PHARMACOLOGY EXAM 3 PRACTICE QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
AND CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST REVIEW 2026
1. What should a nurse check before administering a calcium channel
blocker? Answer: check blood pressure corrects
2. A client has come to the clinic seeking a prescription for Sildenafil (Viagra). What is a
priority assessment question for the nurse to ask?
Answer: Do you use nitroglycerin? Correct
3. The client diagnosed with high blood pressure is ordered the ACE inhibitor, lisinopril.
Which statements by the client indicate to the nurse the discharge teaching has been
effective? Select all that Apply.
Answer: "I should check and record my blood pressure once a day." Correct
"I should get up slowly when I am getting out of my bed." correct
4. A client is having bursts of ventricular ectopy. Which medication should the nurse be
prepared to give to resolve this concern?
NOTE: CHECK OUT (A CLIENT IS HAVING BURSTS OF VENTRICULAR
ARRHYTHMIAS or VENTRICULAR DYSRHYTHMIAS
Answer: Lidocaine. Or Amiodarone corrects
5. A client is prescribed Salmeterol (Serevent) as a long acting beta2 agonist. Which
statement would indicate that the client needs more education regarding use of this
inhaler?
Answer: "I should use it quickly and repeatedly if I develop severe dyspnea." correct
6. A client is starting to take furosemide, a loop diuretic. When is the best time to
take this medication?
A client is starting to take bumetanide (Bernex), a loop diuretic. When is the best time
to take this medication?
Answer: 0800 or in the morning correct
7. A client is taking atenolol, a beta-adrenergic blocker. Which of the following
interventions is most critical for the nurse to include in the plan of care?
Answer: Hold the medication if the apical pulse is under 60, and seek parameters correct
8. A client is to be discharged on digoxin 0.125 mg P.O. daily. What should the nurse
include in the client's discharge teaching?
, Answer: The client should be asked to demonstrate checking their own radial pulse and
count for one full minute. correct
9. A client calls the provider’s office and states. ‘I am having chest pain. This pain is like
what I experienced with my previous heart attack’. Which intervention should the nurse
do first?
Answer: ask if they have their nitroglycerin with them and then call 911 correct
10. A nurse is discussing discharge teaching about warfarin to a client diagnosed
with a deep vein thrombosis, which statement made by the client indicates a need
for additional teaching about warfarin?
Answer: If they are eating dark green leave vegetable, we want them to continue, we
just do not want them to decrease or increase the amount they are taking because it
will affect their PT and INR and they should take precautions because of bleeding.
Similar question answer: I will take Ecotrin (enteric-coated aspirin) for my headaches
because it is coated.
11. if we are giving a patient a potassium spraying diuretics. What lab value should we
monitor. Answer: Potassium correct
12. A client's prescriber has ordered 500 mg of IM Rocephin every 12 hours x 4. The
pharmacy has sent a 1-gram bottle of Rocephin powder with instructions to add 2.3
mLs to the vial and shake. Following reconstitution, the vial will contain 1 gram in 2.6
mLs. How many mls will the nurse inject to deliver the originally ordered 500 mg dose?
(Submit only the number, no text)
Note that there is this same question with 1 gram in 3mL, Answer is
1.5. Answer: 1 gram in 2.6mL is 1.3
13. A client, whose Lipitor dosage was recently increased, asks if there are any
precautions he should take. How should the nurse respond?
NOTE: A CLIENT WHOSE ATORVASTATIN DOSAGE WAS RECENTLY INCREASED
Answer: Call the doctor if you experience muscle weakness and have your liver
enzymes checked and cholesterol level. correct
14. A hypertensive client is bothered by a persistent, dry cough. Which of the
client's medications is the most likely cause?
Answer: Enalapril, an ACE inhibitor correct.
15. A nurse is caring for a client who asks how albuterol (an adrenergic inhaler)
helps his breathing. Which of the following should the nurse include in the
response?
