Midterm Exam: NR567 NR 567

Midterm Exam: NR567 / NR 567

(Latest Update 2025 / 2026) Advanced Pharmacology for the AGACNP | Questions and Answers | Grade A | 100% Correct – Chamberlain

Question:

The patient appears awake but is unconscious and has no response to painful stimuli. What medication does the nurse suspect this patient has received?

Answer:

Ketamine

Question:

Which nonbarbiturate anesthetic when used with halothane (Fluothane) can cause severe cardiac depression?

Answer:

Ketamine

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Question:

The operating room nurse is developing the care plan for a 10year-old child with asthma who is scheduled for a tonsillectomy and who will receive halothane as the anesthetic agent. Why is this an appropriate drug for this patient?

Answer:

Halothane dilates the bronchi

Question:

How can the nurse assess the degree of neuromuscular blockage the patient is experiencing?

Answer:

peripheral nerve stimulator

Question:

Why will the nurse administer a small dose of nondepolarizing neuromuscular junction (NMJ) blocker before administering succinylcholine?

Answer:

To reduce discomfort of depolarization of muscles

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Question:

The nurse administers a sedative followed by a neuromuscular junction (NMJ) blocker after which the neonatologist attempts to intubate the patient without success. While waiting for the anesthesiologist to come to the unit to establish an artificial airway, what is the nurse's priority of care?

Answer:

Use a bag-valve mask to ventilate the patient

Question:

The nurse is caring for the ICU patient who is mechanically ventilated and receiving a NMJ blocker, a sedative, and an analgesic. What are priorities of nursing care for the patient?

Answer:

• Reposition patient frequently
• Ensure care of the patient's eyes
• Monitor temperature

Question:

The nurse is caring for an older patient who is taking 25mg per day of hydrochlorothiazide. The nurse will closely monitor which lab value in this patient?

Answer:

serum potassium

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