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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:
art rate to improve cardiac output
cular smooth muscle tone
osterone-mediated volume
activity eous humor production
Opiates are used mainly to treat moderate to severe pain.
Which of the following is NOT true about these drugs?
Question options:
e scheduled drugs which require a DEA
license to prescribe. late only mu receptors
for the control of pain. dverse effects of
opiates are related to mu receptor
stimulation. n antagonist to opiates.
When considering which cholesterol-lowering drug to prescribe, which factor
determines the type and intensity of treatment?
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holesterol
ry disease risk level
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:
ormation using the most common search engines
ent experts in developing, implementing, and evaluating information Systems
ms 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:
nufacturer has completed phase III trials
rug is discovered
l testing of any new
drug entity n testing of
any new drug entity
True contraindications to diphtheria, tetanus, and acellular pertussis (DTaP or
Tdap) vaccine include: Question options:
04oF (40.5oC) after previous DTaP
vaccine y of seizures after DTaP
vaccine
egnancy
reaction 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
kelihood 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.
blockers may decrease the sedative effects of hypnotics.
blockers are contraindicated with antipsychotics.
Absolute contraindications that clinicians must consider when initiating estrogen
therapy include: Question options:
d dysfunctional uterine bleeding
arterial thromboemboli within the prior year
is
ove
b.
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)