Nursing Pharmacology and Patient Management Quiz

Nursing Pharmacology and Patient Management

• Different alcohol types and their equivalent amounts in terms of alcohol content are: 8 oz regular beer (5% ETOH), 8-9 fl oz malt liquor (7% alcohol), 5 fl oz table wine (12% alcohol), and 1.5 fl oz distilled spirits (40% alcohol).
• Ceftriaxone is used to treat infections caused by gram-positive cocci and may cause adverse effects such as gastrointestinal symptoms, diarrhea/nausea, and a rare occurrence of C. difficile infection.
• Nursing interventions for ceftriaxone include monitoring and reporting bloody stools, thrombophlebitis, and prothrombin levels, as well as slow infusion.
• Morphine sulfate is used to treat severe pain and may lead to adverse effects such as confusion, drowsiness, dyspnea, fever, and urinary retention.
• Nursing interventions for morphine sulfate involve ensuring the availability of naloxone and oxygen, monitoring for excessive sedation, and vital signs.
• IVP (IV push) is a method of giving medication through an IV, while IVPB (IV piggyback) involves a smaller bag connected above the regular bag, and both require careful consideration of compatibility and sterility.
• PCA pumps are an interactive method of pain management that allows patients to self-administer medication in prescribed doses, and the process involves physician determination, RN assessment, and patient education and demonstration.
• The assessment of patients using PCA pumps includes evaluating mental status, understanding of pain relief, and dosing intervals, and monitoring pain level, sedation, and respiratory rate and quality.
• Naloxone is used to reverse opioid effects and may lead to adverse effects such as ventricular arrhythmias and an increase in respiratory rate, blood pressure, and heart rate.
• Post-operative policy involves assessing vital signs, pain, and other observations, as well as nursing interventions like turning, coughing, and deep breathing, medication administration, and ensuring the patient's comfort and safety.
• Loperamide helps with diarrhea and may have adverse effects such as anticholinergic effects, cardiac arrest, and allergic reactions, requiring monitoring and recommending the lowest effective dose.
• TPN (total parenteral nutrition) is given through a central line to patients unable to eat and requires monitoring for adverse effects, maintaining central line patency, and strict guidelines for administration and monitoring.

Nursing Pharmacology and Patient Management

• Different alcohol types and their equivalent amounts in terms of alcohol content are: 8 oz regular beer (5% ETOH), 8-9 fl oz malt liquor (7% alcohol), 5 fl oz table wine (12% alcohol), and 1.5 fl oz distilled spirits (40% alcohol).
• Ceftriaxone is used to treat infections caused by gram-positive cocci and may cause adverse effects such as gastrointestinal symptoms, diarrhea/nausea, and a rare occurrence of C. difficile infection.
• Nursing interventions for ceftriaxone include monitoring and reporting bloody stools, thrombophlebitis, and prothrombin levels, as well as slow infusion.
• Morphine sulfate is used to treat severe pain and may lead to adverse effects such as confusion, drowsiness, dyspnea, fever, and urinary retention.
• Nursing interventions for morphine sulfate involve ensuring the availability of naloxone and oxygen, monitoring for excessive sedation, and vital signs.
• IVP (IV push) is a method of giving medication through an IV, while IVPB (IV piggyback) involves a smaller bag connected above the regular bag, and both require careful consideration of compatibility and sterility.
• PCA pumps are an interactive method of pain management that allows patients to self-administer medication in prescribed doses, and the process involves physician determination, RN assessment, and patient education and demonstration.
• The assessment of patients using PCA pumps includes evaluating mental status, understanding of pain relief, and dosing intervals, and monitoring pain level, sedation, and respiratory rate and quality.
• Naloxone is used to reverse opioid effects and may lead to adverse effects such as ventricular arrhythmias and an increase in respiratory rate, blood pressure, and heart rate.
• Post-operative policy involves assessing vital signs, pain, and other observations, as well as nursing interventions like turning, coughing, and deep breathing, medication administration, and ensuring the patient's comfort and safety.
• Loperamide helps with diarrhea and may have adverse effects such as anticholinergic effects, cardiac arrest, and allergic reactions, requiring monitoring and recommending the lowest effective dose.
• TPN (total parenteral nutrition) is given through a central line to patients unable to eat and requires monitoring for adverse effects, maintaining central line patency, and strict guidelines for administration and monitoring.