NUR 2407 PHARMACOLOGY EXAM 3 NEWEST 2024 ALL 50
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
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50 Questions, 4 select all that apply, and 1 dosage calculation
Digoxin: know discharge teaching, when should you hold the medication, SE
Check apical pulse, hold if pulse less than 60. Green or yellow halos-toxic, normal is 0.5-2.
Side effects-Bradycardia
Hydrochlorothiazide: what type of drug is this? Know interventions, client education and SE
Diuretic. Daily weights, change position slowly. Potassium wasting diuretic. Potassium level 3.5-
5.5 Interventions-check daily weights, increase potassium level, ensure has call light, give earlier
in day
ACE inhibitors: How do they work?
Blocks ace, vasodilator, improves cardiac output. Pril meds
Calcium Channel Blockers: education
Report dizziness, change positions
slowly
Nitroglycerin: Client education, SE, health hx: when should the nurse not administer this medication?
Antianginal, don’t chew or crush, 1 pill every 5 min-no more than 3 doses, do not use ED meds
SE-hypotension and headaches.
Why/when is Lidocaine administered
Local anesthetic, dilute some IM meds with due to painful administration
What is Nifedipine used for? What is the classification?
Calcium channel blocker, reduce blood pressure
