe is extensively metabolized in the liver
Stroke Volume - Answers Amount of blood pumped by a ventricle in a single contraction
Cardiac Output - Answers Amount of blood pumped by a ventricle per minute
Beta Blockers most common adverse effects? Precautions? (Name 6) - Answers 1. N&V
2. diarrhea
3. fatigue
4. insomnia
5. bradycardia
6. confusion
Thiazide Diuretic Nursing Responsibilities (Name 4) - Answers Monitor the following values:
1. potassium (hypokalemia)
2. chloride (hypochloremia)
3. blood glucose levels
4. uric acid levels (clinically significant in patients w/gout)
Peripheral Resistance - Answers The friction that blood encounters in the arteries
The greater the resistance, the higher the BP
Dihydropyridines (Calcium-channel blockers) "-pine" - Answers Highly selective for vascular smooth
muscle and are used to treat HTN and angina pectoris
Regular Insulin - Answers A client is prescribed the insulin with the least rapid onset. Which insulin
will the nurse administer to this client?
Regular Insulin - Answers A client is prescribed insulin via the intravenous (IV) route. Which insulin
will the nurse administer to this client?
Hypoglycemia - Answers The nurse is instructing a client on the effects of insulin. What will the nurse
include as the primary adverse effect?
70 mg/dL - Answers The nurse knows that the prescribed dose of insulin should not be administered
in to a client whose blood glucose is lower than:
1. "Exercise will improve insulin resistance."
2. "Eating a healthy diet will reverse insulin resistance." - Answers Which client statements indicate
to the nurse that instruction about type 2 diabetes mellitus and insulin resistance has been effective?
Grapefruit juice increases the level of simvastatin in your blood and makes side effects more likely -
Answers Simvastatin and interaction Grapefruit Juice
Matching/Mechanisms of Action
1. Insulin
2. A"carb"ose
3. Metformin
4. Exenatide
5. Linagliptan - Answers 1. Decreases blood glucose levels by increasing cellular uptake of glucose and
stimulating storage of glucose as glycogen (also inhibits the release of glucagon)
2. Lowers glucose levels by interfering with Carbohydrate absorption from the GI tract. Inhibits
enzyme responsible for carbohydrate breakdown
3. Reduces blood glucose by multiple mechanisms:
a. Reduces Glucogenesis (liver suppressant)
b. Decreases intestinal glucose reabsorption
4. Stimulates release of insulin from pancreatic beta cells.
5. Prevent the breakdown of incretins (enhancer)
Which hyperlipidemic drugs blocks the absorption of cholesterol from the small intestine? (New drug
est. 2015) - Answers Ezetimibe (Zetia) mechanism of action and health teaching
Monitor patients w/hepatic impairment because ezetimibe is extensively metabolized in the liver
Stroke Volume - Answers Amount of blood pumped by a ventricle in a single contraction
Cardiac Output - Answers Amount of blood pumped by a ventricle per minute
Beta Blockers most common adverse effects? Precautions? (Name 6) - Answers 1. N&V
2. diarrhea
3. fatigue
4. insomnia
5. bradycardia
6. confusion
Thiazide Diuretic Nursing Responsibilities (Name 4) - Answers Monitor the following values:
1. potassium (hypokalemia)
2. chloride (hypochloremia)
3. blood glucose levels
4. uric acid levels (clinically significant in patients w/gout)
Peripheral Resistance - Answers The friction that blood encounters in the arteries
The greater the resistance, the higher the BP
Dihydropyridines (Calcium-channel blockers) "-pine" - Answers Highly selective for vascular smooth
muscle and are used to treat HTN and angina pectoris
