NUR 635 MIDTERM EXAM & PRACTICE PHARM 635 MID-TERM| ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE 2025 [GRAND CANYON UNIVERSITY]

NUR 635 MIDTERM EXAM & PRACTICE PHARM 635
MID-TERM| ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE 2025 [GRAND CANYON
UNIVERSITY]



Often prescribed with levodopa/carbidopa in the treatment of Parkinson's
Disease - CORRECT ANSWERS -Bromocriptine


Why do CNS drugs cause sleepiness? - CORRECT ANSWERS -because they cross
over the blood brain barrier


What can happen if you abruptly stop taking baclofen? - CORRECT ANSWERS -
hallucinations


Who do we give baclofen to? - CORRECT ANSWERS -Spasticity patients - MS,
SCIs, cerebral palsy


What is Rivastigmine? - CORRECT ANSWERS -For alzheimer's disease -
transdermal patch changed daily

,If a patient has frequent migraines, what meds can we give for prevention? -
CORRECT ANSWERS -Propranolol (not for asthmatics), topamex



If prescribing oxycodone and a patient states that this medication does not
work for them anymore, what would you do? - CORRECT ANSWERS -change to
something stronger/longer acting


What can methadone change physiologically? - CORRECT ANSWERS -QT
prolongation

,What is the biggest side effect of first generation antipsychotics? - CORRECT
B B B B B B B B B B B


ANSWERS -Tardive dyskinesia
B B B




If a patient is being switched from an MAOI to an SSRI, what needs
B B B B B B B B B B B B B


Bto happen? - CORRECT ANSWERS -stop one for two weeks before starting
B B B B B B B B B B B


the other
B B




What kind of drug should be given to someone who suffers from
B B B B B B B B B B B


panic attacks? - CORRECT ANSWERS -SSRIs
B B B B B B




If giving HRT for postmenopausal women, which dosing preparation
B B B B B B B B


Bshould we utilize? - CORRECT ANSWERS -Transdermal - less side effects
B B B B B B B B B B




Oral contraceptive choice for a teenage girl who is noncompliant with
B B B B B B B B B B


daily pills? - CORRECT ANSWERS -Medroxy-progesterone acetate (depo)
B B B B B B B B




What should you do for a women on an OC who has a major surgery
B B B B B B B B B B B B B B


coming up? - CORRECT ANSWERS -switch her to a progesterone only
B B B B B B B B B B B


medication to lower risk of clots
B B B B B B




What do we prescribe androgen therapy for? If they start gaining weight,
B B B B B B B B B B B


why is this a concern? - CORRECT ANSWERS -Hypogonadism patients - check
B B B B B B B B B B B B


levels they may not be receiving a high enough dose
B B B B B B B B B B




How do we know if a BPH medication is effective? - CORRECT ANSWERS -
B B B B B B B B B B B B B


Easier urination B

, What medication may cause serious or possibly life-threatening sleep
B B B B B B B B


behaviors, such as sleep driving? - CORRECT ANSWERS -Ambien
B B B B B B B B B




Taking too much of this type of drug can make you "blind as a bat" or
B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B


"mad as a hatter" - CORRECT ANSWERS -Anticholinergics, antimuscarinics
B B B B B B B B B




Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism, excretion - CORRECT ANSWERS -
B B B B B B B


Pharmacokinetics


Drugs used to relieve a myasthenic crisis - CORRECT ANSWERS -Neostigmine,
B B B B B B B B B B


pyridostigmine
B




This drug has a very narrow therapeutic index and high risk for toxicity,
B B B B B B B B B B B B


therefore levels should be monitored frequently - CORRECT ANSWERS -
B B B B B B B B B B


Lithium
B




The drug class that carries an increased risk of suicidality in children,
B B B B B B B B B B B


adolescents, and young adults - CORRECT ANSWERS -SSRIs/SNRIs
B B B B B B B B




The antidote for organophosphate poisoning - CORRECT ANSWERS -Atropine
B B B B B B B B




This drug class double the rate of mortality in older adults with dementia -
B B B B B B B B B B B B B


CORRECT ANSWERS -Antipsychotics
B B B




In infants, this is not fully developed and therefore infants are more
B B B B B B B B B B B


Bsensitive to CNS drugs - CORRECT ANSWERS -Blood Brain Barrier
B B B B B B B B B