
What is the antidote for digoxin toxicity?
Naloxone
Digiband
Acetylcysteine
Protamine Sulfate
Protamine Sulfate is the Antidote for which medication?
TCAs
Warfarin
Beta Blockers
Heparin
A patient is admitted to the hospital with a Diazepam Overdose. What is the antidote for this medication?
Flumazenil
Naloxone
Fomepizole
Deferoxamine
Vitamin K is the antidote for which medication?
Anticholinergics
Magnesium Sulfate
Warfarin
Heparin
Acetylcysteine is used to treat an overdose of which medication?
Opioids
Acetaminophen
Ethylene Glycol
Benzodiazepines
A 76-year-old male is admitted to the ER. The patient accidentally overdosed on Atenolol. The patient's HR is 38 bpm, and BP is 70/52. The patient is lethargic, sweaty, and vomiting. What is the antidote for this medication?
Digiband
Calcium Gluconate
Glucagon
Calcium Disodium
Physostigmine is the antidote for which condition?
Cyanide Poisoning
Cholinergic Toxicity
Iron Toxicity
Anticholinergic Toxicity
The antidote for Magnesium Sulfate is?
Calcium Disodium
Calcium Gluconate
Protamine Sulfate
Acetylcysteine
Hydroxocobalamin is the antidote for which condition?
Iron Toxicity
Lead Toxicity
Cyanide Poisoning
Ethylene Glycol Poisoning
EMS calls in to report that they are transporting a 22-year-old patient who attempted suicide by ingesting Ethylene Glycol. Prior to the patient’s arrival, what medication will you have readily available?
Fomepizole
Naloxone
Deferoxamine
Acetylcysteine
Deferoxamine is the antidote for which condition?
Iron Toxicity
Lead Toxicity
Digoxin Toxicity
Cholinergic Toxicity
A client with peptic ulcer disease asks the nurse what medications they might be prescribed for this problem. The nurse tells the client that which medications will be prescribed? Select all that apply.
Antacids
Antibiotics
NSAIDs
Proton Pump Inhibitors
Cytoprotective Therapy
Histamine H2-Receptor Blockers
The nurse is caring for a client with an exacerbation of multiple sclerosis. Which medication(s) will the nurse expect to be prescribed to hasten recovery from the exacerbation?
Methylprednisolone and cyclophosphamide intravenously
Phenytoin intravenously, then tapered to the oral route
Carbamazepine and phenytoin by mouth
Lioresal by mouth and diazepam intravenously
The client with a head injury is experiencing signs of increased intracranial pressure (ICP), and mannitol is prescribed. The nurse administering this medication expects which as intended effects of this medication? Select all that apply.
Increased osmotic pressure of glomerular filtrate
Increased Diuresis
Reabsorption of sodium and water in the loop of Henle
Reduced ICP
Reduced tubular absorption of waster and solutes
A client who was started on clonazepam (Anticonvulsant) tells the nurse of increasing clumsiness and unsteadiness since starting the medication. The client is visibly upset by these manifestations and asks the nurse what to do. The nurse's response is based on which understanding?
These symptoms usually occur when the client takes the medication with food.
These symptoms indicate that the client is experiencing a severe adverse reaction to the medication.
These symptoms probably result from interaction with another medication.
These symptoms are most severe during initial therapy and decrease or disappear with long-term use.
Digoxin helps the heart pump more efficiently by altering the inotropic, chronotropic, and dromotropic actions of the heart. Select all the options below that accurately describe these actions created by Digoxin
Positive Inotropic
Negative Dromotropic
Positive Chronotropic
Negative Chronotropic
Negative Inotropic
Which medication below would increase the patient's risk of developing Digoxin Toxicity?
Metformin
Furosemide
Coumadin
Nitroglycerin
Which signs and symptoms below would demonstrate that a patient is experiencing an overdose of beta-blockers? Select all that apply
Dyspnea, HR of 35
BP of 200/110
EKG shows 3rd Degree Heart Block
Patient is Severely Drowsy
EKG shows Atrial Fibrillation
The nurse is reviewing the protocol for administration of IV adenosine (antidysrhythmic). What is the most important nursing intervention to remember when giving this medication?
Administer it as fast IV push
Assess for burning sensation at the IV site
Flush the IV catheter with normal saline
Monitor the infusion site for a hematoma
To prevent the occurrence of cinchonism in a patient prescribed quinidine, which instruction is most important for the nurse to provide for this patient?
Remind the patient the patient to change positions slowly
Increase dietary intake of potassium
Avoid drinking grapefruit
Advise the patient to wear sunscreen everyday
The nurse is caring for a patient prescribed amiodarone (Antidysrhythmic). The nurse knows the MOST serious adverse effect of this medication can occur in which body system?
Gastrointestinal
Nervous
Immune
Respiratory
Your patient is on Heparin, and develops Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia (HIT). What signs and symptoms in the patient confirm this diagnosis? Select all that apply
Development of a new thrombus
Increase in platelet level
Decrease in platelet level
Increase in hemoglobin level
You’re providing care to a patient who has been receiving long-term doses of Heparin. What finding in this patient demonstrates the patient may be experiencing a complication that can occur due to long-term use of this drug?
Raynaud's Syndrome
Hyperkalemia
Bone Fractures
Uncontrolled Hypertension
Which Cephalosporin below is known to have the ability to treat MRSA and is considered to be a Fifth Generation Cephalosporin?
Ceftaroline
Cefazlor
Cefazolin
Cephalexin
The patient is prescribed IV Ceftriaxone. The nurse knows that this medication should never be administered with which of the following?
Grapefruit Juice
Saline Solutions
Foods Containing Tyramine
Calcium Solutions
True or False: A patient who is allergic to Penicillin should avoid taking Macrolides
TRUE
fFALSE
A client with vascular headaches is taking ergotamine. The home health nurse would periodically assess him or her for which finding?
Hypotension
Constipation
Dependent Edema
Cool, Numb Fingers & Toes
A client with gout has begun to take allopurinol. The nurse informs the client that which medication may also be necessary during the beginning phase of medication therapy with allopurinol? Select all that apply.
Naproxen
Colchicine
Oxycodone
Indomethacin
Hydromorphone
The nurse asks a nursing student about the uses of the medication dantrolene. The nursing student correctly states that dantrolene (Direct Skeletal Muscle Relaxant) is used to manage hypermetabolism of skeletal muscle that occurs in which condition?
General Anesthesia
Hyperplasia of the Prostate
Malignant Hyperthermia
Low back pain
Insulin lispro is prescribed for the client with diabetes mellitus, and the client is instructed to administer the insulin before meals. When would the nurse instruct the client to administer the insulin?
60 minutes before eating
45 minutes before eating
90 minutes before eating
Immediately before eating
The diabetes nurse specialist conducts a teaching session to a group of nursing students regarding sulfonylureas, oral hypoglycemic medications used for type 2 diabetes mellitus. Which statement, describing the primary action of these medications, would the nurse include in the teaching session?
"Sulfonylureas inhibit carbohydrate digestion."
"Sulfonylureas promote insulin secretion by the pancreas."
"Sulfonylureas decrease glucose production by the liver."
"Sulfonylureas decrease insulin resistance."
A pregnant client of 30 weeks' gestation is admitted to the hospital unit in preterm labor. The client asks the nurse about the purpose of betamethasone, which has been prescribed by the primary health care provider (PHCP). The nurse would tell the client that the medication will promote which action?
Prevent membrane rupture
Stop the premature uterine contraction
Enhance fetal lung maturity
Delay delivery