NUR 641 E EXAMINERS SET QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔Glucagon stimulates - ✔✔glycogenolysis by the liver
✔✔Dawn phenomenon or dawn effects - ✔✔1. occur in the early morning
2. occur between two and eight am
3. blood glucose levels increase in patients with diabetes
4. no night time hypoglycemia
✔✔Somogyi effect occurs - ✔✔1. after an episode of untreated nightime hypoglycemia
2. causes increased blood glucose levels in the morning
3. treatment includes increasing food intake near bedtime or reducing the evening
insulin dose
✔✔Types of laxatives - ✔✔1. stimulants (Senna, Bisacodyl, MOM, mag citrate and
castor oil)
2. bulk (psyllium, methylcellulose)
3. stool softener (docusate)
4. sugars (lactulose)
5. osmotic agent trapping water in the GI lumen ( polyethylene glycol)
6. mineral oil
✔✔Linaclotide (Linzess) is used for - ✔✔chronic idiopathic constipation
✔✔Safest laxative for chronic use - ✔✔Methycellulose (Citrucel, Metamucil)
✔✔Octreotide - ✔✔1. potent vasoconstrictor
2. treats acute GI bleeds
✔✔Antiemetic drugs - ✔✔1. antihistamines
2. phenothiazines (prochloperazine)
3. 5HT3 receptor antagonist ( ondansetron, granisetron)
, ✔✔Warfarin use requires the following monitoring - ✔✔International Normalized Ratio
(PT/INR)
✔✔Blood factor IIa inhibitor - ✔✔1. Pradaxa (dabigatran)
2. direct thrombin inhibitor
✔✔Antidote of Dabigatran (Pradaxa) induced hemmorrhage - ✔✔Idarucizumab
✔✔Blood Factor Xa inhibitors include - ✔✔1. Apixaban ( Eliquis)
2. Edoxaban (Savaysa)
3. Rivaroxaban ( Xarelto)
4. Fondaparinux (arixtra)
✔✔Eptifibatide binds to - ✔✔GP11b/IIIa receptor sites in platelets
✔✔hemolytic anemia - ✔✔1. caused by destruction of heme that is greater than the
hepatic conjugation and excretion of bilirubin
2. symptom is jaundice
✔✔Causes of jaundice - ✔✔1. hemolytic anemia
2. sickle cell anemia
3. pancreatitis
4. cholecystitis
5. multidrug therapy used to treat pulmonary tuberculosis
✔✔Erythropoietin - ✔✔1. substance manufactured in the kidney
2. anemia of chronic renal failure reduces erythropoietin production
3. used to correct the anemia of chronic renal failure
✔✔Sumatriptan (Imitrex) - ✔✔only triptan available as injection, tablet or nasal spray
treats migraines
✔✔Which triptans are available as nasal spray - ✔✔1. Sumatriptan
2. Zolmitriptan
✔✔Intravenours anesthetics - ✔✔1. ketamine
2. thiopental
3. fentanyl
4. propofol
5.dexmedetomidine
✔✔Propofol - ✔✔1. rapid onset
2. does not cause nausea
3. poor analgesia
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔Glucagon stimulates - ✔✔glycogenolysis by the liver
✔✔Dawn phenomenon or dawn effects - ✔✔1. occur in the early morning
2. occur between two and eight am
3. blood glucose levels increase in patients with diabetes
4. no night time hypoglycemia
✔✔Somogyi effect occurs - ✔✔1. after an episode of untreated nightime hypoglycemia
2. causes increased blood glucose levels in the morning
3. treatment includes increasing food intake near bedtime or reducing the evening
insulin dose
✔✔Types of laxatives - ✔✔1. stimulants (Senna, Bisacodyl, MOM, mag citrate and
castor oil)
2. bulk (psyllium, methylcellulose)
3. stool softener (docusate)
4. sugars (lactulose)
5. osmotic agent trapping water in the GI lumen ( polyethylene glycol)
6. mineral oil
✔✔Linaclotide (Linzess) is used for - ✔✔chronic idiopathic constipation
✔✔Safest laxative for chronic use - ✔✔Methycellulose (Citrucel, Metamucil)
✔✔Octreotide - ✔✔1. potent vasoconstrictor
2. treats acute GI bleeds
✔✔Antiemetic drugs - ✔✔1. antihistamines
2. phenothiazines (prochloperazine)
3. 5HT3 receptor antagonist ( ondansetron, granisetron)
, ✔✔Warfarin use requires the following monitoring - ✔✔International Normalized Ratio
(PT/INR)
✔✔Blood factor IIa inhibitor - ✔✔1. Pradaxa (dabigatran)
2. direct thrombin inhibitor
✔✔Antidote of Dabigatran (Pradaxa) induced hemmorrhage - ✔✔Idarucizumab
✔✔Blood Factor Xa inhibitors include - ✔✔1. Apixaban ( Eliquis)
2. Edoxaban (Savaysa)
3. Rivaroxaban ( Xarelto)
4. Fondaparinux (arixtra)
✔✔Eptifibatide binds to - ✔✔GP11b/IIIa receptor sites in platelets
✔✔hemolytic anemia - ✔✔1. caused by destruction of heme that is greater than the
hepatic conjugation and excretion of bilirubin
2. symptom is jaundice
✔✔Causes of jaundice - ✔✔1. hemolytic anemia
2. sickle cell anemia
3. pancreatitis
4. cholecystitis
5. multidrug therapy used to treat pulmonary tuberculosis
✔✔Erythropoietin - ✔✔1. substance manufactured in the kidney
2. anemia of chronic renal failure reduces erythropoietin production
3. used to correct the anemia of chronic renal failure
✔✔Sumatriptan (Imitrex) - ✔✔only triptan available as injection, tablet or nasal spray
treats migraines
✔✔Which triptans are available as nasal spray - ✔✔1. Sumatriptan
2. Zolmitriptan
✔✔Intravenours anesthetics - ✔✔1. ketamine
2. thiopental
3. fentanyl
4. propofol
5.dexmedetomidine
✔✔Propofol - ✔✔1. rapid onset
2. does not cause nausea
3. poor analgesia
