NUR 635 MIDTERM EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Often prescribed with levodopa/carbidopa in the treatment of Parkinson's Disease - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Bromocriptine
What medication may cause serious or possibly life-threatening sleep behaviors, such as sleep driving? -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Ambien
Taking too much of this type of drug can make you "blind as a bat" or "mad as a hatter" - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Anticholinergics, antimuscarinics
Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism, excretion - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Pharmacokinetics
Drugs used to relieve a myasthenic crisis - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Neostigmine, pyridostigmine
This drug has a very narrow therapeutic index and high risk for toxicity, therefore levels should be
monitored frequently - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Lithium
The drug class that carries an increased risk of suicidality in children, adolescents, and young adults -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅SSRIs/SNRIs
The antidote for organophosphate poisoning - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Atropine
This drug class double the rate of mortality in older adults with dementia - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Antipsychotics
In infants, this is not fully developed and therefore infants are more sensitive to CNS drugs - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Blood Brain Barrier
Time of development that fetus is at highest risk of teratogenicity from a drug - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅First trimester
, Do not stop this class of drug abruptly due to an increased risk of cardiovascular events - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Beta-blockers
Agents that indirectly block the breakdown of acetylcholine and are often used in treatment of
Alzheimer's Disease - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Cholinesterase inhibitors
Adverse drug reaction that causes difficulty speaking and chewing and worm-like movements of the
tongue - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Tardive Dyskinesia
Receptor found in the lungs that causes bronchodilation when activated - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Beta 2
Receptors
This drug has led to the death of children in ultrarapid metabolizers as 10% of the drug is converted to
morphine - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Codeine
Leading cause of acute liver failure in the U.S. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Hepatotoxic drugs
An autoimmune disease that attacks the nicotinic receptors in skeletal muscle - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Myasthenia Gravis
An opioid antagonist that works to quickly reverse CNS and respiratory depression - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Naloxone (Narcan)
How the drug affects the body - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Pharmacodynamics
Term for the amount of drug that reaches systemic circulation. Often affected by route of administration
- CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Bioavailability
Symptoms for this syndrome include confusion, irritability, tachycardia, hypertension, diaphoresis, and
is caused by having too much of this "happy" substance - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Serotonin
Often prescribed with levodopa/carbidopa in the treatment of Parkinson's Disease - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Bromocriptine
What medication may cause serious or possibly life-threatening sleep behaviors, such as sleep driving? -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Ambien
Taking too much of this type of drug can make you "blind as a bat" or "mad as a hatter" - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Anticholinergics, antimuscarinics
Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism, excretion - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Pharmacokinetics
Drugs used to relieve a myasthenic crisis - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Neostigmine, pyridostigmine
This drug has a very narrow therapeutic index and high risk for toxicity, therefore levels should be
monitored frequently - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Lithium
The drug class that carries an increased risk of suicidality in children, adolescents, and young adults -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅SSRIs/SNRIs
The antidote for organophosphate poisoning - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Atropine
This drug class double the rate of mortality in older adults with dementia - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Antipsychotics
In infants, this is not fully developed and therefore infants are more sensitive to CNS drugs - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Blood Brain Barrier
Time of development that fetus is at highest risk of teratogenicity from a drug - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅First trimester
, Do not stop this class of drug abruptly due to an increased risk of cardiovascular events - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Beta-blockers
Agents that indirectly block the breakdown of acetylcholine and are often used in treatment of
Alzheimer's Disease - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Cholinesterase inhibitors
Adverse drug reaction that causes difficulty speaking and chewing and worm-like movements of the
tongue - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Tardive Dyskinesia
Receptor found in the lungs that causes bronchodilation when activated - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Beta 2
Receptors
This drug has led to the death of children in ultrarapid metabolizers as 10% of the drug is converted to
morphine - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Codeine
Leading cause of acute liver failure in the U.S. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Hepatotoxic drugs
An autoimmune disease that attacks the nicotinic receptors in skeletal muscle - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Myasthenia Gravis
An opioid antagonist that works to quickly reverse CNS and respiratory depression - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Naloxone (Narcan)
How the drug affects the body - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Pharmacodynamics
Term for the amount of drug that reaches systemic circulation. Often affected by route of administration
- CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Bioavailability
Symptoms for this syndrome include confusion, irritability, tachycardia, hypertension, diaphoresis, and
is caused by having too much of this "happy" substance - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Serotonin
