Advanced Pharmacology Midterm Exam
Questions With Correct Answers
In every state, prescriptive authority for NPs includes the ability to write
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prescriptions - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-For specified classifications of medications
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An NP is caring for a 70-year-old patient who reports having seasonal allergies
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with severe rhinorrhea. Using the Beers criteria, which of the following
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medications should the NP recommend for this patient? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Loratadine (Claritin) |
Which of the following has influenced an emphasis on primary care education in
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medical schools? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Changes in Medicare reimbursement
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methods recommended in 1992 | | |
Which of the following statements is true about the prescribing practices of
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physicians? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The dominant form of drug information used
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by primary care physicians continues to be that provided by pharmaceutical
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companies.
An 86-year-old patient is seen in clinic for a scheduled follow-up after starting a
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new oral medication 1 month prior. The patient reports no change in symptoms,
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and a laboratory test reveals a subtherapeutic serum drug level. The NP caring for
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this patient should: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Determine the number of pills left in
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the patient's prescription bottle
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, A woman who takes an angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor for hypertension
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tells her primary care NP that she is trying to get pregnant. The NP should: -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Consider replacing her angiotensin converting enzyme
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inhibitor with methyldopa. | |
A patient is taking drug A and drug B. The primary care NP notes increased effects
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|of drug B. The NP should suspect that in this case drug A is a cytochrome P450
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(CYP450) enzyme: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Inhibitor
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The current trend toward transitioning NP programs to the doctoral level will
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mean that - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-NPs will be better prepared to meet emerging
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health care needs of patients
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As primary care nurse practitioners (NPs) continue to develop their role as
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prescribers of medications, it will be important to: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Learn
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from the experiences of physicians and develop expertise based on evidence-
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based practice. |
A primary care nurse practitioner (NP) prescribes a drug to an 80-year-old
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African-American woman. When selecting a drug and determining the correct | | | | | | | | | |
dose, the NP should understand that the knowledge of how age, race, and gender
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may affect drug excretion is based on an understanding of: - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Pharmacokinetics
A nurse practitioner (NP) is preparing to prescribe a medication for a 5-year-old
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child. To determine the correct dose for this child, the NP should: - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Follow the drug manufacturer's recommendations for medication | | | | | | |
dosing
Questions With Correct Answers
In every state, prescriptive authority for NPs includes the ability to write
| | | | | | | | | | | |
prescriptions - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-For specified classifications of medications
| | | | | | |
An NP is caring for a 70-year-old patient who reports having seasonal allergies
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
with severe rhinorrhea. Using the Beers criteria, which of the following
| | | | | | | | | | |
medications should the NP recommend for this patient? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
| | | | | | | | | |
Loratadine (Claritin) |
Which of the following has influenced an emphasis on primary care education in
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
medical schools? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Changes in Medicare reimbursement
| | | | | | | |
methods recommended in 1992 | | |
Which of the following statements is true about the prescribing practices of
| | | | | | | | | | | |
physicians? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The dominant form of drug information used
| | | | | | | | |
by primary care physicians continues to be that provided by pharmaceutical
| | | | | | | | | | | |
companies.
An 86-year-old patient is seen in clinic for a scheduled follow-up after starting a
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
new oral medication 1 month prior. The patient reports no change in symptoms,
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
and a laboratory test reveals a subtherapeutic serum drug level. The NP caring for
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
this patient should: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Determine the number of pills left in
| | | | | | | | | | | |
the patient's prescription bottle
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, A woman who takes an angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor for hypertension
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tells her primary care NP that she is trying to get pregnant. The NP should: -
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Consider replacing her angiotensin converting enzyme
| | | | | | |
inhibitor with methyldopa. | |
A patient is taking drug A and drug B. The primary care NP notes increased effects
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|of drug B. The NP should suspect that in this case drug A is a cytochrome P450
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
(CYP450) enzyme: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Inhibitor
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The current trend toward transitioning NP programs to the doctoral level will
| | | | | | | | | | | |
mean that - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-NPs will be better prepared to meet emerging
| | | | | | | | | | |
health care needs of patients
| | | | |
As primary care nurse practitioners (NPs) continue to develop their role as
| | | | | | | | | | | |
prescribers of medications, it will be important to: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Learn
| | | | | | | | | | |
from the experiences of physicians and develop expertise based on evidence-
| | | | | | | | | |
based practice. |
A primary care nurse practitioner (NP) prescribes a drug to an 80-year-old
| | | | | | | | | | | |
African-American woman. When selecting a drug and determining the correct | | | | | | | | | |
dose, the NP should understand that the knowledge of how age, race, and gender
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
may affect drug excretion is based on an understanding of: - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-Pharmacokinetics
A nurse practitioner (NP) is preparing to prescribe a medication for a 5-year-old
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child. To determine the correct dose for this child, the NP should: - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Follow the drug manufacturer's recommendations for medication | | | | | | |
dosing