Answer:
The medication will open the airways. correct
AND CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST REVIEW 2026
1. What should a nurse check before administering a calcium channel
blocker? Answer: check blood pressure corrects
2. A client has come to the clinic seeking a prescription for Sildenafil (Viagra). What is a
priority assessment question for the nurse to ask?
Answer: Do you use nitroglycerin? Correct
3. The client diagnosed with high blood pressure is ordered the ACE inhibitor, lisinopril.
Which statements by the client indicate to the nurse the discharge teaching has been
effective? Select all that Apply.
Answer: "I should check and record my blood pressure once a day." Correct
"I should get up slowly when I am getting out of my bed." correct
4. A client is having bursts of ventricular ectopy. Which medication should the nurse be
prepared to give to resolve this concern?
NOTE: CHECK OUT (A CLIENT IS HAVING BURSTS OF VENTRICULAR
ARRHYTHMIAS or VENTRICULAR DYSRHYTHMIAS
Answer: Lidocaine. Or Amiodarone corrects
5. A client is prescribed Salmeterol (Serevent) as a long acting beta2 agonist. Which
statement would indicate that the client needs more education regarding use of this
inhaler?
Answer: "I should use it quickly and repeatedly if I develop severe dyspnea." correct
6. A client is starting to take furosemide, a loop diuretic. When is the best time to
take this medication?
A client is starting to take bumetanide (Bernex), a loop diuretic. When is the best time
to take this medication?
Answer: 0800 or in the morning correct
7. A client is taking atenolol, a beta-adrenergic blocker. Which of the following
interventions is most critical for the nurse to include in the plan of care?
Answer: Hold the medication if the apical pulse is under 60, and seek parameters correct
8. A client is to be discharged on digoxin 0.125 mg P.O. daily. What should the nurse
include in the client's discharge teaching?
, Answer: The client should be asked to demonstrate checking their own radial pulse and
count for one full minute. correct
9. A client calls the provider’s office and states. ‘I am having chest pain. This pain is like
what I experienced with my previous heart attack’. Which intervention should the nurse
do first?
Answer: ask if they have their nitroglycerin with them and then call 911 correct
10. A nurse is discussing discharge teaching about warfarin to a client diagnosed
with a deep vein thrombosis, which statement made by the client indicates a need
for additional teaching about warfarin?
Answer: If they are eating dark green leave vegetable, we want them to continue, we
just do not want them to decrease or increase the amount they are taking because it
will affect their PT and INR and they should take precautions because of bleeding.
Similar question answer: I will take Ecotrin (enteric-coated aspirin) for my headaches
because it is coated.
11. if we are giving a patient a potassium spraying diuretics. What lab value should we
monitor. Answer: Potassium correct
12. A client's prescriber has ordered 500 mg of IM Rocephin every 12 hours x 4. The
pharmacy has sent a 1-gram bottle of Rocephin powder with instructions to add 2.3
mLs to the vial and shake. Following reconstitution, the vial will contain 1 gram in 2.6
mLs. How many mls will the nurse inject to deliver the originally ordered 500 mg dose?
(Submit only the number, no text)
Note that there is this same question with 1 gram in 3mL, Answer is
1.5. Answer: 1 gram in 2.6mL is 1.3
13. A client, whose Lipitor dosage was recently increased, asks if there are any
precautions he should take. How should the nurse respond?
NOTE: A CLIENT WHOSE ATORVASTATIN DOSAGE WAS RECENTLY INCREASED
Answer: Call the doctor if you experience muscle weakness and have your liver
enzymes checked and cholesterol level. correct
14. A hypertensive client is bothered by a persistent, dry cough. Which of the
client's medications is the most likely cause?
Answer: Enalapril, an ACE inhibitor correct.
15. A nurse is caring for a client who asks how albuterol (an adrenergic inhaler)
helps his breathing. Which of the following should the nurse include in the
response?
Answer:
The medication will open the airways. correct
