Pharmacotherapeutics for
Advanced Practice Nurse
Prescribers latest exam guide
with correct answers
Nurse practitioner prescriptive authority is regulated by who?
The State Board of Nursing for Each State
What is the benefits of having an APRN prescriber?
APRN's care for patients more holistically and include patients in
making decisions regarding their care
Who can be prescribed Sudafed?
Anyone over the age of 4 years old
In what populations should cough and cold medicines that contain
sympathomimetic decongestion be used cautiously?
Older adults, infects, and hypertensive patients
What is the first line decongestant for someone who is hypertensive?
Nasal Oxymetazoline
,What is the first line treatment for a 5 year old with a URI?
Fluids and symptomatic care
What is an effective, cost effective treatment for impetigo form an insect
bite?
Bacitracin and Ploymixin B
What are the instructions for applying a topical antibiotic or antiviral
ointment?
Was hands before and after the application of topical antimicrobials
What does clinical judgement in prescribing include?
Factoring in the cost of the particular
What is included in the criteria for choosing and effective drug for a disorder?
Consulting nationally recognized guidelines for disease
management
NP's thrive under the new health-care reform because of what?
NP's have the ability to control care cost and improve patient
outcome
, Nutritional intake and lab results reflect hypoalbuminemia; why is this
important for prescribers?
The Distribution of drugs to target tissues may be affected
Drugs that have an significant first-pass effect what?
they are rapidly metabolized by the liver and may have little if any
desired action
The route of excretion of a volatile drug will likely be?
Lungs
Medroxyprogesterone (Depo Provera) is prescribed IM to create storage
reservoir of the drug. What are storage reserviors>
Increased the length of time a drug is available and active
Why is Cephalexin given every 8 hours? What knowledge of the drug does
the NP know?
Half Life
Azithromycin doing requires that the first day's doing be twice those of the
other four day; This is considered a loading does. What is a loading dose?
Advanced Practice Nurse
Prescribers latest exam guide
with correct answers
Nurse practitioner prescriptive authority is regulated by who?
The State Board of Nursing for Each State
What is the benefits of having an APRN prescriber?
APRN's care for patients more holistically and include patients in
making decisions regarding their care
Who can be prescribed Sudafed?
Anyone over the age of 4 years old
In what populations should cough and cold medicines that contain
sympathomimetic decongestion be used cautiously?
Older adults, infects, and hypertensive patients
What is the first line decongestant for someone who is hypertensive?
Nasal Oxymetazoline
,What is the first line treatment for a 5 year old with a URI?
Fluids and symptomatic care
What is an effective, cost effective treatment for impetigo form an insect
bite?
Bacitracin and Ploymixin B
What are the instructions for applying a topical antibiotic or antiviral
ointment?
Was hands before and after the application of topical antimicrobials
What does clinical judgement in prescribing include?
Factoring in the cost of the particular
What is included in the criteria for choosing and effective drug for a disorder?
Consulting nationally recognized guidelines for disease
management
NP's thrive under the new health-care reform because of what?
NP's have the ability to control care cost and improve patient
outcome
, Nutritional intake and lab results reflect hypoalbuminemia; why is this
important for prescribers?
The Distribution of drugs to target tissues may be affected
Drugs that have an significant first-pass effect what?
they are rapidly metabolized by the liver and may have little if any
desired action
The route of excretion of a volatile drug will likely be?
Lungs
Medroxyprogesterone (Depo Provera) is prescribed IM to create storage
reservoir of the drug. What are storage reserviors>
Increased the length of time a drug is available and active
Why is Cephalexin given every 8 hours? What knowledge of the drug does
the NP know?
Half Life
Azithromycin doing requires that the first day's doing be twice those of the
other four day; This is considered a loading does. What is a loading dose?
