PHARMACOLOGY PROCTORED EXAM CLONED ASSESSMENT 1 DETAILED ANSWER KEY

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1. The nurse answers a patient's call light and finds the patient sitting up in bed and requesting pain medication. What will the nurse do first? 2. The nurse is preparing to administer a transdermal... patch to a patient and finds that the patient already has a medication patch on his right upper chest. What will the nurse do? 3. A patient is complaining of severe pain and has orders for morphine sulfate. The nurse knows that the route that would give the slowest pain relief is which route? 4. A patient is recovering from an appendectomy. She also has asthma and allergies to shellfish and iodine. To manage her postoperative pain, the physician has prescribed hydromorphone (Dilaudid). Which vital sign is of greatest concern? 5. The patient is diagnosed with Parkinson's disease and has been started on a dopaminergic replacement drug therapy with carbidopa-levodopa, it is important for the nurse to 6. Which drug will the nurse anticipate administering to a patient experiencing a benzodiazepine overdose? 7. Which statement is important for the nurse to include when teaching a patient about disulfiram (Antabuse) therapy? 8. A patient on a dobutamine drip starts complaining that her IV line "hurts really bad" The nurse on assessing the site notices that it is red, swollen and cool to touch. What will the nurse do first? 9. A nursing is planning care for a client who is receiving furosemide (lasix) IV for peripheral edema. Which of the following interventions should the nurse include in the plan of care? (Select all that apply) 10. A nurse is planning to administer a first dose of captopril to a client who has hypertension. Which of the following medications can intensify first dose hypotension? (Select all that apply) 11. A nurse is teaching a client about a new medication, verapamil (Calan), for hypertension. What information should be include in teaching? [Show More]

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