NURS 660 EXAM 4 EXAM PREP QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS 2026 PRACTICE SOLUTION
VERIFIED RESULTS
◉ What is the MOA of pregabalin that makes it alleviate pain for
people with fibromyalgia or chronic fatigue?
Answer: binds to the alpha 2 delta sub-units of voltage sensitive
calcium channels
◉ What is an antagonist of caffeine
Answer: adenosine
◉ Diagnose this pt: Patient comes in with a CC of anxiety. She has
been excessively worrying, increased arousal, increased tiredness
and irritability. What is the primary and least likely diagnosis?
Answer: GAD; Panic Disorder
◉ Somebody w/ anxiety worries about having a panic attack, in
addition has mood changes to avoid things in order to not have a
panic attack.
Answer: Panic disorder
, ◉ A woman was raped, and continues to have fear of opposite sex on
her way to parking garage. Which two areas of the brain are
involved?
Answer: amygdala and hippocampus
◉ MOA of modafinil (Provigil). How does it promote normal
wakefulness
Answer: histamine, NE at alpha adrenergic receptor sites, dopamine
at D2 receptors
◉ What is the MOA of eszopiclone? What receptors does it act on?
Answer: Binds to GABA receptors to increase GABA to increase
sleepiness
◉ Which would be the first line appropriate pharmacological agent
for PTSD?
Answer: Paroxetine
◉ What mediation is used to alleviate to help cognitive pain and
physical symptoms in fibromyalgia?
Answer: Milnacepran (Savella)
◉ With the difficulty breathing is related hypothetically to the
activation of what area of the brain?
AND ANSWERS 2026 PRACTICE SOLUTION
VERIFIED RESULTS
◉ What is the MOA of pregabalin that makes it alleviate pain for
people with fibromyalgia or chronic fatigue?
Answer: binds to the alpha 2 delta sub-units of voltage sensitive
calcium channels
◉ What is an antagonist of caffeine
Answer: adenosine
◉ Diagnose this pt: Patient comes in with a CC of anxiety. She has
been excessively worrying, increased arousal, increased tiredness
and irritability. What is the primary and least likely diagnosis?
Answer: GAD; Panic Disorder
◉ Somebody w/ anxiety worries about having a panic attack, in
addition has mood changes to avoid things in order to not have a
panic attack.
Answer: Panic disorder
, ◉ A woman was raped, and continues to have fear of opposite sex on
her way to parking garage. Which two areas of the brain are
involved?
Answer: amygdala and hippocampus
◉ MOA of modafinil (Provigil). How does it promote normal
wakefulness
Answer: histamine, NE at alpha adrenergic receptor sites, dopamine
at D2 receptors
◉ What is the MOA of eszopiclone? What receptors does it act on?
Answer: Binds to GABA receptors to increase GABA to increase
sleepiness
◉ Which would be the first line appropriate pharmacological agent
for PTSD?
Answer: Paroxetine
◉ What mediation is used to alleviate to help cognitive pain and
physical symptoms in fibromyalgia?
Answer: Milnacepran (Savella)
◉ With the difficulty breathing is related hypothetically to the
activation of what area of the brain?
