Course NUR2407 Section P Pharmacology - Residential and Online - 2019
Winter Quarter
Test Module 02 End of Module Open Book Quiz
Started 1/10/19 9:01 AM
Submitted 1/10/19 9:22 AM
Due Date 1/14/19 11:59 PM
Status Completed
Attempt Score 2.5 out of 5 points
Time Elapsed 20 minutes out of 1 hour
Results All Answers, Submitted Answers, Correct Answers, Incorrectly
Displayed Answered Questions
Question 1
A 68-year-old man has a history of seizures and has been taking phenytoin
(Dilantin) for years. His last seizure was two years ago so he has decided
that he no longer needs the medication. What would be the best action for
the nurse? (Select all that apply.)
Selected
Answers: Educate the client that suddenly stopping the drug could
precipitate
seizures.
Recommend that he develop a withdrawal plan with his
prescriber.
Answers:
Educate the client that suddenly stopping the drug could
precipitate
seizures.
Tell the client that once a medication for seizures is
started, it can never
be stopped.
Recommend that he start cutting his pills in half and see
how that goes.
Recommend that he develop a withdrawal plan with his
prescriber.
Question 2
A cleint is using a PRN scopolamine patch for motion sickness. Knowing that this
medication has anticholinergic side effects, which of these side effects should the
client be taught to anticipate? (Select all that apply.)
Selected
Answers: Urinary
retention
Dry mouth
Answers:
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, Urinary
retention
Blurred vision
wheezes
Dry mouth
Question 3
A client who has been taking an antiepileptic medication with a narrow therapeutic
window for two weeks seems confused and forgetful. What should be the priority
action of the nurse?
Selected
Answer: Call the prescriber and have the seizure medication
changed.
Answers: Give an antihistamine under house protocol to stop the
allergic response.
Call the prescriber and have the seizure medication
changed.
Set up oxygen and obtain an order for activated charcoal.
Seek an order for a plasma drug level from the client's
prescriber.
Question 4
A client with Alzheimer's disease has been taking rivastigmine (Excelon), a
cholinesterase inhibitor, for a week. What anticipate side effects of this cholinergic
medication would the nurse anticipate?
Selected
Answer: Diarrhea, urinary urgency and possible
bradycardia
Answers: Hypertension
Tinnitus and hearing loss
Numbness and tingling in the
extremities
Diarrhea, urinary urgency and possible
bradycardia
Question 5
A nurse in the emergency department is caring for a client whose family reports that
she had taken an overdose of diazepam (Valium). Which of the following
medications should the nurse have available to reverse the CNS depression caused
by this drug?
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Winter Quarter
Test Module 02 End of Module Open Book Quiz
Started 1/10/19 9:01 AM
Submitted 1/10/19 9:22 AM
Due Date 1/14/19 11:59 PM
Status Completed
Attempt Score 2.5 out of 5 points
Time Elapsed 20 minutes out of 1 hour
Results All Answers, Submitted Answers, Correct Answers, Incorrectly
Displayed Answered Questions
Question 1
A 68-year-old man has a history of seizures and has been taking phenytoin
(Dilantin) for years. His last seizure was two years ago so he has decided
that he no longer needs the medication. What would be the best action for
the nurse? (Select all that apply.)
Selected
Answers: Educate the client that suddenly stopping the drug could
precipitate
seizures.
Recommend that he develop a withdrawal plan with his
prescriber.
Answers:
Educate the client that suddenly stopping the drug could
precipitate
seizures.
Tell the client that once a medication for seizures is
started, it can never
be stopped.
Recommend that he start cutting his pills in half and see
how that goes.
Recommend that he develop a withdrawal plan with his
prescriber.
Question 2
A cleint is using a PRN scopolamine patch for motion sickness. Knowing that this
medication has anticholinergic side effects, which of these side effects should the
client be taught to anticipate? (Select all that apply.)
Selected
Answers: Urinary
retention
Dry mouth
Answers:
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, Urinary
retention
Blurred vision
wheezes
Dry mouth
Question 3
A client who has been taking an antiepileptic medication with a narrow therapeutic
window for two weeks seems confused and forgetful. What should be the priority
action of the nurse?
Selected
Answer: Call the prescriber and have the seizure medication
changed.
Answers: Give an antihistamine under house protocol to stop the
allergic response.
Call the prescriber and have the seizure medication
changed.
Set up oxygen and obtain an order for activated charcoal.
Seek an order for a plasma drug level from the client's
prescriber.
Question 4
A client with Alzheimer's disease has been taking rivastigmine (Excelon), a
cholinesterase inhibitor, for a week. What anticipate side effects of this cholinergic
medication would the nurse anticipate?
Selected
Answer: Diarrhea, urinary urgency and possible
bradycardia
Answers: Hypertension
Tinnitus and hearing loss
Numbness and tingling in the
extremities
Diarrhea, urinary urgency and possible
bradycardia
Question 5
A nurse in the emergency department is caring for a client whose family reports that
she had taken an overdose of diazepam (Valium). Which of the following
medications should the nurse have available to reverse the CNS depression caused
by this drug?
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