NURS 6630N FINAL EXAM
VERIFIED QUESTIONS WITH
100% EXPERT SOLUTIONS
Benzodiazepines can be withdrawn abruptly despite duration of therapy/abuse.
Response Benzodiazepines should never be stopped suddenly; Page 194 “Under
Feedback: no circumstances should benzodiazepines be stopped abruptly.”
• Question 2
Which medication below would you use in addition to benzodiazepine treatment if the
patient is experiencing psychosis during alcohol withdrawal delirium?
Response “Haloperidol 50 to 10 mg PO or IM may be added and repeated after 1
Feedback: to 2 hours when psychosis or agitation is present.”
• Question 3
Select the correct treatment regarding drugs involved in addiction management and their
corresponding mechanism of action.
Response under Overdose subtitle: “Flumazenil, a specific benzodiazepine
Feedback: antagonist, reverses the life-threatening effects of a benzodiazepine
overdose.”
• Question 4
What baseline levels should you perform before initiating an anti-ADHD medication?
Response under Overview: “Before treatment with medications, it is usually
, Feedback: important to measure baseline levels of height, weight, blood pressure,
and pulse and to monitor them over the course of the treatment.”
• Question 5
Which of the following drugs in the treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease requires
administration with food?
Response “Rivastigmine should be administered with meals to reduce
Feedback: gastrointestinal side effects.”
• Question 6
Which medication below should be routine for all suspected cases of alcohol intoxication
and dependence?
Response under Treatment of Wernicke’s encephalopathy: “Administration of the B
Feedback: vitamin thiamine (IM or IV) should be routine for all suspected cases of
alcohol intoxication and dependence.”
• Question 7
Patient is a 75-year-old female with a confirmed diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease. She is
currently on Donepezil 10 mg daily. She is accompanied to your clinic today by her
daughter, who informs you that her mother has recently had an increase in depressive
symptoms. She has no history of mood disorders. She has a history of hypertension and
tonic-clonic seizures, but both are controlled. Assuming this patient will be thoroughly
evaluated for the diagnosis of depression, what would you recommend as initial therapy?
Response SSRIs are effective in treating depressive symptoms. Answer choices A & B
Feedback: are both TCAs and are advised against due to side effect profile and the
fact this person is treatment naive (learned from previous exam) and
answer choice D is contraindicated in a patient with seizures.
• Question 8
Y. R. is a 35-year-old woman who presents to your clinic today complaining of ankle pain.
She said she was running the trail when she saw a snake. During a quick turn to run away
from the snake, she twisted her ankle. Which of the following medications may be a good
choice in helping Y. R. with her pain?
Response No specific page number, but ibuprofen would be the best choice since
Feedback: oxycodone isn’t recommended first-line (Box 17-1 on page 208) since no
other medications have been trialed; TCAs and SNRIs wouldn’t be a good
choice because the patient doesn’t show any signs of depression.
• Question 9
If a patient suffers from a multitude of small strokes and later begins experiencing mood
disturbances in an acute fashion that sometimes resolve, from what type of dementia
would you think that patient may suffer?
Response under the clinical features and
Feedback: diagnosis subtitle
• Question 10
The experience of pain is ALWAYS subjective
VERIFIED QUESTIONS WITH
100% EXPERT SOLUTIONS
Benzodiazepines can be withdrawn abruptly despite duration of therapy/abuse.
Response Benzodiazepines should never be stopped suddenly; Page 194 “Under
Feedback: no circumstances should benzodiazepines be stopped abruptly.”
• Question 2
Which medication below would you use in addition to benzodiazepine treatment if the
patient is experiencing psychosis during alcohol withdrawal delirium?
Response “Haloperidol 50 to 10 mg PO or IM may be added and repeated after 1
Feedback: to 2 hours when psychosis or agitation is present.”
• Question 3
Select the correct treatment regarding drugs involved in addiction management and their
corresponding mechanism of action.
Response under Overdose subtitle: “Flumazenil, a specific benzodiazepine
Feedback: antagonist, reverses the life-threatening effects of a benzodiazepine
overdose.”
• Question 4
What baseline levels should you perform before initiating an anti-ADHD medication?
Response under Overview: “Before treatment with medications, it is usually
, Feedback: important to measure baseline levels of height, weight, blood pressure,
and pulse and to monitor them over the course of the treatment.”
• Question 5
Which of the following drugs in the treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease requires
administration with food?
Response “Rivastigmine should be administered with meals to reduce
Feedback: gastrointestinal side effects.”
• Question 6
Which medication below should be routine for all suspected cases of alcohol intoxication
and dependence?
Response under Treatment of Wernicke’s encephalopathy: “Administration of the B
Feedback: vitamin thiamine (IM or IV) should be routine for all suspected cases of
alcohol intoxication and dependence.”
• Question 7
Patient is a 75-year-old female with a confirmed diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease. She is
currently on Donepezil 10 mg daily. She is accompanied to your clinic today by her
daughter, who informs you that her mother has recently had an increase in depressive
symptoms. She has no history of mood disorders. She has a history of hypertension and
tonic-clonic seizures, but both are controlled. Assuming this patient will be thoroughly
evaluated for the diagnosis of depression, what would you recommend as initial therapy?
Response SSRIs are effective in treating depressive symptoms. Answer choices A & B
Feedback: are both TCAs and are advised against due to side effect profile and the
fact this person is treatment naive (learned from previous exam) and
answer choice D is contraindicated in a patient with seizures.
• Question 8
Y. R. is a 35-year-old woman who presents to your clinic today complaining of ankle pain.
She said she was running the trail when she saw a snake. During a quick turn to run away
from the snake, she twisted her ankle. Which of the following medications may be a good
choice in helping Y. R. with her pain?
Response No specific page number, but ibuprofen would be the best choice since
Feedback: oxycodone isn’t recommended first-line (Box 17-1 on page 208) since no
other medications have been trialed; TCAs and SNRIs wouldn’t be a good
choice because the patient doesn’t show any signs of depression.
• Question 9
If a patient suffers from a multitude of small strokes and later begins experiencing mood
disturbances in an acute fashion that sometimes resolve, from what type of dementia
would you think that patient may suffer?
Response under the clinical features and
Feedback: diagnosis subtitle
• Question 10
The experience of pain is ALWAYS subjective
