NURS 5461 ALL CORE REVIEW QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔most effective medications for decreasing Left Ventricular Hypertrophy - ✔✔ACE
inhibitors
✔✔Stage 1 HTN blood pressure - ✔✔140-159/90-99
✔✔stage 2 HTN blood pressure - ✔✔>160/>100
✔✔HTN Emergency blood pressure - ✔✔>180/120 with end organ damage
✔✔How do you treat emergency blood pressure - ✔✔Treat with IV nitroprusside,
labetalol, Clonidine, Cardene
✔✔pseudohypertension - ✔✔brachial artery sclerotic- BP cuff collapses artery- false
high reading- doesn't respond to treatment
✔✔BP goal: <60 yrs, no diabetes or CKD - ✔✔<150/<90
✔✔BP goal > 60 w/ DM or CKD - ✔✔<140/<90
✔✔dihydropyridines- CCB - ✔✔Nicardipine, amlodipine, nifedipine- dilates arteries,
avoid in CKD
✔✔non-dihydropyridines CCB - ✔✔Verapamil, Diltiazem- reduces HR and contractility,
CI in left ventricle dysfunction/ AV block
✔✔What reduces pedal edema caused by CCB - ✔✔adding ACE Inhibitor
✔✔What medicines masks hypoglycemia except for diaphoresis - ✔✔Beta blockers
, ✔✔How do you treat stage 1 HTN with any risk factors - ✔✔initial TX. Lifestyle
modifications
✔✔How to treat stage 2 HTN - ✔✔2 drug treatment
✔✔DM Diagnosis criteria - ✔✔FBG >126
BG >200 with s/s
2 hr post meal
>200, A1C >6.5%
✔✔What condition is a hyperkeratotic condition in which there is hyperpigmentation at
neck of axillae - ✔✔Acanthosis Nigricans
✔✔How do you calculate Ideal weight - ✔✔Women: 100# for first 5 ft, then add 5# per
inch
Men: 106# then add 6# per inch
✔✔essential tremor TX - ✔✔propranolol, primidone
✔✔A degenerative disorder of basal ganglia - ✔✔Parkinson's disease
✔✔lack of neurotransmitter dopamine causes - ✔✔Parkinson's Disease
✔✔Parkinson's disease symptoms - ✔✔hypertonia, resting tremors, rigidity,
bradykinesia, freezing phenomenon, depression, cognitive impairment
✔✔presence of lewy bodies is indicative of - ✔✔Parkinson's Disease
✔✔Essential tremor is an autosomal ________ trait - ✔✔Dominant
✔✔Essential tremor s/s - ✔✔Tremors at rest and increase with activity, voice may
quiver, doesn't change muscle tone
✔✔Treatment of essential tremors? - ✔✔Inderal and Primidone
✔✔common early symptom in Parkinson's Disease - ✔✔Resting tremors "pill rolling"
✔✔levodopa trial can help diagnose - ✔✔Parkinson's
✔✔progresses rapidly, fixed facial expression, rigidity, cognitive impairment -
✔✔Supranuclear palsy
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔most effective medications for decreasing Left Ventricular Hypertrophy - ✔✔ACE
inhibitors
✔✔Stage 1 HTN blood pressure - ✔✔140-159/90-99
✔✔stage 2 HTN blood pressure - ✔✔>160/>100
✔✔HTN Emergency blood pressure - ✔✔>180/120 with end organ damage
✔✔How do you treat emergency blood pressure - ✔✔Treat with IV nitroprusside,
labetalol, Clonidine, Cardene
✔✔pseudohypertension - ✔✔brachial artery sclerotic- BP cuff collapses artery- false
high reading- doesn't respond to treatment
✔✔BP goal: <60 yrs, no diabetes or CKD - ✔✔<150/<90
✔✔BP goal > 60 w/ DM or CKD - ✔✔<140/<90
✔✔dihydropyridines- CCB - ✔✔Nicardipine, amlodipine, nifedipine- dilates arteries,
avoid in CKD
✔✔non-dihydropyridines CCB - ✔✔Verapamil, Diltiazem- reduces HR and contractility,
CI in left ventricle dysfunction/ AV block
✔✔What reduces pedal edema caused by CCB - ✔✔adding ACE Inhibitor
✔✔What medicines masks hypoglycemia except for diaphoresis - ✔✔Beta blockers
, ✔✔How do you treat stage 1 HTN with any risk factors - ✔✔initial TX. Lifestyle
modifications
✔✔How to treat stage 2 HTN - ✔✔2 drug treatment
✔✔DM Diagnosis criteria - ✔✔FBG >126
BG >200 with s/s
2 hr post meal
>200, A1C >6.5%
✔✔What condition is a hyperkeratotic condition in which there is hyperpigmentation at
neck of axillae - ✔✔Acanthosis Nigricans
✔✔How do you calculate Ideal weight - ✔✔Women: 100# for first 5 ft, then add 5# per
inch
Men: 106# then add 6# per inch
✔✔essential tremor TX - ✔✔propranolol, primidone
✔✔A degenerative disorder of basal ganglia - ✔✔Parkinson's disease
✔✔lack of neurotransmitter dopamine causes - ✔✔Parkinson's Disease
✔✔Parkinson's disease symptoms - ✔✔hypertonia, resting tremors, rigidity,
bradykinesia, freezing phenomenon, depression, cognitive impairment
✔✔presence of lewy bodies is indicative of - ✔✔Parkinson's Disease
✔✔Essential tremor is an autosomal ________ trait - ✔✔Dominant
✔✔Essential tremor s/s - ✔✔Tremors at rest and increase with activity, voice may
quiver, doesn't change muscle tone
✔✔Treatment of essential tremors? - ✔✔Inderal and Primidone
✔✔common early symptom in Parkinson's Disease - ✔✔Resting tremors "pill rolling"
✔✔levodopa trial can help diagnose - ✔✔Parkinson's
✔✔progresses rapidly, fixed facial expression, rigidity, cognitive impairment -
✔✔Supranuclear palsy
