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NUR 2474 EXAM 1 NEWEST 2025 PHARMACOLOGY
FOR PROFFESIONAL NURSING ACTUAL EXAM
COMPLETE 100 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
|ALREADY GRADED A+ (RASMUSSEN)
NUR 2474 EXAM 1
what things should we teach the patient using a drug to treat anxiety? - CORRECT ANSWER -- drug should be tapered only by the HCP, not patient
- no ETOH use
- what withdrawal effects may look like
what does anxiety medication PO withdraw look like? - CORRECT ANSWER -- drowsiness,
- lethargy,
- confusion
what does anxiety medication IV withdraw look like? - CORRECT ANSWER -- hypotension, respiratory arrest, cardiac arrest.
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explain what methylphenidate does - CORRECT ANSWER -- increases attention and focus in children (NOTHING DEALING W/
BEHAVIORS)
other effects of methylphenidate use in children - CORRECT ANSWER-- decreased appetite
- insomnia if given late in the day
what is the therapeutic level of phenytoin? - CORRECT
ANSWER-- 10-20
what is the therapeutic level of carbamazepine? - CORRECT
ANSWER-- 5-12
what can we use carbamazepine to treat? - CORRECT ANSWER-- epilepsy,
- bipolar, and
- trigeminal neuralgias
why is a therapeutic level important with some medications? - CORRECT ANSWER -- if the drug is not in a certain range, it can be toxic. broad therapeutic range= good drug to use, narrow 2 / 4
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range= not so good. must draw blood levels if in a narrow therapeutic range medication.
what medications cause EPS? - CORRECT ANSWER -- antipsychotic drugs- 1st generation
what are the early EPS? - CORRECT ANSWER -- acute dystonia, oculogyric crisis, opisthotonus, joints dislocation, impaired breathing, akathisia, parkinsonism
what are the late EPS? - CORRECT ANSWER -- tardive dyskinesia
explain acute dystonia - CORRECT ANSWER -- slow muscle movement and spasticity
explain oculogyric crisis - CORRECT ANSWER -- upward deviation of the eyes
explain opisthotonus - CORRECT ANSWER -- back spasticity
explain joint dislocation - CORRECT ANSWER -- from the muscle spasms, can be painful 3 / 4
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explain impaired breathing - CORRECT ANSWER -- the diaphragm cannot work correctly due to slowing of movement
explain akathisia - CORRECT ANSWER -- compulsive, restless movement, need to be in motion with anxiety
explain Parkinsonism - CORRECT ANSWER -- drug induced
Parkinson's: bradykinesia, mask like face, tremor, rigidity,
shuffling gait, drooling, cog wheeling, stooped posture
how do we treat early EPS? - CORRECT ANSWER -- anticholinergics,
- bentos,
- beta blocker
explain tardive dyskinesia - CORRECT ANSWER -- choreoathetoid movements of the tongue and face, lip smacking movement, fly catching tongue, slow worm like tongue movement, involuntary movements of limbs, tones, hips and fingers.
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