NUR 2407 Week 8 Open Book Test

NUR 2407 Week 8 Open Book Test Question 1 A client, who has been seeing multiple doctors, reports that she is taking Lisinopril and another antihypertensive medication, the name of which she can't recall. What type of antihypertensive is contraindicated when people are taking ACE inhibitors due to the risk of compound effects? Selected Answer: Potassium-sparing diuretics Answers: Thiazide diuretics Beta blockers Potassium-sparing diuretics Calcium Channel blockers Question 2 false A client with angina is preparing to go home with a prescription of Nifedipine, a calcium channel blocker. What should the client be taught? Selected Answer: Elevate your feet when you are sitting to avoid edema side effects. Answers: Elevate your feet when you are sitting to avoid edema side effects. Drink grapefruit juice with breakfast to reduce your risk of plaque. Eat cheese regularly to restore calcium and manage loose stools. Use salt substitute to replenish your potassium losses due to the diuretic effects. Question 3 While preparing to administer a scheduled dose of digoxin, the nurse finds a new lab result showing a digoxin level of 0.7 ng/mL. What action should the nurse take? Selected Answer: Check the patient's apical pulse; if it is within normal limits, administer the digoxin. Answers: Hold the drug for an hour and reassess the level. Withhold the drug and notify the prescriber immediately. Administer Digibind to counteract the toxicity. Check the patient's apical pulse; if it is within normal limits, administer the digoxin. Question 4 A client has had hypertension for approximately 7 years and now is interested in becoming pregnant. What is the safest antihypertensive for a woman in the early stages of pregnancy? Selected Answer: Methyldopa Answers: Amlodipine Lisinopril Methyldopa Valsartan Question 5 Atenolol (Tenormin) has been prescribed for a client who is recovering from a recent heart attack. The nurse would consult the provider before giving the medicine in which of these situations? (Select all that apply) ....Continued...