Pharmacology Practice Quiz 10

November 25, 2020

Pharmacology Practice Quiz 10

Is your knowledge about the foundation of nursing well and sound? This quiz will question your ability to handle different nursing procedures, and other concepts covered by Fundamentals of Nursing.

Topics

Topics or concepts included in this exam are:

Pharmacology nursing
Drug computation and dosages
Administration of medicine

Guidelines

To make the most out of this exam, follow the guidelines below:

Read each question carefully and choose the best answer.
You are given one minute per question. Spend your time wisely!
Answers and rationales (if any) are given below. Be sure to read them.
If you need more clarifications, please direct them to the comments section.

Pharmacology

Pharmacology Practice Quiz 10

1 / 10

Nurse Jamie is administering the initial total parenteral nutrition solution to a client. Which of the following assessments requires the nurse’s immediate attention?

Temperature of 37.5 degrees Celsius

Urine output of 300 cc in 4 hours

Poor skin turgor

Blood glucose of 350 mg / dl

2 / 10

A nurse has taught a client taking a xanthine bronchodilator about beverages to avoid. The nurse determines that the client understands the information if the client chooses which of the following beverages from the dietary menu?

chocolate milk

cranberry juice

coffee

cola

3 / 10

The nurse is administering an intravenous vesicant chemotherapeutic agent to a client. Which assessment would require the nurse’s immediate action?

Stomatitis lesion in the mouth

Severe nausea and vomiting

Complaints of pain at site of infusion

A rash on the client’s extremities

4 / 10

When caring for a client with total parenteral nutrition (TPN), what is the most important action on the part of the nurse?

Record the number of stools per day

Maintain strict intake and output records

Sterile technique for dressing change at IV site

Monitor for cardiac arrhythmias

5 / 10

A 2 year-old child is receiving temporary total parental nutrition (TPN) through a central venous line. This is the first day of TPN therapy. Although all of the following nursing actions must be included in the plan of care of this child, which one would be a priority at this time?

Use aseptic technique during dressing changes

Maintain central line catheter integrity

Monitor serum glucose levels

Check results of liver function tests

6 / 10

George, age 8, is admitted with rheumatic fever. Which clinical finding indicates to the nurse that George needs to continue taking the salicylates he had received at home?

Chorea

Polyarthritis

Subcutaneous nodules

Erythema marginatum

7 / 10

While providing home care to a client with congestive heart failure, the nurse is asked how long diuretics must be taken. The BEST response to this client should be:

As you urinate more, you will need less medication to control fluid.

You will have to take this medication for about a year.

The medication must be continued so the fluid problem is controlled.

Please talk to your physician about medications and treatments.

8 / 10

Nurse Celine is caring for a client with clinical depression who is receiving a MAO inhibitor. When providing instructions about precautions with this medication, the nurse should instruct the client to:

Avoid chocolate and cheese

Take frequent naps

Take the medication with milk

Avoid walking without assistance

9 / 10

Nurse Susan administered intravenous gamma globulin to an 18 month-old child with AIDS. The parent asks why this medication is being given. What is the nurse’s best response?

It will slow down the replication of the virus.

This medication will improve your child’s overall health status.

This medication is used to prevent bacterial infections.

It will increase the effectiveness of the other medications your child receives.

10 / 10

The nurse is aware that the patients who are allergic to intravenous contrast media are usually also allergic to which of the following products?

Eggs

Shellfish

Soy

acidic fruits

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Q.1 A 2 year-old child is receiving temporary total parental nutrition (TPN) through a central venous line. This is the first day of TPN therapy. Although all of the following nursing actions must be included in the plan of care of this child, which one would be a priority at this time?

A. Use aseptic technique during dressing changes

B. Maintain central line catheter integrity

C. Monitor serum glucose levels

D. Check results of liver function tests

View Answer

Q.2 Nurse Jamie is administering the initial total parenteral nutrition solution to a client. Which of the following assessments requires the nurse’s immediate attention?

