NGR 5172 ADVANCED PHARMACOLOGY MID TERM EXAM |
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A 52-year-old woman who is 15 months post-last menstrual period presents
with a chief complaint of vaginal dryness with intermittent dysuria and
vaginal itch. Her examination and evaluation reveal urogenital atrophy,
with no evidence of urinary tract infection or candida vaginitis. She has
used vaginal lubricants with sexual activity, has had limited improvement
with this intervention, and has frequent vasomotor symptoms that she
characterizes as not that bothersome. Keeping in mind the North American
Menopause Society's Position Statement, the clinician advises the patient
to:
Consider the use of a local or vaginal hormone therapy.
The mechanism of action of oral corticosteroids in the treatment of an
acute asthma flare is primarily by:
Reducing inflammation.
All of the following are determined at the state level EXCEPT:
Employer’s qualifications for evaluating the performance of APRNs.
Which of the following is the basis for an APRNs prescriptive authority?
Nurse practice act.
The permanent and/or substantial injury resulting from an act of
malpractice is known as:
Damages.
Which of the following statements regarding damages and negligence is
correct?
Damages require proof of physical or emotional harm.
The plaintiff's establishment of a relationship between the breach and the
injuries is known as:
Proximate cause.
Malpractice requires all of the following EXCEPT:
,Intentional misconduct.
According to the Institute of Safe Medication Practices, which of the
following abbreviations is frequently misinterpreted and involved in
harmful medication errors?
ug
When writing a prescription, the APRN must do all of the following
EXCEPT:
Consider whether the selected medication is available in generic form.
When prescribing an off-label drug, the APRN should:
Document the reason for the prescription.
The legal scope of practice for an APRN is determined by:
Legislation at the state level.
A drug's mechanism of action is part of its:
Pharmacodynamics
When counseling a 56-year-old woman with type 2 diabetes mellitus, the
NP mentions which of the following regarding the use of semaglutide?
The oral dose of the medication needed is quite high compared to the
injectable due to issues with GI absorption.
The process of absorption, distribution, metabolism, and elimination of a
drug is known as:
Pharmacokinetics.
Cmax is best described as:
Maximum or peak concentration of a drug observed after its
administration.
Which of the following would best describe a pharmacodynamic study?
Determining the effect of a specific medication dose in treating a disease.
Tmax is best defined as:
Time to maximum drug level is observed.
The safety, and pharmacokinetics of a new drug are best determined in
which phase of clinical trials?
, Phase 1.
In the development, testing, and approval of a new medication, which of the
following best describes the question that is being asked in phase 3 testing?
Does the medication appear to have a clinical effect when subjected to a
double-blind clinical trial?
When considering the movement of drugs throughout the body, it is
important to consider that the most common form of drug absorption is
via:
Passive diffusion.
Age-related changes in the elder include all of the following except:
Increase in serum albumin.
Bioavailability is defined as the:
Fraction of the administered drug that reaches systemic circulation.
Which of the following is not a requirement for a medication to be
delivered transdermally?
pH <4 in an aqueous medium.
A nursing mother is taking a medication with a 2-hour half-life and is
concerned about her infant ingesting some of the drug through breast milk.
The NP knows that <10% of the original drug dose will remain in the body
after how many hours following her dose:
8
In advising a 40-year-old woman who is taking ciprofloxacin with a
calcium-containing antacid, which of the following statement is correct?
The clinical effect of the antimicrobial will be reduced via chelation if the
two medications are taken together.
Drugs that are antagonists exhibit clinical action primarily by:
Occupying a receptor site and inhibiting its endogenous activity.
A 37-year-old woman with a history of migraines requests a migraine
treatment. She describes that her migraines tend to develop slowly and will
last several hours. The NP recommends which of the following triptans?
Frovatriptan.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | VERIFIED ANSWERS 100% CORRECT
| LATEST EXAM
A 52-year-old woman who is 15 months post-last menstrual period presents
with a chief complaint of vaginal dryness with intermittent dysuria and
vaginal itch. Her examination and evaluation reveal urogenital atrophy,
with no evidence of urinary tract infection or candida vaginitis. She has
used vaginal lubricants with sexual activity, has had limited improvement
with this intervention, and has frequent vasomotor symptoms that she
characterizes as not that bothersome. Keeping in mind the North American
Menopause Society's Position Statement, the clinician advises the patient
to:
Consider the use of a local or vaginal hormone therapy.
The mechanism of action of oral corticosteroids in the treatment of an
acute asthma flare is primarily by:
Reducing inflammation.
All of the following are determined at the state level EXCEPT:
Employer’s qualifications for evaluating the performance of APRNs.
Which of the following is the basis for an APRNs prescriptive authority?
Nurse practice act.
The permanent and/or substantial injury resulting from an act of
malpractice is known as:
Damages.
Which of the following statements regarding damages and negligence is
correct?
Damages require proof of physical or emotional harm.
The plaintiff's establishment of a relationship between the breach and the
injuries is known as:
Proximate cause.
Malpractice requires all of the following EXCEPT:
,Intentional misconduct.
According to the Institute of Safe Medication Practices, which of the
following abbreviations is frequently misinterpreted and involved in
harmful medication errors?
ug
When writing a prescription, the APRN must do all of the following
EXCEPT:
Consider whether the selected medication is available in generic form.
When prescribing an off-label drug, the APRN should:
Document the reason for the prescription.
The legal scope of practice for an APRN is determined by:
Legislation at the state level.
A drug's mechanism of action is part of its:
Pharmacodynamics
When counseling a 56-year-old woman with type 2 diabetes mellitus, the
NP mentions which of the following regarding the use of semaglutide?
The oral dose of the medication needed is quite high compared to the
injectable due to issues with GI absorption.
The process of absorption, distribution, metabolism, and elimination of a
drug is known as:
Pharmacokinetics.
Cmax is best described as:
Maximum or peak concentration of a drug observed after its
administration.
Which of the following would best describe a pharmacodynamic study?
Determining the effect of a specific medication dose in treating a disease.
Tmax is best defined as:
Time to maximum drug level is observed.
The safety, and pharmacokinetics of a new drug are best determined in
which phase of clinical trials?
, Phase 1.
In the development, testing, and approval of a new medication, which of the
following best describes the question that is being asked in phase 3 testing?
Does the medication appear to have a clinical effect when subjected to a
double-blind clinical trial?
When considering the movement of drugs throughout the body, it is
important to consider that the most common form of drug absorption is
via:
Passive diffusion.
Age-related changes in the elder include all of the following except:
Increase in serum albumin.
Bioavailability is defined as the:
Fraction of the administered drug that reaches systemic circulation.
Which of the following is not a requirement for a medication to be
delivered transdermally?
pH <4 in an aqueous medium.
A nursing mother is taking a medication with a 2-hour half-life and is
concerned about her infant ingesting some of the drug through breast milk.
The NP knows that <10% of the original drug dose will remain in the body
after how many hours following her dose:
8
In advising a 40-year-old woman who is taking ciprofloxacin with a
calcium-containing antacid, which of the following statement is correct?
The clinical effect of the antimicrobial will be reduced via chelation if the
two medications are taken together.
Drugs that are antagonists exhibit clinical action primarily by:
Occupying a receptor site and inhibiting its endogenous activity.
A 37-year-old woman with a history of migraines requests a migraine
treatment. She describes that her migraines tend to develop slowly and will
last several hours. The NP recommends which of the following triptans?
Frovatriptan.
