WGU D116 Unit 3 (2025 update) COMPLETE
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A patient asks his may need increased amounts of the drug over time
provider to explain what
drug tolerance means. When tolerance develops, a dose increase may be
The provider responds needed because a decreased response may occur
by telling the patient that with prolonged use
when tolerance occurs, it
means the patient
__________.
Prevents some potentially toxic substances from
crossing into the central nervous system
A group of nursing
students asks a nurse to
Infants are more sensitive to CNS drugs and require
explain the blood-brain
lower doses
barrier.
The nurse would be
Prevents highly ionized and protein-bound drugs
correct to say that the
from entering
blood-brain barrier
__________.
Allows lipid-soluble drugs drugs and drugs that use
specific transport systems to enter
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Beta 2 agonist (helper)
Part of the peripheral adrenergic receptor subtypes
(epi/norepi)
A pregnant patient is in
premature labor.
Beta2 agonists cause relaxation of the uterine
Which class of drug will
muscles, slowing or stopping the contractions that
she be given?
precipitate labor
Beta2 ANTagonist would increase constriction of
the uterine muscles
What type of drug class Alpha1 agonist
has effects on the heart
and arterioles?
Anticcholinergic drugs Urinary and GI tracts
are given for what
effects? They do not affect the urine muscles
A nurse is explaining the "Beta2 activation results in contraction of the uterine
activation of beta-2 muscles"
receptors to nursing
students during a clinical Beta2 activation DOES result in vasodilation of
rotation at the hospital. skeletal muscles, bronchodilation, and
Which statement by a glycogenolysis, and RELAXATION of uterine
student demonstrates a muscles
need for further
teaching?
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A provider is teaching a "The digestive functions of the body"
patient about a
medication that alters the All apart of the sympathetic nervous system:
sympathetic nervous 1. fight or flight
system functions. To 2. cardiovascular system
evaluate understanding, 3. body temperature
the provider asks the
patient to describe which
functions the sympathetic
nervous system
regulates.
Which answer indicates
the need for further
teaching?
A patient is experiencing Physostigmine (Mestinon, Regonol)
toxic side effects from
atropine, including Drug of choice for treating poisoning from atropine
delirium and and other drugs that cause muscarinic blockage ie:
hallucinations. atropine (Muscarinic Antagonist)
Which medication will the
provider ask the nurse to
administer?
What drug is used to Donepezil
treat Alzheimer's
Disease?
A patient who has Take a supplementary dose before exercise
myasthenia gravis will be
taking neostigmine.
What should the nurse
emphasize when
teaching this patient
about the medication?
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