The Respiratory System ATI Pharmacology
Actual Questions With Correct Verified
Answers And Rationales
A health care professional who is advising a patient about the use of
an expectorant to treat a cough should explain that this type of drug
is effective because it performs which of the following actions?
a. suppresses the cough stimulus
b. reduces surface tension
c. reduces inflammation
d. dries mucous membranes -Answers:-b. reduces surface tension
Rationale:Expectorants act by reducing the surface tension of
respiratory secretions. This results in thinning thick mucus, making
it easier to cough out of the lungs and drain out of the nose and
sinuses
A health care professional who is advising a patient about the use of
antihistamines to treat allergic rhinitis should explain that these
drugs are effective because they perform which of the following
actions?
,a. decreases viscosity of nasal secretions
b. Blocks H2 receptors
c. prevents histamine from binding to receptors
d. reduces nasal congestion -Answers:-c. prevents histamine from
binding to receptors
Rationale:antihistamines treat allergic rhinitis and reduce swelling
by blocking histamine from binding to the receptor sites
Legal restrictions apply to the purchase of pseudoephedrine
(Sudafed) because of which of the following risks?
a. respiratory depression
b. drug abuse
c. drug tolerance
d. rebound congestion -Answers:-b. drug abuse
Rationale:because it is possible to alter pseudoephedrine and
epinephrine, the law restricts the drug's purchase
, A health care professional who is advising a patient about using
intranasal glucocorticoids should include which of the following
instructions?
a. starts at a low dose and gradually increase it
b. take the drug as needed for nasal congestion
c. allow at least 2 weeks for the full therapeutic effect
d. use the drug prior to exercise -Answers:-c. allow at least 2 weeks
for the full therapeutic effect
Rationale:it can take 2 or 3 weeks to see the full effect from
intranasal glucocorticoids
Which of the following should a health care professional include
when advising a patient about the use of montelukast (Singulair)?
a. use a spacer to improve inhalation
b. take the drug at the onset of bronchospasm
c. rinse the mouth to prevent an oral fungal infection
d. take the drug once a day in the evening -Answers:-d. take the drug
once a day in the evening
Actual Questions With Correct Verified
Answers And Rationales
A health care professional who is advising a patient about the use of
an expectorant to treat a cough should explain that this type of drug
is effective because it performs which of the following actions?
a. suppresses the cough stimulus
b. reduces surface tension
c. reduces inflammation
d. dries mucous membranes -Answers:-b. reduces surface tension
Rationale:Expectorants act by reducing the surface tension of
respiratory secretions. This results in thinning thick mucus, making
it easier to cough out of the lungs and drain out of the nose and
sinuses
A health care professional who is advising a patient about the use of
antihistamines to treat allergic rhinitis should explain that these
drugs are effective because they perform which of the following
actions?
,a. decreases viscosity of nasal secretions
b. Blocks H2 receptors
c. prevents histamine from binding to receptors
d. reduces nasal congestion -Answers:-c. prevents histamine from
binding to receptors
Rationale:antihistamines treat allergic rhinitis and reduce swelling
by blocking histamine from binding to the receptor sites
Legal restrictions apply to the purchase of pseudoephedrine
(Sudafed) because of which of the following risks?
a. respiratory depression
b. drug abuse
c. drug tolerance
d. rebound congestion -Answers:-b. drug abuse
Rationale:because it is possible to alter pseudoephedrine and
epinephrine, the law restricts the drug's purchase
, A health care professional who is advising a patient about using
intranasal glucocorticoids should include which of the following
instructions?
a. starts at a low dose and gradually increase it
b. take the drug as needed for nasal congestion
c. allow at least 2 weeks for the full therapeutic effect
d. use the drug prior to exercise -Answers:-c. allow at least 2 weeks
for the full therapeutic effect
Rationale:it can take 2 or 3 weeks to see the full effect from
intranasal glucocorticoids
Which of the following should a health care professional include
when advising a patient about the use of montelukast (Singulair)?
a. use a spacer to improve inhalation
b. take the drug at the onset of bronchospasm
c. rinse the mouth to prevent an oral fungal infection
d. take the drug once a day in the evening -Answers:-d. take the drug
once a day in the evening