A. Temperature of 37.5 degrees Celsius

B. Urine output of 300 cc in 4 hours

C. Poor skin turgor

D. Blood glucose of 350 mg / dl

View Answer

Q.3 Nurse Susan administered intravenous gamma globulin to an 18 month-old child with AIDS. The parent asks why this medication is being given. What is the nurse’s best response?

A. It will slow down the replication of the virus.

B. This medication will improve your child’s overall health status.

C. This medication is used to prevent bacterial infections.

D. It will increase the effectiveness of the other medications your child receives.

View Answer

Q.4 When caring for a client with total parenteral nutrition (TPN), what is the most important action on the part of the nurse?

A. Record the number of stools per day

B. Maintain strict intake and output records

C. Sterile technique for dressing change at IV site

D. Monitor for cardiac arrhythmias

View Answer

Q.5 The nurse is administering an intravenous vesicant chemotherapeutic agent to a client. Which assessment would require the nurse’s immediate action?

A. Stomatitis lesion in the mouth

B. Severe nausea and vomiting

C. Complaints of pain at site of infusion

D. A rash on the client’s extremities

View Answer

Q.6 Nurse Celine is caring for a client with clinical depression who is receiving a MAO inhibitor. When providing instructions about precautions with this medication, the nurse should instruct the client to:

A. Avoid chocolate and cheese

B. Take frequent naps

C. Take the medication with milk

D. Avoid walking without assistance

View Answer

Q.7 While providing home care to a client with congestive heart failure, the nurse is asked how long diuretics must be taken. The BEST response to this client should be:

A. As you urinate more, you will need less medication to control fluid.

B. You will have to take this medication for about a year.

C. The medication must be continued so the fluid problem is controlled.

D. Please talk to your physician about medications and treatments.

View Answer

Q.8 George, age 8, is admitted with rheumatic fever. Which clinical finding indicates to the nurse that George needs to continue taking the salicylates he had received at home?

A. Chorea

B. Polyarthritis

C. Subcutaneous nodules

D. Erythema marginatum

View Answer

Q.9 A nurse has taught a client taking a xanthine bronchodilator about beverages to avoid. The nurse determines that the client understands the information if the client chooses which of the following beverages from the dietary menu?

A. chocolate milk

B. cranberry juice

C. coffee

D. cola

View Answer

Q.10 The nurse is aware that the patients who are allergic to intravenous contrast media are usually also allergic to which of the following products?

A. Eggs

B. Shellfish

C. Soy

D. acidic fruits

View Answer

Pharmacology Practice Quiz 9

Fundamentals of Nursing Practice Quiz 1

Pharmacology Practice Quiz 10

Topics

Guidelines

Q.1 A 2 year-old child is receiving temporary total parental nutrition (TPN) through a central venous line. This is the first day of TPN therapy. Although all of the following nursing actions must be included in the plan of care of this child, which one would be a priority at this time?

Q.2 Nurse Jamie is administering the initial total parenteral nutrition solution to a client. Which of the following assessments requires the nurse’s immediate attention?

Q.3 Nurse Susan administered intravenous gamma globulin to an 18 month-old child with AIDS. The parent asks why this medication is being given. What is the nurse’s best response?

Q.4 When caring for a client with total parenteral nutrition (TPN), what is the most important action on the part of the nurse?

Q.5 The nurse is administering an intravenous vesicant chemotherapeutic agent to a client. Which assessment would require the nurse’s immediate action?

Q.6 Nurse Celine is caring for a client with clinical depression who is receiving a MAO inhibitor. When providing instructions about precautions with this medication, the nurse should instruct the client to:

Q.7 While providing home care to a client with congestive heart failure, the nurse is asked how long diuretics must be taken. The BEST response to this client should be:

Q.8 George, age 8, is admitted with rheumatic fever. Which clinical finding indicates to the nurse that George needs to continue taking the salicylates he had received at home?

Q.9 A nurse has taught a client taking a xanthine bronchodilator about beverages to avoid. The nurse determines that the client understands the information if the client chooses which of the following beverages from the dietary menu?

Q.10 The nurse is aware that the patients who are allergic to intravenous contrast media are usually also allergic to which of the following products?

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