NURS 6521 / NURS6521 Advanced Pharmacology Midterm Exam | Question and Answers | Latest 2020 / 2021.

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NURS 6521 / NURS6521 Advanced

Pharmacology Midterm Exam |

Question and Answers | Latest 2020 /

2021

Question 1

1 out of 1 points

A Nurse Practitioner is providing a patient with a list of drugs as a part of the patient's plan of

care. Which of the following drug nomenclatures should the Nurse Practitioner use to list the

drugs?

Selected Answer:

The drugs' generic names

Question 2

1 out of 1 points

A homeless man who is well known to care providers at the local hospital has been admitted to

the emergency department after having a seizure outside a mall. The man is known to be a heavy

alcohol user and is malnourished with a very low body mass index. How are this patient's

characteristics likely to influence possible treatment with phenytoin?

Selected Answer:

The patient's protein deficit will likely increase the levels of the free drug in his blood.

Question 3

1 out of 1 points

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A Nurse Practitioner is providing discharge planning for a 45-year-old woman who has a

prescription for oral albuterol. The Nurse Practitioner will question the patient about her intake

of which of the following?

Selected Answer:

Coffee

Question 4

1 out of 1 points

A Nurse Practitioner is caring for a 73-year-old man who is receiving drug therapy. He is

beginning to exhibit signs of decline in his renal system, yet his current serum creatinine level is

normal. The Nurse Practitioner will base the patient's plan of care on the understanding that there

is

Selected Answer:

a decrease in the amount of creatinine to be filtered.

Question 5

1 out of 1 points

A female patient has been taking prednisone for her asthma for 1 month. The nurse will teach her

to gradually decrease her dose of prednisone to avoid

Selected Answer:

adrenal insufficiency.

Question 6

1 out of 1 points

A 72-year-old man is taking Adderall XR for the treatment of narcolepsy. He is currently having

problems with not being able to swallow large tablets or capsules. The man also wears dentures,

which makes it even more difficult for him to swallow medication. He is in the clinic to talk to

the nurse about his problem. The nurse will instruct him to

Selected Answer:

open the capsule and sprinkle the beads in applesauce.

Question 7

1 out of 1 points

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Mrs. Houston is a 78-year-old woman who resides in an assisted living facility. Her doctor

prescribed digoxin at her last visit to the clinic and she has approached the nurse who makes

regular visits to the assisted-living facility about this new drug. What teaching point should the

nurse emphasize to Mrs. Houston?

Selected Answer:

The importance of having required laboratory work performed on time

Question 8

1 out of 1 points

A patient with bronchial asthma is prescribed a sustained-release preparation of theophylline. To

help minimize the adverse effects of the drug, which of the following should the nurse suggest?

Selected Answer:

Take it on an empty stomach, 1 hour before or 2 hours after meals

Question 9

1 out of 1 points

A Nurse Practitioner is teaching a patient about his newly prescribed drug, colchicine, for gout.

The Nurse Practitioner will instruct the patient to avoid which of the following foods?

Selected Answer:

Shrimp

Question 10

1 out of 1 points

What critical piece of information is missing from the following medication order: Amoxicillin

250 mg every 8 hours?

Selected Answer:

Route

Question 11

1 out of 1 points

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