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NUR 3145 Exam 2 Review Questions and Answers
This happens when pluripotent cells (cells in bone marrow) are suddenly depressed? - Ans:✔✔-Decrease
in RBC, Platelets, WBC.
Before administering an immunization or chemotherapy, what would the nurse check for? - Ans:✔✔-
Current infection.
When pluripotent cells are depressed, the safest pain reliever is? - Ans:✔✔-Tylenol (NSAID risk for
bleeding)
When is nausea treated? - Ans:✔✔-Before it starts.
If a patient is already vomiting, the best drug to give is? - Ans:✔✔-Vistaril
When a patient on a new medication develops a sudden wide spread rash you think? - Ans:✔✔-Steven
Johnson Syndrome
Tamoxifen works by: - Ans:✔✔-Competing with estrogen for binding sites in breast and other tissues.
Cyclosporine should not be taken with? - Ans:✔✔-Concurrent ingestion of grapefruit or grapefruit juice
may ↑serum levels and should be avoided.
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The side effects of interferon make the patient feel like flue like symptoms. What medication would
nurse give for symptoms? - Ans:✔✔-Acetaminophen may be taken prior to injection and every 3-4 hr
afterward as needed to control symptoms.
The major SE/ADR of a glucocorticoids are? - Ans:✔✔-Osteoporosis, Hypertension, mental status
changes, hyperglycemia and edema.
All Glucocorticoids end in what letters? - Ans:✔✔-one
Why do we give more than one injection of a vaccine? - Ans:✔✔-The body builds an immunity over time.
Who do we give passive immunity drugs to? - Ans:✔✔-People who don't have enough time to develop
immunity (babies); people at great risk of exposure; people who have already been exposed.
What population is at greatest risk for Shingles? - Ans:✔✔-Over 60
What does DTAP stand for? - Ans:✔✔-Upper-case letters in these abbreviations denote full-strength
doses of diphtheria (D) and tetanus (T) and pertussis (P). Lower-case "d" and "p" denote reduced doses
of diphtheria and pertussis used in the adolescent/adult-formulations. The "a" in DTaP and Tdap stands
for "acellular," meaning that the pertussis component contains only a part of the pertussis organism.
The timing of flu shot should be? - Ans:✔✔-September/October timeframe.
Peanut and soybean would prevent the use of which treatment? - Ans:✔✔-ATROVENT - anaphylaxis
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NUR 3145 Exam 2 Review Questions and Answers
This happens when pluripotent cells (cells in bone marrow) are suddenly depressed? - Ans:✔✔-Decrease
in RBC, Platelets, WBC.
Before administering an immunization or chemotherapy, what would the nurse check for? - Ans:✔✔-
Current infection.
When pluripotent cells are depressed, the safest pain reliever is? - Ans:✔✔-Tylenol (NSAID risk for
bleeding)
When is nausea treated? - Ans:✔✔-Before it starts.
If a patient is already vomiting, the best drug to give is? - Ans:✔✔-Vistaril
When a patient on a new medication develops a sudden wide spread rash you think? - Ans:✔✔-Steven
Johnson Syndrome
Tamoxifen works by: - Ans:✔✔-Competing with estrogen for binding sites in breast and other tissues.
Cyclosporine should not be taken with? - Ans:✔✔-Concurrent ingestion of grapefruit or grapefruit juice
may ↑serum levels and should be avoided.
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FIRST PUBLISH OCTOBER 2024
The side effects of interferon make the patient feel like flue like symptoms. What medication would
nurse give for symptoms? - Ans:✔✔-Acetaminophen may be taken prior to injection and every 3-4 hr
afterward as needed to control symptoms.
The major SE/ADR of a glucocorticoids are? - Ans:✔✔-Osteoporosis, Hypertension, mental status
changes, hyperglycemia and edema.
All Glucocorticoids end in what letters? - Ans:✔✔-one
Why do we give more than one injection of a vaccine? - Ans:✔✔-The body builds an immunity over time.
Who do we give passive immunity drugs to? - Ans:✔✔-People who don't have enough time to develop
immunity (babies); people at great risk of exposure; people who have already been exposed.
What population is at greatest risk for Shingles? - Ans:✔✔-Over 60
What does DTAP stand for? - Ans:✔✔-Upper-case letters in these abbreviations denote full-strength
doses of diphtheria (D) and tetanus (T) and pertussis (P). Lower-case "d" and "p" denote reduced doses
of diphtheria and pertussis used in the adolescent/adult-formulations. The "a" in DTaP and Tdap stands
for "acellular," meaning that the pertussis component contains only a part of the pertussis organism.
The timing of flu shot should be? - Ans:✔✔-September/October timeframe.
Peanut and soybean would prevent the use of which treatment? - Ans:✔✔-ATROVENT - anaphylaxis
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