pharmacology

Which condition is treated with an adrenergic agonist?

Anaphylaxis

A patient has been administered dobutamine HCL. Which adverse reactions should the nurse monitor for in the patient?

Cardiac arrhythmias

When applied topically to the eye, which drug produces dilation of the pupil without changing accommodation?

Phenylephrine

The nurse is teaching a client about safe use of adrenergic drugs. Which statement should be included in the teaching?

"Talk to your health care provider before taking any other medications."

Which client is most likely to benefit from the administration of an adrenergic agonist?

A man who is in cardiogenic shock following a myocardial infarction

A client receives a beta-specific agonist. What would lead the nurse to determine that the drug is effective?

Bronchodilation

A nurse is caring for a 25-year-old client who has been prescribed an adrenergic drug for shock. Which action should the nurse implement?

Continually assess the client for physiological changes and notify the primary care provider with changes.

The nurse is assessing a client who received epinephrine, an adrenergic drug, for the treatment of cardiac arrest. The nurse would expect to observe what effect of the drug?

Decreased respiratory rate

Which would the nurse identify as a naturally occurring catecholamine?

Dopamine

Which herbs has been removed from most weight-loss medications due to potential legal liability?

Ephedra

A client is experiencing anaphylaxis. What drug will the nurse most likely administer?

Epinephrine

An instructor is preparing a teaching plan for a group of students about adrenergic agonists. Which would the nurse include as an alpha- and beta-adrenergic agonist?

Epinephrine

Which would the nurse expect to be prescribed to a client experiencing acute bronchospasm?

Epinephrine

The nurse would contact the health care provider before administering an adrenergic drug to a client who is also taking which drug?

MAO inhibitor

The nurse is admitting a client with a complex health history who will be prescribed midodrine. The nurse should call the provider to discuss the potentially dangerous combination of midodrine and what drug?

Olanzapine

An adrenergic drug would be prescribed to produce what physiological effect?

increased heart rate

The nurse is reviewing the medical record of a client who is taking an alpha- and beta adrenergic agonist. What would be of least concern to the nurse?

St. John's wort

A nurse is monitoring the vital signs of a patient who has been administered epinephrine. Which of the readings should nurse report immediately to the primary health care provider?

Systolic blood pressure below 100 mm Hg

Which is an effect of epinephrine?

increased heart rate

The home health nurse is caring for a 77-year-old male patient who has just been discharged from the hospital. The patient is taking dobutamine for congestive heart failure. What would be most important to monitor in this patient?

compliance with drug regime

A nurse in the intensive care unit is caring for a client in shock and has started IV administration of dopamine (Intropin). For a client in shock, dopamine helps to:

increase blood pressure.

Which patient should be advised by the nurse to avoid over-the-counter cold and allergy preparations that contain phenylephrine?

A 47-year-old female with hypertension

The adrenergic branch of the autonomic nervous system is also known by which name?

Sympathetic nervous system