PROPHECY/RELIAS RN PHARMACOLOGY A TEST QUESTIONS
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
1) Which medication is used to treat iron toxicity?
A) digoxin immune fab (Digibind)
B) Naloxone (Narcan)
C) Mephyton (Vitamin K)
D) deferoxamine (Digibind) -- Answer ✔✔ D) deferoxamine (Digibind)
2) Which of the following medications is known to cause orange-colored urine? --
Answer ✔✔ phenazopyridine (Pyridium)
3) You are caring for a patient with diabetes. Humalog insulin is ordered via sliding
scale AC and HS. When is the best time to administer Humalog insulin? -- Answer
✔✔ 15 minutes before meal arrives
4) A provider orders one liter of NS to be infused over four hours. At what rate
would you set the IV pump? -- Answer ✔✔ 250ml/hr
5) Your patient presents with CHF and has a Potassium level of 5.8. Which diuretic do
you anticipate being ordered by the provider? -- Answer ✔✔ bumetanide (Bumex)
6) Your patient is on a Morphine PCA after a recent exploratory surgery. While doing
your rounds, you notice that your patient is slumped over, unresponsive, with
, delayed and slow respirations. You suspect narcotic overdose. Which reversal
medication would you administer? -- Answer ✔✔ naloxone (Narcan)
7) A patient's capillary blood glucose reading is 33mg/dl. Which of the following
medications will the nurse administer if the patient is unable to tolerate PO? --
Answer ✔✔ Dextrose 50% IV push
8) When a patient has pernicious anemia, the nurse would expect to give them: --
Answer ✔✔ Vitamin B12
9) Which of the following anticoagulant is MOST commonly administered for DVT
prophylaxis in a patient who has undergone a hip replacement?
A) heparin
B) enoxaparin
C) aspirin
D) warfarin -- Answer ✔✔ B) enoxaparin
10) Which of the following is considered an antiplatelet medication? -- Answer ✔✔
clopidogrel (Plavix)
11) Sildenaphil(viagra) is prescribed to treat a patient with erectile dysfuction. A nurse
reviews the patient's medical record and would question the prescription of which
of the following is noted in the history? -- Answer ✔✔ Use of Nitroglycerin
12) Which of the following medications should be held today considering that your
patient received IV contract two hours ago fir a CT scan? -- Answer ✔✔
Metformin (Glucophage)
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
1) Which medication is used to treat iron toxicity?
A) digoxin immune fab (Digibind)
B) Naloxone (Narcan)
C) Mephyton (Vitamin K)
D) deferoxamine (Digibind) -- Answer ✔✔ D) deferoxamine (Digibind)
2) Which of the following medications is known to cause orange-colored urine? --
Answer ✔✔ phenazopyridine (Pyridium)
3) You are caring for a patient with diabetes. Humalog insulin is ordered via sliding
scale AC and HS. When is the best time to administer Humalog insulin? -- Answer
✔✔ 15 minutes before meal arrives
4) A provider orders one liter of NS to be infused over four hours. At what rate
would you set the IV pump? -- Answer ✔✔ 250ml/hr
5) Your patient presents with CHF and has a Potassium level of 5.8. Which diuretic do
you anticipate being ordered by the provider? -- Answer ✔✔ bumetanide (Bumex)
6) Your patient is on a Morphine PCA after a recent exploratory surgery. While doing
your rounds, you notice that your patient is slumped over, unresponsive, with
, delayed and slow respirations. You suspect narcotic overdose. Which reversal
medication would you administer? -- Answer ✔✔ naloxone (Narcan)
7) A patient's capillary blood glucose reading is 33mg/dl. Which of the following
medications will the nurse administer if the patient is unable to tolerate PO? --
Answer ✔✔ Dextrose 50% IV push
8) When a patient has pernicious anemia, the nurse would expect to give them: --
Answer ✔✔ Vitamin B12
9) Which of the following anticoagulant is MOST commonly administered for DVT
prophylaxis in a patient who has undergone a hip replacement?
A) heparin
B) enoxaparin
C) aspirin
D) warfarin -- Answer ✔✔ B) enoxaparin
10) Which of the following is considered an antiplatelet medication? -- Answer ✔✔
clopidogrel (Plavix)
11) Sildenaphil(viagra) is prescribed to treat a patient with erectile dysfuction. A nurse
reviews the patient's medical record and would question the prescription of which
of the following is noted in the history? -- Answer ✔✔ Use of Nitroglycerin
12) Which of the following medications should be held today considering that your
patient received IV contract two hours ago fir a CT scan? -- Answer ✔✔
Metformin (Glucophage)
