NURS 617 Exam 3 Questions with Verified Solutions 2026

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NURS 617 Exam 3 Questions with
Verified Solutions 2026

Not for use in type 1 diabetes

- Meglitinides
- Sodium glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitors
- Alpha glucosidase inhibitors
- DPP-4 inhibitors
- Second generation sulfonylureas
- Metformin

Can use in Type 1 and type 2

- pramlintide

Reduce in patients with renal insufficiency

- DPP-4 inhibitors
- Tetracyclines
- Terbinafine

Reduced doses in hepatic insufficiency

- Caspofungin

Monitor LFT

- Propylthiouracil (antithyroid)
- Methimazole (antithyroid)
- Rifampin (abx)
- Tetracyclines (abx)


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- Isoniazid (abx)
- Pyrazinamide (abx)
- Terbinafine (antifungal)

Aerobic gram negative abx

- Aminoglycosides

Gram positive

-Pencillin G&V
-Vancomycin
- Oxazolidinones
- First generation cephalosporins

Gram positive & gram negative

- Aminopenicillins
- Tetracyclines
- 2nd generation cephalosporins
- Clindamycin
- Rifampin.
- sometimes Penicillin G&V

Gram negative

- 3rd generation cephalosporins
- sometimes aminopenicllins (H. Influenza, E. Coli, salmonella, shigella)

Primarily gram positive but also gram negative

- Penicillin G

Ineffective against anaerobes


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- Fluoroquinolones

Not active against aerobes

- Metronidazole

Cytochrome P-450 enzyme inhibition

- Streptogramins
- Macrolides

Effective against C. Diff

- Metronidazole

Requires serum peak and trough levels

- Aminoglycosides

Monitor serum levels and PT/INR

- Fluoroquinolones

Avoid alcohol

- Metronidazole
- 3rd generation cephalosporins

May cause antibiotic associated colitis

- Second generation cephalosporins

Covers everything

- Fluoroquinolones

only administered orally for abx associated colitis

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