PHARMACOLOGY RN HESI EXIT VERSION A 2024 ACTUAL EXAM NEWEST 2024 WITH UPDATED AND VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS (GRADED A+)

PHARMACOLOGY RN HESI EXIT VERSION A
2024 ACTUAL EXAM NEWEST 2024 WITH
UPDATED AND VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS (GRADED A+)
2 - ANSWER-A client is admitted to the hospital with a diagnosis of
an exacerbation of asthma. What should the nurse plan to do to
best help this client?
Determine the client's emotional state.
Give prescribed drugs to promote bronchiolar dilation.
3 Provide education about the impact of a family history.
4 Encourage the client to use an incentive spirometer routinely
4 - ANSWER-The nurse is preparing to administer an intravenous
piggyback antibiotic that has been newly prescribed. Shortly after
initiation, the client becomes restless and flushed and begins to
wheeze. The nurse determines the that appropriate priority action
will be to stop the antibiotic infusion and then do what?
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1 Notify the physician immediately about the client's condition. 2
Take the client's blood pressure.
Obtain the client's pulse oximetry.
Assess the client's respiratory status
3 - ANSWER-A client has an anaphylactic reaction after receiving
intravenous penicillin. What does the nurse conclude is the cause
of this reaction?
An acquired atopic sensitization occurred.
There was passive immunity to the penicillin allergen.
Antibodies to penicillin developed after a previous exposure.
Potent antibodies were produced when the infusion was instituted
3 - ANSWER-During the administration of total parenteral nutrition
(TPN), an assessment of the client reveals a bounding pulse,
distended jugular veins, dyspnea, and cough. What is the priority
nursing intervention?
Restart the client's infusion at another site.
Slow the rate of the client's infusion of the TPN.
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Interrupt the client's infusion and notify the healthcare provider.
4 Obtain the vital signs and continue monitoring the client's status
- ANSWER-A client develops a fever after surgery. Ceftriaxone is
prescribed. For which potential adverse effect should the nurse
monitor the client?
Dehydration
Heart failure
Constipation
Allergic response
4 - ANSWER-A healthcare provider prescribes famotidine and
magnesium hydroxide/aluminum hydroxide antacid for a client with
a peptic ulcer. The nurse should teach the client to take the antacid
at what time?
1 Only at bedtime, when famotidine is not taken
2 Only if famotidine is ineffective
3 At the same time as famotidine, with a full glass of water
4 One hour before or 2 hours after famotidine
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1 - ANSWER-A healthcare provider prescribes an antibiotic
intravenous piggyback twice a day for a client with an infection. The
healthcare provider prescribes peak and trough levels 48 and 72
hours after initiation of the therapy. The client asks the nurse why
there is a need for so many blood tests. What reason does the
nurse provide?
"They determine adequate dosage levels of the drug."
"They detect if you are having an allergic reaction to the drug."
"The tests permit blood culture specimens to be obtained when the
drug is at its lowest level."
"These allow comparison of your fever to when the blood level of
the antibiotic is at its highest."
2 - ANSWER-A client with tuberculosis is started on a
chemotherapy protocol that includes rifampin. The nurse evaluates
that the teaching about rifampin is effective when the client makes
which statement?
"I need to drink a lot of fluid while I take this medication."
"I can expect my urine to turn orange from this medication."