NR567 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
(GRADED A+)LATEST UPDATED 2025
/2026
What medication should be administered to a patient presenting with altered
mental status, seizures, or both, when Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome is
suspected?
✔✔ Thiamine (Vitamin B1)
Which three pharmaceutical agents are recommended for the treatment of
methanol poisoning?
✔✔
IV ethanol
Fomepizole (Antizole)
Sodium bicarbonate
🚫 Not recommended: Disulfiram (Antabuse)
What is the preferred anti-seizure medication for a pregnant 25-year-old with
generalized seizure disorder?
✔✔ Levetiracetam (Keppra)
Which medications are considered first-line treatments for status epilepticus?
✔✔
Lorazepam (Ativan)
Diazepam (Valium)
Fosphenytoin (Cerebyx)
🚫 Not recommended as first-line: Propofol
, which of the following statements is NOT true - ANSWER✔✔- in patients with
hypovolemic states, HF, and other diseases that impair cardiovascular function,
normal dose of sedative-hypnotics may cause cardiovascular depression
- in patients with pulmonary disease, therapeutic doses of sedative-hypnotics can
produce significant respiratory depression
***** sedative hypnotics can be utilized as an anticonvulsant; zolpidem (ambien)
and lorazepam (ativan) are excellent options for managing seizures
- benzodiazepines exert dose dependent anterograde amnestic effects
your patient is taking risperidone (risperdal) but has developed hyperprolactinemia.
what drug may help to manage the hyperprolactinemia? -
ANSWER✔✔bromocriptine (Parlodel)
a 35 year old female with long history of anxiety treated with diazepam (Valium)
has increasingly become fearful and anxious about COVID and triples her daily
dose. She is found extremely lethargic and obtunded 2 days after the increased
dosing. What should the NP order to treat her condition - ANSWER✔✔Flumazenil
(Romazicon)
a 25 year old male with a history of bipolar disease presents to the ED with acute
agitation characteristics of mania. Non-pharmacologic methods of de-escalation
have been attempted without success. Which of the following is NOT
recommended to treat this patient? - ANSWER✔✔- haloperidol (haldol)
- olanzapine (zyprexa)
- aripiprazole (abilify)
-naltrexone (vivitrol, reVia) ******
what is an example of a long-acting benzodiazepine that is used to treat anxiety? -
ANSWER✔✔diazepam (valium)
ANSWERS WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
(GRADED A+)LATEST UPDATED 2025
/2026
What medication should be administered to a patient presenting with altered
mental status, seizures, or both, when Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome is
suspected?
✔✔ Thiamine (Vitamin B1)
Which three pharmaceutical agents are recommended for the treatment of
methanol poisoning?
✔✔
IV ethanol
Fomepizole (Antizole)
Sodium bicarbonate
🚫 Not recommended: Disulfiram (Antabuse)
What is the preferred anti-seizure medication for a pregnant 25-year-old with
generalized seizure disorder?
✔✔ Levetiracetam (Keppra)
Which medications are considered first-line treatments for status epilepticus?
✔✔
Lorazepam (Ativan)
Diazepam (Valium)
Fosphenytoin (Cerebyx)
🚫 Not recommended as first-line: Propofol
, which of the following statements is NOT true - ANSWER✔✔- in patients with
hypovolemic states, HF, and other diseases that impair cardiovascular function,
normal dose of sedative-hypnotics may cause cardiovascular depression
- in patients with pulmonary disease, therapeutic doses of sedative-hypnotics can
produce significant respiratory depression
***** sedative hypnotics can be utilized as an anticonvulsant; zolpidem (ambien)
and lorazepam (ativan) are excellent options for managing seizures
- benzodiazepines exert dose dependent anterograde amnestic effects
your patient is taking risperidone (risperdal) but has developed hyperprolactinemia.
what drug may help to manage the hyperprolactinemia? -
ANSWER✔✔bromocriptine (Parlodel)
a 35 year old female with long history of anxiety treated with diazepam (Valium)
has increasingly become fearful and anxious about COVID and triples her daily
dose. She is found extremely lethargic and obtunded 2 days after the increased
dosing. What should the NP order to treat her condition - ANSWER✔✔Flumazenil
(Romazicon)
a 25 year old male with a history of bipolar disease presents to the ED with acute
agitation characteristics of mania. Non-pharmacologic methods of de-escalation
have been attempted without success. Which of the following is NOT
recommended to treat this patient? - ANSWER✔✔- haloperidol (haldol)
- olanzapine (zyprexa)
- aripiprazole (abilify)
-naltrexone (vivitrol, reVia) ******
what is an example of a long-acting benzodiazepine that is used to treat anxiety? -
ANSWER✔✔diazepam (valium)
