NUR 635 Pharm Final Exam with correct
answers
Why can NPs prescribe? - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Increase
access to healthcare
How do you titrate medications? - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Monitor plasma levels closely
Sam is a 90 y/o pt who requires a new RX. what changes in drug
distribution with aging would influence rxing for Sadie -
🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Decreased plasma proteins
10mg Percocet vs 10mg oxy one works better because of..? -
🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The filler changes metabolism of the
medication
Medications need albumin to bind to and they are toxic
(therapeutic index), is something competing for the albumin? -
🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Check other drugs
,When writing a prescription what is not allowed? - 🔹CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔Abbreviations that are not allowed Qd
What medication causes gray teeth? - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Tetracycline
A patient on seizure medication is still having seizures after a few
weeks what do you want to do? - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Check serum drug levels because of narrow therapeutic index
A patient is on phenytoin cannot be started on oral contraceptives
they need a barrier method? - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Anything other than oral contraceptives
When do you stop tetragons? - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Stop
before the patient becomes pregnant
A pregnant women is taking aspirin why is that bad? -
🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Causes PDA premature closure of __
, A patient is taking Phenytoin for seizures and has a rash a month
later what has happened? - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔hypersensitivity can happen a month later
A young healthy female has frequency and burning what do we
prescribe? - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔tx with Macrobid
What is the 1st line drug choice for a previously healthy adult pt dx
with community acquired pneumonia? - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Azithromycin
How do you treat community acquired pneumonia with
comorbidities? - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Tx with Rocephin
and Azithromycin (a Macrolide)
do NOT tx with LEVAQUIN.
Why do we not treat onychomycosis (a fungal infection of the nails)
? - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Treatment can lead to
liver/hepatotoxicity
How do we titrate pancreatic enzymes? - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS
answers
Why can NPs prescribe? - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Increase
access to healthcare
How do you titrate medications? - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Monitor plasma levels closely
Sam is a 90 y/o pt who requires a new RX. what changes in drug
distribution with aging would influence rxing for Sadie -
🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Decreased plasma proteins
10mg Percocet vs 10mg oxy one works better because of..? -
🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The filler changes metabolism of the
medication
Medications need albumin to bind to and they are toxic
(therapeutic index), is something competing for the albumin? -
🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Check other drugs
,When writing a prescription what is not allowed? - 🔹CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔Abbreviations that are not allowed Qd
What medication causes gray teeth? - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Tetracycline
A patient on seizure medication is still having seizures after a few
weeks what do you want to do? - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Check serum drug levels because of narrow therapeutic index
A patient is on phenytoin cannot be started on oral contraceptives
they need a barrier method? - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Anything other than oral contraceptives
When do you stop tetragons? - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Stop
before the patient becomes pregnant
A pregnant women is taking aspirin why is that bad? -
🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Causes PDA premature closure of __
, A patient is taking Phenytoin for seizures and has a rash a month
later what has happened? - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔hypersensitivity can happen a month later
A young healthy female has frequency and burning what do we
prescribe? - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔tx with Macrobid
What is the 1st line drug choice for a previously healthy adult pt dx
with community acquired pneumonia? - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Azithromycin
How do you treat community acquired pneumonia with
comorbidities? - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Tx with Rocephin
and Azithromycin (a Macrolide)
do NOT tx with LEVAQUIN.
Why do we not treat onychomycosis (a fungal infection of the nails)
? - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Treatment can lead to
liver/hepatotoxicity
How do we titrate pancreatic enzymes? - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS
