This lab alteration, part of the basic metabolic profile, is associated with altered levels of consciousness and increased risk for seizures and cerebral edema.
What is hyponatremia?
100
This class of drugs are associated with a decreased heart rate, decreased blood pressure and a decreased cardiac contractility.
Beta Blockers
100
This class of drugs are used as sedatives and anxiolytics.
What is Benzodiazepines?
100
The nurse is administering 0.125mg of levothyroxine. This is the correct dose in micrograms.
What is 125mcg?
100
This over-the-counter antipyretic can impair the liver if taken in too-high quantities.
What is acetaminophen (Tylenol)?
200
This lab should be routinely checked when a patient is on warfarin (Coumadin).
What is PT/INR?
200
This class of drugs can be used to decrease blood pressure but is also commonly used to maintain normal heart rates in patients with Afib. An example is diltiazem.
Calcium channel blocker.
200
This class of drugs are used to control hallucinations and delusions.
What are anti-psychotics?
200
The dose ordered by the physician is 40mg. The nurse has a vial of 80mg/20ml. This is the correct volume of medication to give.
What is 10ml?
200
This over-the-counter allergy medicine can cause a paradoxical hyperactivity response in children.
What is diphenhydramine (Benedryl)?
300
This lab should be followed when a patient is on therapeutic heparin or enoxaparin (Lovenox).
What is PTT?
300
This drug will decrease blood pressure, and dilate coronary arteries. It can cause a bad headache.
What is nitroglycerin.
300
This class of drugs is used to prevent stress ulcers and gastroesophageal reflux. It does not carry the risk of thrombocytopenia.
What are proton pump inhibitors?
300
The nurse needs to give Levetiracetam, 500mg/100ml over 15 minutes. This is the correct ml/hr to program the IV pump.
What is 400ml/hr?
300
This over-the-counter analgesic/NSAID should not be given to children due to the risk of Reye Syndrome.
What is Aspirin?
400
This electrolyte should be monitored when a patient is on a loop diuretic.
What is potassium?
400
This class of antihypertensives can cause a bad dry cough and shouldn't be given to a patient on their day of surgery.
What is Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitors?
400
This class of anti-diabetic are used typically once a day and are considered a "peakless" form of glycemic control.
What is long-acting insulins?
400
The patient has received 1L of fluid in the last 8 hours. The nurse had the IV pump programmed to infuse at this rate.
What is 125ml/hr?
400
This over-the-counter decongestant shouldn't be taken by patients with hypertension.
What is pseudoephedrine (Sudafed)?
500
This is one of the labs used to establish whether a patient's renal clearance is altered for drug dosing.
What is creatinine? (also acceptable BUN, Creatinine Clearance, GFR)
500
This class of antihypertensives works by stimulating an adrenergic receptor, which then blocks the secretion of certain neurotransmitters. Clonidine is an example.
Alpha-2 Adrenergic Agonists.
500
This class of drugs prevents the aggregation of thrombocytes, commonly given afters stent placements and coronary artery bypass grafts.
What are anti-platelets?
500
The nurse is using microdrip tubing to infuse 200ml of a medication over 4 hours. The nurse correctly counts this many drips per minute.
What is 50 gtt/min?
500
This anti-diarrheal drug works by stimulating the opioid receptors in the intestinal tract. For this reason, some people abuse the drug to help them "come down" from their opiate-induced high.