Pharmacology

1. A nurse is teaching a client who has multiple allergies about using an epinephrine autoinjector. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include?

Aspirate prior to administration of the medication

Avoid massaging the site after injection

Administer the medication through clothing if necessary

Inject the medication into the abdomen

2. A nurse is preparing to administer medications to a client and discovers a medication .

The nurse should recognize that which of the following staff members is responsible forcompleting an incident report?

The quality improvement committee

The nurse who identifies the error

The nurse who caused the error

The charge nurse

3. A nurse is preparing to administer propranolol to a client. which of the following shouldthe nurse assess prior to administering this medication?

Temperature

Heart rate

Respiratory rate

Pain level

4. A nurse is caring for a client who has heart failure and is taking hydrochlorothiazide.

The nurse should monitor the client for which of the following manifestations as an adverseeffect of the medication?

Hypernatremia

Hypocalcemia

Hypokalemia