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Kaplan Pharmacology Complete Questions and Answers Exam

Prep Guide

1- The physician orders ear drop for a 3-year-old child with otitis media. The nurse

watches the child's parent administer the ear drops. Which of the following

observations if made by the nurse would require an intervention?

ANS:- The parent pulls the auricle of the child's ear up and back to instill the

ear drop.

2- A 60-year-old client is taking atrovastatin calcium (Lipitor) for

hypercholesterolemia. It is MOST important for the nurse to tell the client to

ANS: - Avoid alcoholic beverage.

3- A 40-year-old patient is to receive an iron preparation by Z-track injection. To

correctly administer injection, the nurse.

ANS:- Pull the skin and subcutaneous tissue 1.5 inches to the side and inject the

medication.

4- The nurse is caring for a patient who has been taking prednisone for several

months. The nurse knows that which of the following is possible side effect of this

medication?

ANS:- Gastric bleeding.

5- The nurse is planning to administer a medication that is classified by the FDA as

a Schedule II drug. The nurse knows that this means the medication.

ANS:- Has high potent for abuse.

6- The nurse is monitoring a client who is taking nifedipine (Procardia). Which of

the following symptoms if described by the client would require immediate follow

up by the nurse?

ANS:- My shoes feel very tight since I started the medication.

7- The physician orders IV administration of magnesium sulfate in 5% Dextrose in

water for a 40-year-old primigravida. If the patient experiences side effects of the

medication the nurse would expect to see.

ANS:- Depressed deep tendon reflexes.

8- The nurse instructs a client who is to put timolol 0.25% eye drops 1 drop into

both eyes BID. What statement if made by the client indicates a need for further

instruction?

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ANS:- After I put the eye drops in my eye, I should put pressure on the outside

corner of my eye.

9- The nurse cares for a patient at 28 weeks gestation diagnosed with severe

preeclampsia receiving magnesium sulfate IV. If the patient experiences

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