NCLEX-RN (National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses) · Physiological Integrity
Pharmacological Therapies
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- A client who takes furosemide is at risk for which electrolyte imbalance?
- Before giving digoxin, the nurse counts the apical pulse for one full minute. Which result should lead the nurse to hold the dose?
- Which laboratory test is used to monitor warfarin therapy?
- Which laboratory test is used to monitor a heparin infusion, and what is the antidote?
- Which type of insulin can be given intravenously?
- Why should metformin be held before a procedure that uses iodinated contrast dye?
- A client taking lisinopril reports a new problem. Which one requires immediate action?
- What is the therapeutic serum level of lithium, and what should the nurse teach?
- When should a client take levothyroxine?
- Why must a client taking prednisone for several months not stop it suddenly?
- Before giving morphine, the nurse checks the respiratory rate. Below which rate should the dose be held?
- Which medication reverses respiratory depression caused by an opioid?
- What is the maximum daily dose of acetaminophen that is generally advised for a healthy adult?
- What should the nurse teach a client who takes ibuprofen regularly?
- A client takes a sublingual nitroglycerin tablet for chest pain, and the pain is not relieved after 5 minutes. What should the client do?
- Which adverse effects should the nurse monitor in a client who receives gentamicin?
- How should vancomycin be given intravenously?
- What should the nurse do before giving the first dose of an antibiotic?
- Which instruction is correct for a client taking tetracycline?
- Before giving metoprolol, which assessment is necessary?
- Which statement about intravenous potassium chloride is correct?
- What is the therapeutic range for serum phenytoin, and what common effect should be reported?
- A client takes clozapine. Which laboratory value must be monitored regularly?
- A client who takes haloperidol has sudden painful spasms of the neck and jaw. How would the nurse describe this?
- What should the nurse teach a client who starts an antidepressant?
- A child weighs 20 kg and has an order for 15 mg/kg/day divided into three equal doses every 8 hours. How many milligrams are in each dose?
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