PHARMACOLOGY RETAKE EXAM ACTUAL EXAM 2025 | ALL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS | ALREADY GRADED
A+ | VERIFIED ANSWERS | JUST RELEASED
Your patient is receiving 40 mg of furosemide every day, enteric-coated
aspirin 325 mg every day and digoxin 0.25 mg every day. Your patient
suddenly begins complaining of muscle weakness and seeing yellow halos
around lights. What are your suspicions? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-------
----------digitalis toxicity due to hypokalemia
Your patient is experiencing an emergent hypertensive crisis. The provider
has ordered nitroprusside. Before administration, you should take action to:
---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------protect the solution from
sunlight/bright light by covering it up
Your patient is receiving a beta-blocker for his high blood pressure. He
arrives in the ER with complaints of severe dizziness and shortness of
breath. As you obtain his apical rate, you notive it is 40 bpm and realize the
patient has taken too much of the drug. What antidote should be
administered? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------atropine
A direct vasodilator that relaxes capacitance vessels (veins) has what
beneficial effect in the body? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------
Decreases preload
Your patient has been diagnosed with unstable angina. What is the
anticipated treatment? ("select all that apply") ---------CORRECT ANSWER-
----------------Morphine
Supplemental Oxygen
Nitroglycerin
,Aspirin
In addition to hypertension, alpha-1 blockers, such as doxazosin, may be
useful in the treatment of: ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Benign
Prostatic Hypertrophy (BPH)
hydralazine and isosorbide are used in combination for heart failure
patients because they cause synergistic effects and can avoid the
tolerance that occurs with using isosorbide alone. What other beneficial fact
is related to this combination agent? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-------------
----First drug labeled for use in a specific race (African Americans)
Which of the following diuretics is the drug of choice in the treatment of
cerebral edema? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------mannitol
Prior to the administration of furosemide, the nurse should check the
medication record for other drugs that may cause _________________
such as _________________________. ---------CORRECT ANSWER-------
----------ototoxicity; aminoglycosides
The patient with a plasma cholesterol level of 360 mg/dL is taking the
medication ezetimibe to reduce this value. Which statement made by the
patient indicates a need for further education concerning about this
medication? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------"I cannot take this
medication with any other lipid-lower agents."
Your patient has been experiencing tolerance to transdermal nitroglycerin.
Whichof the following suggestions would be appropriate?
, "You should: ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------take the patch off at
bedtime and put a new one on in the morning."
Your patient is admitted with a diagnosis of angina pectoris. He has an
order for nitroglycerin 0.4mg SL as needed for chest pain. When he
complains of chest pain, you should administer: ---------CORRECT
ANSWER-----------------one tablet under his tongue, if not relief, repeat in 5
minutes up to 3 doses.
A nurse prepares to administer a scheduled dose of digoxin. The nurse
finds the morning laboratory report showing a plasma digoxin level of 0.7
ng/mL. What action should the nurse take next? ---------CORRECT
ANSWER-----------------Check the apical rate for 1 minute and withhold the
digoxin if <60 bpm
The goal of pharmacotherapy for patients with heart failure is using a drug
that has what specific characteristics? ("select all that apply") ---------
CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Negative Chronotropic Effects
Positive Inotropic Effects
Negative Dromotropic Effects
You are providing discharge instructions to a 72-year-old client who has
been discharged home on a diuretic. What would the patient's instructions
regarding the use of a diuretic at home include? ---------CORRECT
ANSWER-----------------Weight yourself daily at the same time each day
using the same scale
A nurse is providing patient education to a 35-year-old man who has been
prescribed transdermal clonidine. The nurse will instruct the patient to apply
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS | ALREADY GRADED
A+ | VERIFIED ANSWERS | JUST RELEASED
Your patient is receiving 40 mg of furosemide every day, enteric-coated
aspirin 325 mg every day and digoxin 0.25 mg every day. Your patient
suddenly begins complaining of muscle weakness and seeing yellow halos
around lights. What are your suspicions? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-------
----------digitalis toxicity due to hypokalemia
Your patient is experiencing an emergent hypertensive crisis. The provider
has ordered nitroprusside. Before administration, you should take action to:
---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------protect the solution from
sunlight/bright light by covering it up
Your patient is receiving a beta-blocker for his high blood pressure. He
arrives in the ER with complaints of severe dizziness and shortness of
breath. As you obtain his apical rate, you notive it is 40 bpm and realize the
patient has taken too much of the drug. What antidote should be
administered? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------atropine
A direct vasodilator that relaxes capacitance vessels (veins) has what
beneficial effect in the body? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------
Decreases preload
Your patient has been diagnosed with unstable angina. What is the
anticipated treatment? ("select all that apply") ---------CORRECT ANSWER-
----------------Morphine
Supplemental Oxygen
Nitroglycerin
,Aspirin
In addition to hypertension, alpha-1 blockers, such as doxazosin, may be
useful in the treatment of: ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Benign
Prostatic Hypertrophy (BPH)
hydralazine and isosorbide are used in combination for heart failure
patients because they cause synergistic effects and can avoid the
tolerance that occurs with using isosorbide alone. What other beneficial fact
is related to this combination agent? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-------------
----First drug labeled for use in a specific race (African Americans)
Which of the following diuretics is the drug of choice in the treatment of
cerebral edema? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------mannitol
Prior to the administration of furosemide, the nurse should check the
medication record for other drugs that may cause _________________
such as _________________________. ---------CORRECT ANSWER-------
----------ototoxicity; aminoglycosides
The patient with a plasma cholesterol level of 360 mg/dL is taking the
medication ezetimibe to reduce this value. Which statement made by the
patient indicates a need for further education concerning about this
medication? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------"I cannot take this
medication with any other lipid-lower agents."
Your patient has been experiencing tolerance to transdermal nitroglycerin.
Whichof the following suggestions would be appropriate?
, "You should: ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------take the patch off at
bedtime and put a new one on in the morning."
Your patient is admitted with a diagnosis of angina pectoris. He has an
order for nitroglycerin 0.4mg SL as needed for chest pain. When he
complains of chest pain, you should administer: ---------CORRECT
ANSWER-----------------one tablet under his tongue, if not relief, repeat in 5
minutes up to 3 doses.
A nurse prepares to administer a scheduled dose of digoxin. The nurse
finds the morning laboratory report showing a plasma digoxin level of 0.7
ng/mL. What action should the nurse take next? ---------CORRECT
ANSWER-----------------Check the apical rate for 1 minute and withhold the
digoxin if <60 bpm
The goal of pharmacotherapy for patients with heart failure is using a drug
that has what specific characteristics? ("select all that apply") ---------
CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Negative Chronotropic Effects
Positive Inotropic Effects
Negative Dromotropic Effects
You are providing discharge instructions to a 72-year-old client who has
been discharged home on a diuretic. What would the patient's instructions
regarding the use of a diuretic at home include? ---------CORRECT
ANSWER-----------------Weight yourself daily at the same time each day
using the same scale
A nurse is providing patient education to a 35-year-old man who has been
prescribed transdermal clonidine. The nurse will instruct the patient to apply
