NURS-6521N-37-Advanced Pharmacology Final Exam Questions and Answers 2023 • Question 1 Alendronate (Fosamax) is prescribed for a 67-year-old postmenopausal woman. In order to help prevent gastrointestinal distress, the nurse will advise the patient to
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• Question 2 stand or sit upright for at least 30 minutes after taking alendronate.Donald is a nurse practitioner student. He recognizes which option below could be a secondary use for an anxiolytic medication?
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• Question 3 ADH D A Nurse Practitioner is providing patient education to a 13-year-old girl who was just diagnosed with type 1 diabetes mellitus. Which of the following statements by the patient will alert the nurse that special instructions regarding insulin are necessary?
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• Question 4 "I am on the middle school track team." A Nurse Practitioner is providing patient education to a 50-year-old woman who is taking methotrexate (MTX) for breast cancer. The nurse will instruct the patient to avoid which of the following drugs?
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• Question 5 A patient asks the nurse practitioner about food sources such as soybeans and soy products. The nurse practitioner understands that these foods are considered
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• Question 6 phytoestroge ns.
The NP recognizes that these medications are useful when taken during early symptoms of a migraine.
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• Question 7 Triptans
Acetaminoph en The Nurse Practitioner notices a cold sore on a patient's upper lip and requests medication; docosanol (Abreva) is ordered. Before applying the medication, the nurse would first
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• Question 8 clean the area to be treated and then pat it dry.An elderly woman is slated for a hemiarthroplasty (hip replacement surgery) after falling and breaking her hip on the stairs outside her home. The woman's pain in the time since her injury has been severe, and her care team has been treating it with morphine. Which of the following administration schedules is most likely to control the patient's pain?
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A large long-acting dose of morphine at 8 a.m. with smaller doses at 12 p.m., 5 p.m., and 10 p.m.• Question 9
Steady state is:
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When the amount of drug in the body remains constant • Question 10 Medications that potentiate the actions of GABA in the brain will likely have which of the following effects?
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provide sedation • Question 11 Which antibiotic is most frequently associated with "Red man Syndrome" 2 / 3
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• Question 12 A nurse practitioner has been assigned to a 55-year-old woman who has a malignant brain tumor. The patient is receiving her first dose of carmustine. It will be critical for the nurse to observe for which of the following?
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Nausea and vomiting • Question 13 An NP is seeing a child who weights 25 pounds, 2 oz and needs a medication. The NP learns that the recommended dosing for this drug is 30-35 mg per kg per day in three divided doses. The NP should order
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110 mg tid • Question 14 A patient is prescribed ganciclovir to treat a CMV infection. An oral dosage is prescribed.To help increase bioavailability of the drug, the nurse will encourage the patient to take the medication
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• Question 15 All of the following can cause photosensitivity except
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levofloxac in • Question 16 A 6-month-old child has developed skin irritation due to an allergic reaction. He has been prescribed a topical skin ointment. The nurse will consider which of the following before administering the drug?
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That the infant's skin has greater permeability than that of an adult • Question 17 Phenytoin decreases folic acid absorption by
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Inhibiting intestinal enzymes require for folic acid absorption • Question 18 A 15-year-old patient has meningitis caused by Haemophilus influenzae. She is being treated with chloramphenicol. The most important nursing action for this patient would be to monitor
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