MN 553 UNIT 10 FINAL EXAM (VERSION-1,
100 Q & A) / MN553 UNIT 10 FINAL EXAM:
PHARMACOLOGY: PURDUE UNIVERSITY
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points
Jim is being treated for hypertension. Because he has a history
of heart attack, the drug chosen is atenolol. Beta blockers treat
hypertension by:
Question options:
Increasing heart rate to improve cardiac output
Reducing vascular smooth muscle tone
Increasing aldosterone-mediated volume activity
Reducing aqueous humor production
Question 2
Opiates are used mainly to treat moderate to severe pain. Which
of the following is NOT true about these drugs?
Question options:
All opiates are scheduled drugs which require a DEA license to prescribe.
Opiates stimulate only mu receptors for the control of pain.
Most of the adverse effects of opiates are related to mu receptor stimulation.
Naloxone is an antagonist to opiates.
,Question 3
When considering which cholesterol-lowering drug to prescribe,
which factor determines the type and intensity of treatment?
Question options:
Total LDL
Fasting HDL
Coronary artery disease risk level
Fasting total cholesterol
Question 4
Being competent in the use of information technology in clinical
practice is expected in professional nurses. Advanced practice
competence includes the ability to:
Question options:
Search for information using the most common search engines
Serve as content experts in developing, implementing, and evaluating information Systems
Write programs to assure the integrity of health information
Use information technology to prescribe drugs
Question 5
The New York Heart Association and the Canadian
Cardiovascular Society have described grading criteria for levels
of angina. Angina that occurs with unusually strenuous activity
or on walking or climbing stair after meals is class:
Question options:
I
II
III
IV
Question 6
An Investigational New Drug is filed with the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration:
Question options:
When the manufacturer has completed phase III trials
When a new drug is discovered
, Prior to animal testing of any new drug entity
Prior to human testing of any new drug entity
Question 7
True contraindications to diphtheria, tetanus, and acellular
pertussis (DTaP or Tdap) vaccine include:
Question options:
Fever up to 104oF (40.5oC) after previous DTaP vaccine
Family history of seizures after DTaP vaccine
Adolescent pregnancy
Anaphylactic reaction with a previous dose
Question 8
A provider may consider testing for CYP2D6 variants prior to
starting tamoxifen for breast cancer to:
Question options:
Ensure the patient will not have increased adverse drug reactions to the tamoxifen
Identify potential drug-drug interactions that may occur with tamoxifen
Reduce the likelihood of therapeutic failure with tamoxifen treatment
Identify poor metabolizers of tamoxifen
Question 9
Several classes of drugs have interactions with cholinergic
blockers. Which of the following is true about these interactions?
Question options:
Drugs with a narrow therapeutic range given orally may not stay in the GI tract long enough to p
Additive antimuscarinic effects may occur with antihistamines.
Cholinergic blockers may decrease the sedative effects of hypnotics.
Cholinergic blockers are contraindicated with antipsychotics.
Question 10
Absolute contraindications that clinicians must consider when
initiating estrogen therapy include:
Question options:
Undiagnosed dysfunctional uterine bleeding
Deep vein or arterial thromboemboli within the prior year
Endometriosis
100 Q & A) / MN553 UNIT 10 FINAL EXAM:
PHARMACOLOGY: PURDUE UNIVERSITY
|LATEST2024, 100% CORRECT ANSWERS
points
Jim is being treated for hypertension. Because he has a history
of heart attack, the drug chosen is atenolol. Beta blockers treat
hypertension by:
Question options:
Increasing heart rate to improve cardiac output
Reducing vascular smooth muscle tone
Increasing aldosterone-mediated volume activity
Reducing aqueous humor production
Question 2
Opiates are used mainly to treat moderate to severe pain. Which
of the following is NOT true about these drugs?
Question options:
All opiates are scheduled drugs which require a DEA license to prescribe.
Opiates stimulate only mu receptors for the control of pain.
Most of the adverse effects of opiates are related to mu receptor stimulation.
Naloxone is an antagonist to opiates.
,Question 3
When considering which cholesterol-lowering drug to prescribe,
which factor determines the type and intensity of treatment?
Question options:
Total LDL
Fasting HDL
Coronary artery disease risk level
Fasting total cholesterol
Question 4
Being competent in the use of information technology in clinical
practice is expected in professional nurses. Advanced practice
competence includes the ability to:
Question options:
Search for information using the most common search engines
Serve as content experts in developing, implementing, and evaluating information Systems
Write programs to assure the integrity of health information
Use information technology to prescribe drugs
Question 5
The New York Heart Association and the Canadian
Cardiovascular Society have described grading criteria for levels
of angina. Angina that occurs with unusually strenuous activity
or on walking or climbing stair after meals is class:
Question options:
I
II
III
IV
Question 6
An Investigational New Drug is filed with the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration:
Question options:
When the manufacturer has completed phase III trials
When a new drug is discovered
, Prior to animal testing of any new drug entity
Prior to human testing of any new drug entity
Question 7
True contraindications to diphtheria, tetanus, and acellular
pertussis (DTaP or Tdap) vaccine include:
Question options:
Fever up to 104oF (40.5oC) after previous DTaP vaccine
Family history of seizures after DTaP vaccine
Adolescent pregnancy
Anaphylactic reaction with a previous dose
Question 8
A provider may consider testing for CYP2D6 variants prior to
starting tamoxifen for breast cancer to:
Question options:
Ensure the patient will not have increased adverse drug reactions to the tamoxifen
Identify potential drug-drug interactions that may occur with tamoxifen
Reduce the likelihood of therapeutic failure with tamoxifen treatment
Identify poor metabolizers of tamoxifen
Question 9
Several classes of drugs have interactions with cholinergic
blockers. Which of the following is true about these interactions?
Question options:
Drugs with a narrow therapeutic range given orally may not stay in the GI tract long enough to p
Additive antimuscarinic effects may occur with antihistamines.
Cholinergic blockers may decrease the sedative effects of hypnotics.
Cholinergic blockers are contraindicated with antipsychotics.
Question 10
Absolute contraindications that clinicians must consider when
initiating estrogen therapy include:
Question options:
Undiagnosed dysfunctional uterine bleeding
Deep vein or arterial thromboemboli within the prior year
Endometriosis
