NSG124 Pharmacology Exam 3 Latest Update 2024- 2025 Actual Exam Questions and 100% Verified Correct Answers Guaranteed A+
1) Name 6 statin drugs 2) What will you teach your patient? - CORRECT ANSWER: 1) Atorvastatin, lovastatin, pitavastatin, pravastatin, rosuvastatin, simvastatin 2) Take at bedtime. No grapefruit juice. Report any muscle weakness or soreness
1) People on an ACE inhibitor will periodically need what monitored? Why?2) What side effect could someone develop? - CORRECT ANSWER: 1) Renal function - ACE inhibitors are excreted by kidneys and they can build up in patients with renal impairment 2) A cough - 10% of people
1) What drug does someone take after a heart attack that they would have to take the rest of their life?
2) How does it help? - CORRECT ANSWER: 1) Aspirin
2) Prevents clot formation
1) What is orthostatic hypotension?2) What common drug types cause it?3) What will you teach your patient? - CORRECT ANSWER: 1) A sudden drop in BP when you stand up 2) Any BP med, diuretics, vasodilators 3) Stand up slowly, you may feel dizzy or lightheaded, change positions slowly
1) What is the purpose of nitro?2) How do you know it was effective?3) What is the purpose of nitro patches?4) How do you know it was effective? - CORRECT ANSWER: 1) Vasodilate - stop anginal pain 2) Discontinuation of angina 1 / 2
3) Slow release, long acting vasodilator 4) No anginal pain since starting med/patch
1) What med do you give to stop/reduce dysrhythmia?2) What med do you give if other antidysrhythmics haven't worked? - CORRECT ANSWER: 1) Lidocaine 2) Amiodarone
1) When do we place someone on an MAOI?2) What foods do they have to avoid? - CORRECT ANSWER: 1) When they have not responded to SSRIs or tricyclic antidepressants. There are so many restrictions.2) Foods with tyramine (cheese, pickled food, wine)
1) Who should not receive beta blockers?2) Name 3 examples 3) What do I do?4) Why am I often given with vasodilators?5) Can also block physical symptoms of anxiety, meaning it can block these symptoms in people who
have ______ blood sugar - CORRECT ANSWER: 1) People with asthma
2) Propranolol, atenolol, metoprolol 3) lower BP 4) I can prevent reflex tachycardia
5) Low - anxiety and hypoglycemia symptoms overlap: Assess!
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1) What drug am I a protocol for?2) What is the protocol?3) How am I stored?4) How long do I last?5) What should the patient expect to feel when taking this med? - CORRECT ANSWER: 1) Nitroglycerin
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