Proctored 2019 Retake 1

 Pharmacology Proctored 2019 Retake 1 Exam

• A nurse is providing discharge dietary teaching to a client who has a something and is taking

medication theophylline and to provide general instructions the nurse should include?

• Avoid caffeinated beverages
• Take the medication with meals
• Restrict milk products
• Limit sodium intake - correct answer A
• the nurse is mixing regular insulin and NPH into a syringe for a client who has diabetes mellitus. Which

of the following actions should the nurse take first?

• Withdrawal NPH from the vial
• Inject air into the NPH vial
• Inject air into the regular vial
• Withdrawal regular insulin from the vial - correct answer B
• a nurse is teaching a client who has a new prescription of Alendronate for osteoporosis. What

instructions should the nurse include?

• Take the medication immediately after breakfast
• Take the medication with an antacid
• Sit upright for at least 30 mins after taking the medication
• Drink orange juice with the medication - correct answer C
• a nurse is caring for a client who is postoperative following a thyroidectomy and is receiving morphine

for pain. Which of the following findings should the nurse recognize as an adverse effect of morphine?

• Bladder distention
• Productive cough
• Gastrointestinal bleeding
• Decrease deep tending reflexes - correct answer A 1 / 2

• nurse is teaching a client who has pernicious anemia to self-administer cyanocobalamin. Which of the

following information should the nurse include in the teaching?

• Use nasal decongestion 15 mins before the medication if you have a stuffy nose
• Lie down for 1 hour after administering the medication
• Administer the medication into one nostril once per week
• Plan to self-administer this medication for the next 6 months - correct answer C
• a nurse is teaching a newly license nurse about medication reconciliation. The nurse should instruct

the newly license nurse for medication reconciliation for which of the following clients?

• Client who is transported to radiology
• A client who has a consultation for ....
• A client who has a referral for social services
• A client who has been transferred to a step-down unit - correct answer D
• a nurse is assessing a client how received a dinoprostone gel to stimulate the cervical ripening. Which

of the following is the nurses priority?

• Back pain
• Flushing
• nausea
• Uterine tachysystole - correct answer D
• a nurse is performing a return demonstration of an enoxaparin administration. Which of the following

client actions indicates an understanding of the teaching?

• Messages the site to enhance absorption
• Injections the medication into a muscle
• Administers the medication into the abdomen
• Aspirates the medication after injection - correct answer C
• a nurse is assessing a client how has been taking digoxin and ...... which of the following findings to

the nurse indicates this client has developed digoxin toxicity?

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