NUR 2474 Pharmacology for Professional Nursing
Pharm Week 6 Quiz 2
A pregnant woman has a history of epilepsy and continues to take an AED during her pregnancy. Which of the following supplements should be taken during the last month of pregnancy?
- Vitamin K
- Vitamin A
- Iron
- Erythromycin
Because of quickly changing glucose needs during delivery and the post- partum period, blood sugar levels are checked frequently. Which of the following types of insulin should be used during this period?
- Humulin NPH
- Humulin N
- Humulin L
- Humulin R
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Which of these is a reason why older adults are more likely to experience adverse drug reactions and interactions compared with younger adults?
- More predictable pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics
- Physiologic changes in body composition
- Use of fewer chronic medications
- Presence of fewer chronic disease states
The nurse is teaching a class on how to prevent heart attacks to clients. It is a mixed-gender class. What important factor does the nurse need to include in the teaching plan related to gender?
- Certain medications such as aspirin are more effective in preventing
- All medications used to prevent heart attacks affect men and women the
- Heart disease affects men and women equally.
- The use of aspirin following a heart attack is to protect the stomach from
heart attacks in men than women.
same.
stress ulcers.
The client asks the nurse to explain how colchicine works. The nurse would base the response on which physiologic principle?
- Colchicine increases deposits of uric acid in the synovial spaces of the joints.
- Colchicine prevents the accumulation of uric acid crystals in the joints.
- Colchicine increases renal secretion of uric acid crystals.
- Colchicine relieves pain associated with joint inflammation from gouty
arthritis.
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