106 Final Exam Review

What drug class should we avoid taking while on narcotic agonists?

(up to) how many weeks until a patient starts to see effects of fluoxetine?

Which intervention is MOST important for the nurse to perform before beginning antibiotic therapy?

Which of the following is a hypotonic solution?

Why are parenteral agents used?

Most facilities require a special certification/training to administer chemo drugs

We sometimes use more than one SSRI to combine the benefits of different antidepressants.

This anxiety drug can be used for alcohol withdrawal

Give mebendazole with high fat food to increase absorption

What food should you avoid when taking levodopa?

Easiest way to spread pinworm infections

Which of the following is an SSRI?

Before giving an antibiotic, what lab test should be done?

A patient on an aminoglycoside antibiotic with NVD. What to do for this patient to prevent further complications?

Which drug is used for anxiety without sedation?

Tamoxifen can increase the risk of developing cervical cancer

The nurse is administering acyclovir; it is considered the drug of choice for treatment of which viral infection?

This antibiotic can cause staining/pitting of the teeth in children and is contraindicated in pregnancy.

What is a side effect of ophthalmic agents?

Aside from anxiety, what is another use for benzodiazepine?

What should the nurse have on hand while monitoring a pt on opioids?

Very important education of chloroquine

T/F: When starting benzos, a patient should be told that they might have excessive depression the first 2 weeks.

Which of the following drugs should NOT be taken alongside MAOIs?

If your patient is taking Phenobarbital what hx do you need to consider?

Patients receiving chemotherapy should use barrier contraception.

How does mebendazole work?

What is the priority to assess/test for in your patient before they should begin treatment with phenobarbital?

The nurse will instruct a patient who is receiving a tetracycline antibiotic to take it using which guideline?

A nurse would anticipate the use of general anesthetic for which reason?

What does bacteriostatic mean?

What drug(s) should be avoided with diazepam?

What am I worried about if my patient stops his antibiotic early?

What would you monitor as a priority while giving PN (parenteral nutrition)

This drug can increase bleeding time when combined with anticoagulants

What type of infection are we most worried about in the patient taking strong, broad-spectrum antibiotics?

This drug class will cause thrombocytopenia

This drug, an SNRI, shares adverse effects and education with SSRIs like fluoxetine.

How to collect helmintic sample

After using naloxone on a pt what adverse effects do you monitor for ?

For the patient with a pinworm infection, how often should they clean/disinfect their toilet?

Mr. Treece is allergic to cephalosporins... Which other drug class should he avoid as a possible contraindication?

antihelmintic drug prototype

Stacy (23F) is prescribed amoxicillin. What should you teach the patient about this drug?

Which antibiotic drug class carries the risk of a disulfiram-like reaction?

Important Flagyl interaction

What does bactericidal mean?

After taking this anti-anxiety med you should brush your teeth?

Metallic taste in the mouth is a known side effect of which drug?

Succinimides drug prototype

Benzos will cause dry mouth or excessive salivating

What vitamin does the body not store?

When should you shower during an active pinworm infection?

Which two drugs can cause sleep driving?

What is the dopaminergics prototype?

After starting a PCA pump of morphine for a pt the nurse assesses vitals what should the nurse report to the provider?

What can a patient on antibiotics do to prevent yeast infections, candidiasis, diarrhea?

When giving Mebendazole, what is the best practice?

Benzos need to be tapered when discontinuing

A specific antibiotic drug class can cause a disulfiram-like reaction. What does that mean?

Benzo antidote?

Sildenafil requires sexual stimulation to work

What patient teaching do you give to a new mom who had nitrous oxide for surgery?

Which of the following describes activation of a the parasympathetic nervous system?

Adrenergic agonist (albuterol)... what will happen in the body?

What is the antidote for diazepam?

Teaching is successful when the new nurse identifies which person is most qualified to administer general anesthesia?

Normal sodium levels

What is an indication for benztropine?

zolpidem is better for what?

While giving this type of antibiotic, we carefully monitor for complaints of tinnitus and dizziness.

Vision changes, slurred speech, unsteadiness in the first few days of starting benzos is an emergency.

What does hyperhidrosis mean?

Short-term tx of insomnia prototype

Do not take which type of drug with MAOIs?

What safety measure do you give a patient who just had major surgery

When taking levodopa, what type of environment should you avoid?

Which drug is indicated for smoking cessation?

Which is the safest class of drugs for pregnant women?

Benzo antidote

Which lab should you monitor while the patient takes methotrexate?

This drug's side effects are caused by the body's immune reaction to the death of a parasitic worm.

A surgery patient has a history of malignant hyperthermia. The nurse knows to avoid what kind of anesthetic agent?

What is the prototype for anticholinergic agents?

Which antineoplastic drug is known for causing menopause-associated side effects?

This drug is used for absence seizures (blank-state seizures)

Common side effect of metronidazole

Which anxiolytic can be taken daily without sedation side effects?

T/F: you need to take sumatriptan daily to prevent migraine headaches

Tetracycline and ciprofloxacin share this common characteristic adverse effect

What is the nursing priority for a patient who is on volatile liquid (desflurane)?

A patient is on antibiotic and is complaining of pain "like tendonitis." Which antibiotic class due you suspect?

Mr. Treece has pinworms, how often should he launder his bedsheets?

Succinylcholine adverse effects

This drug is not the first choice for depression, but is used for patients who do not respond to newer/safer drugs.

Antipsychotic/neuorleptic drug prototype

Normal Potassium Levels

Besides cancer, what other condition can a patient take methotrexate for?

This is a common adverse effect of fluoroquinolones (ciprofloxacin) and can be preventable through simple actions.

Pancuronium is used for what?