MN 553 Advanced Pharmacology Final Exam
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Jim is being treated for hypertension. Because he has a history
of heart attack, the drug chosen is atenolol. Beta blockers
treat hypertension by:
Question options:
rt rate to improve cardiac output
ular smooth muscle tone
osterone-mediated volume activity
ous humor production
Opiates are used mainly to treat moderate to severe pain.
Which of the following is NOT true about these drugs?
Question options:
scheduled drugs which require a DEA license to prescribe.
ate only mu receptors for the control of pain.
verse effects of opiates are related to mu receptor stimulation.
antagonist to opiates.
When considering which cholesterol-lowering drug to
prescribe, which factor determines the type and intensity of
treatment?
Question options:
y disease risk level
holesterol
Being competent in the use of information technology in
clinical practice is expected in professional nurses. Advanced
practice competence includes the ability to:
Question options:
, rmation using the most common search engines
nt experts in developing, implementing, and evaluating information Systems
s to assure the integrity of health information
on technology to prescribe drugs
The New York Heart Association and the Canadian
Cardiovascular Society have described grading criteria for
levels of angina. Angina that occurs with unusually strenuous
activity or on walking or climbing stair after meals is class:
Question options:
An Investigational New Drug is filed with the U.S. Food and
Drug Administration:
Question options:
ufacturer has completed phase III trials
rug is discovered
l testing of any new drug entity
testing of any new drug entity
True contraindications to diphtheria, tetanus, and acellular
pertussis (DTaP or Tdap) vaccine include:
Question options:
4oF (40.5oC) after previous DTaP
vaccine of seizures after DTaP vaccine
egnancy
eaction with a previous dose
A provider may consider testing for CYP2D6 variants prior to
starting tamoxifen for breast cancer to:
, Question options:
ient will not have increased adverse drug reactions to the tamoxifen
tial drug-drug interactions that may occur with tamoxifen
elihood of therapeutic failure with tamoxifen treatment
metabolizers of tamoxifen
Several classes of drugs have interactions with cholinergic
blockers. Which of the following is true about these
interactions?
Question options:
narrow therapeutic range given orally may not stay in the GI tract long enough to produce an action.
muscarinic effects may occur with antihistamines.
lockers may decrease the sedative effects of hypnotics.
lockers are contraindicated with antipsychotics.
Absolute contraindications that clinicians must consider when
initiating estrogen therapy include:
Question options:
dysfunctional uterine bleeding
arterial thromboemboli within the prior year
s
.
ove
First-line therapy for treating topical fungal infections such as
tinea corporis (ringworm) or tinea pedis (athlete’s foot) would
be:
Question options:
azole (clotrimazole, miconazole)
ine
lvin microsize
m or ointment
points
Jim is being treated for hypertension. Because he has a history
of heart attack, the drug chosen is atenolol. Beta blockers
treat hypertension by:
Question options:
rt rate to improve cardiac output
ular smooth muscle tone
osterone-mediated volume activity
ous humor production
Opiates are used mainly to treat moderate to severe pain.
Which of the following is NOT true about these drugs?
Question options:
scheduled drugs which require a DEA license to prescribe.
ate only mu receptors for the control of pain.
verse effects of opiates are related to mu receptor stimulation.
antagonist to opiates.
When considering which cholesterol-lowering drug to
prescribe, which factor determines the type and intensity of
treatment?
Question options:
y disease risk level
holesterol
Being competent in the use of information technology in
clinical practice is expected in professional nurses. Advanced
practice competence includes the ability to:
Question options:
, rmation using the most common search engines
nt experts in developing, implementing, and evaluating information Systems
s to assure the integrity of health information
on technology to prescribe drugs
The New York Heart Association and the Canadian
Cardiovascular Society have described grading criteria for
levels of angina. Angina that occurs with unusually strenuous
activity or on walking or climbing stair after meals is class:
Question options:
An Investigational New Drug is filed with the U.S. Food and
Drug Administration:
Question options:
ufacturer has completed phase III trials
rug is discovered
l testing of any new drug entity
testing of any new drug entity
True contraindications to diphtheria, tetanus, and acellular
pertussis (DTaP or Tdap) vaccine include:
Question options:
4oF (40.5oC) after previous DTaP
vaccine of seizures after DTaP vaccine
egnancy
eaction with a previous dose
A provider may consider testing for CYP2D6 variants prior to
starting tamoxifen for breast cancer to:
, Question options:
ient will not have increased adverse drug reactions to the tamoxifen
tial drug-drug interactions that may occur with tamoxifen
elihood of therapeutic failure with tamoxifen treatment
metabolizers of tamoxifen
Several classes of drugs have interactions with cholinergic
blockers. Which of the following is true about these
interactions?
Question options:
narrow therapeutic range given orally may not stay in the GI tract long enough to produce an action.
muscarinic effects may occur with antihistamines.
lockers may decrease the sedative effects of hypnotics.
lockers are contraindicated with antipsychotics.
Absolute contraindications that clinicians must consider when
initiating estrogen therapy include:
Question options:
dysfunctional uterine bleeding
arterial thromboemboli within the prior year
s
.
ove
First-line therapy for treating topical fungal infections such as
tinea corporis (ringworm) or tinea pedis (athlete’s foot) would
be:
Question options:
azole (clotrimazole, miconazole)
ine
lvin microsize
m or ointment
