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NURS 617 PHARMACOTHERAPEUTICS FINAL EXAM 1-3
AND STUDY GUIDE LATEST VERSION THIS YEAR ALL 600
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED SOLUTIONS
NURS 617 PHARMACOTHERAPEUTICS FINAL EXAM
Water-soluble drugs have good absorption through all the following routes except which one?
Select one:
a. Enteral
b. Intravenous
c. Transdermal
d. Transrectal
c. Transdermal
Which of the following statement(s) are true regarding the drug-response relationship?
Select one or more:
a. Alcohol consumption may interact with prescription medications thereby altering the
intended response.
b. The prescriber can eliminate all patient noncompliance factors by sufficiently educating the
patient
c. The ultimate response of a drug is a combination of both the therapeutic and unintended
responses to a drug
d. The prescriber may need to deviate from the dosage recommended by the manufacturer of
the drug
a. Alcohol consumption may interact with prescription medications thereby altering the
intended response.
c. The ultimate response of a drug is a combination of both the therapeutic and unintended
responses to a drug
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d. The prescriber may need to deviate from the dosage recommended by the manufacturer of
the drug
Pharmacokinetics
a. refers to the role of genetic variation on response to a drug.
b. refers to an individual's body's therapeutic response to a drug.
c. refers to how a drug moves through an individual's body.
c. refers to how a drug moves through an individual's body.
Pharmacodynamics
a. refers to the role of genetic variation on response to a drug.
b. refers to how a drug moves through an individual's body.
c. refers to an individual's body's therapeutic response to a drug.
c. refers to an individual's body's therapeutic response to a drug.
Pharmacogenomics
a. refers to an individual's body's therapeutic response to a drug.
b. refers to the role of genetic variation on response to a drug.
c. refers to how a drug moves through an individual's body.
b. refers to the role of genetic variation on response to a drug.
Which one of the following conditions can lead to a cumulative type of adverse drug reaction?
Select one:
a. Renal insufficiency
b. Diarrhea
c. Increased GFR (glomerular filtration rate)
d. Chronic use of antacids
a. Renal insufficiency
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According to JNC-8, which of the following agents is no longer considered first line treatment
for hypertension?
Select one:
a. ACE-I
b. ARB
c. Beta blockers
d. Thiazide diuretics
c. Beta blockers
Match the drug with its appropriate category used to treat lipids disorders
Bile-Acid Sequestrants
HMG-CoA Reductase Inhibitors
Fibric Acid Derivatives
Available Nicotinic Acid Derivatives
HMG-CoA Reductase Inhibitors
Cholesterol Absorption Inhibitors
Answers: Choose
ezetimibe (Zetia)
gemfibrozil (Lopid)
rosuvastatin (Crestor)
niacin (Niacor)
atorvastatin (Lipitor)
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colesevelam hydrochloride (WelChol)
Bile-Acid Sequestrants: colesevelam hydrochloride (WelChol)
HMG-CoA Reductase Inhibitors: rosuvastatin (Crestor)
Fibric Acid Derivatives: gemfibrozil (Lopid)
Available Nicotinic Acid Derivatives: niacin (Niacor)
HMG-CoA Reductase Inhibitors: atorvastatin (Lipitor)
Cholesterol Absorption Inhibitors: ezetimibe (Zetia)
The NP is evaluating a 53 y/o female with a BMI of 24 and blood pressure 110s/70s. According
to JNC-8, the patient is considered to have?
a. HTN requiring therapy with a ACE inhibiotor
b. HTN requiring therapy with a thiazide-type diuretic
c. normal BP
d. HTN requiring therapy with a CCB
c. normal BP
When compared to person's of European ancestry, patients of African ancestry tend to have a
reduced blood pressure response with monotherapy on all of the following BP drug classes
except:
a. CCBs
b. Beta Blockers
c. ARBs
d. ACEIs
a. CCBs
NURS 617 PHARMACOTHERAPEUTICS FINAL EXAM 1-3
AND STUDY GUIDE LATEST VERSION THIS YEAR ALL 600
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED SOLUTIONS
NURS 617 PHARMACOTHERAPEUTICS FINAL EXAM
Water-soluble drugs have good absorption through all the following routes except which one?
Select one:
a. Enteral
b. Intravenous
c. Transdermal
d. Transrectal
c. Transdermal
Which of the following statement(s) are true regarding the drug-response relationship?
Select one or more:
a. Alcohol consumption may interact with prescription medications thereby altering the
intended response.
b. The prescriber can eliminate all patient noncompliance factors by sufficiently educating the
patient
c. The ultimate response of a drug is a combination of both the therapeutic and unintended
responses to a drug
d. The prescriber may need to deviate from the dosage recommended by the manufacturer of
the drug
a. Alcohol consumption may interact with prescription medications thereby altering the
intended response.
c. The ultimate response of a drug is a combination of both the therapeutic and unintended
responses to a drug
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d. The prescriber may need to deviate from the dosage recommended by the manufacturer of
the drug
Pharmacokinetics
a. refers to the role of genetic variation on response to a drug.
b. refers to an individual's body's therapeutic response to a drug.
c. refers to how a drug moves through an individual's body.
c. refers to how a drug moves through an individual's body.
Pharmacodynamics
a. refers to the role of genetic variation on response to a drug.
b. refers to how a drug moves through an individual's body.
c. refers to an individual's body's therapeutic response to a drug.
c. refers to an individual's body's therapeutic response to a drug.
Pharmacogenomics
a. refers to an individual's body's therapeutic response to a drug.
b. refers to the role of genetic variation on response to a drug.
c. refers to how a drug moves through an individual's body.
b. refers to the role of genetic variation on response to a drug.
Which one of the following conditions can lead to a cumulative type of adverse drug reaction?
Select one:
a. Renal insufficiency
b. Diarrhea
c. Increased GFR (glomerular filtration rate)
d. Chronic use of antacids
a. Renal insufficiency
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According to JNC-8, which of the following agents is no longer considered first line treatment
for hypertension?
Select one:
a. ACE-I
b. ARB
c. Beta blockers
d. Thiazide diuretics
c. Beta blockers
Match the drug with its appropriate category used to treat lipids disorders
Bile-Acid Sequestrants
HMG-CoA Reductase Inhibitors
Fibric Acid Derivatives
Available Nicotinic Acid Derivatives
HMG-CoA Reductase Inhibitors
Cholesterol Absorption Inhibitors
Answers: Choose
ezetimibe (Zetia)
gemfibrozil (Lopid)
rosuvastatin (Crestor)
niacin (Niacor)
atorvastatin (Lipitor)
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colesevelam hydrochloride (WelChol)
Bile-Acid Sequestrants: colesevelam hydrochloride (WelChol)
HMG-CoA Reductase Inhibitors: rosuvastatin (Crestor)
Fibric Acid Derivatives: gemfibrozil (Lopid)
Available Nicotinic Acid Derivatives: niacin (Niacor)
HMG-CoA Reductase Inhibitors: atorvastatin (Lipitor)
Cholesterol Absorption Inhibitors: ezetimibe (Zetia)
The NP is evaluating a 53 y/o female with a BMI of 24 and blood pressure 110s/70s. According
to JNC-8, the patient is considered to have?
a. HTN requiring therapy with a ACE inhibiotor
b. HTN requiring therapy with a thiazide-type diuretic
c. normal BP
d. HTN requiring therapy with a CCB
c. normal BP
When compared to person's of European ancestry, patients of African ancestry tend to have a
reduced blood pressure response with monotherapy on all of the following BP drug classes
except:
a. CCBs
b. Beta Blockers
c. ARBs
d. ACEIs
a. CCBs
