Exam 2 Review

Pharmacology

100

How can albuterol be administered? 

PO or inhaln

200

What therapeutic class do the following drugs belong to?

losartan, valsartan

Angiotensin receptor blockers or angiotensin II receptor antagonists (ARBs) (-sartan)

300

Name 3 side effects of ACE inhibitors. What is considered the most deadly?

hypotension, cough, angioedema, kidney failure, hyperkalemia, decreased taste, etc.

400

What medication commonly causes body fluid to be orange to red in color? What class does this med. belong to?

rifampin 

Anti-tuberculin agents

500

What nursing evaluation would indicate that ipratropium is effective?

• Decreased dyspnea.

  • Improved breath sounds.
• Decrease in rhinorrhea from perennial rhinitis or the common cold.

- ipratropium is a bronchodilator and an allergy, cold, & cough remedy