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NURS 660 FINAL EXAM TEST BANK WITH
COMPLETE 500 QUESTIONS AND WELL
ELABORATED ANSWERS JUST RELEASED THIS YEAR
Question: Which medication is an insulin secretagogue (mechanism of action is to secrete insulin)?
Select one:
a. acarbose (alpha-glucosidase inhibitor)
b. empagliflozin (SGLT2 Inhibitor)
c. rosiglitazone (thiazolidinedione)
d. glipizide (sulfonylurea) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔glipizide (sulfonylurea)
Question: The "ominous octet" includes all of the following EXCEPT:
Select one:
a. insulin resistance
b. decreased insulin production
c. decreased incretin hormones
d. increased incretin hormones - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔increased incretin hormones
Question: In which patient would the clinician NOT initiate metformin?
Select one:
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a. 60 year old with a history of medullary thyroid cancer
b. 54 year old with an allergy to penicillin
c. 71 year old with an eGFR of 60
d. 62 year old with an eGFR of 40 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔62 year old with an eGFR of 40
Question: Which medication can cause hyperglycemia?
Select one:
a. Cephalexin (Keflex)
b. Levothyroxine (Synthroid)
c. Metformin (Glucophage)
d. Prednisolone (Omnipred) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Prednisolone (Omnipred)
Question: Insulin should be initiated for the patient with Type 2 DM when the HgbA1C is
Select one:
a. 7
b. 8
c. 10
d. 7.5 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔10
Question: How often should the clinician examine the feet of a person with diabetes?
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Select one:
a. Every year
b. Every 3 months
c. Every visit
d. Every 6 months - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Every visit
Question: The effects of GLP-1 Agonist medications include all of the following EXCEPT:
Select one:
a. glucagon induced gluconeogenesis
b. increased satiety
c. improved glycemic control
d. glucose dependent insulin secretion - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔glucagon induced gluconeogenesis
Question: A common adverse effect with SGLT-2 Inhibitors is:
Select one:
a. edema
b. mycotic infection
c. hypertension
d. weight gain - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Mycotic Infection
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Question: Due to the increased risk for hypoglycemia, the following two medication classes should not
be used in combination:
Select one:
a. insulin and metformin
b. insulin and sulfonylurea
c. insulin and thiazolidinedione
d. insulin and acarbose - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Insulin and Sulfonylurea
Question: A patient is 66 inches in height, weighing 200 lbs, and newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes
mellitus (DM). The A1c is 7.1%. What is the best initial treatment?
Select one:
a. Diet, exercise, and metformin
b. No treatment at this time
c. Diet and exercise
d. Diet, exercise, and exogenous insulin - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Diet and exercise, Diet, exercise, and
metformin
Question: Claire is a patient complaining that her left leg is cool, pale, smaller than her right, and has
thick toenails. Which condition may she be experiencing?
Select one:
NURS 660 FINAL EXAM TEST BANK WITH
COMPLETE 500 QUESTIONS AND WELL
ELABORATED ANSWERS JUST RELEASED THIS YEAR
Question: Which medication is an insulin secretagogue (mechanism of action is to secrete insulin)?
Select one:
a. acarbose (alpha-glucosidase inhibitor)
b. empagliflozin (SGLT2 Inhibitor)
c. rosiglitazone (thiazolidinedione)
d. glipizide (sulfonylurea) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔glipizide (sulfonylurea)
Question: The "ominous octet" includes all of the following EXCEPT:
Select one:
a. insulin resistance
b. decreased insulin production
c. decreased incretin hormones
d. increased incretin hormones - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔increased incretin hormones
Question: In which patient would the clinician NOT initiate metformin?
Select one:
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a. 60 year old with a history of medullary thyroid cancer
b. 54 year old with an allergy to penicillin
c. 71 year old with an eGFR of 60
d. 62 year old with an eGFR of 40 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔62 year old with an eGFR of 40
Question: Which medication can cause hyperglycemia?
Select one:
a. Cephalexin (Keflex)
b. Levothyroxine (Synthroid)
c. Metformin (Glucophage)
d. Prednisolone (Omnipred) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Prednisolone (Omnipred)
Question: Insulin should be initiated for the patient with Type 2 DM when the HgbA1C is
Select one:
a. 7
b. 8
c. 10
d. 7.5 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔10
Question: How often should the clinician examine the feet of a person with diabetes?
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Select one:
a. Every year
b. Every 3 months
c. Every visit
d. Every 6 months - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Every visit
Question: The effects of GLP-1 Agonist medications include all of the following EXCEPT:
Select one:
a. glucagon induced gluconeogenesis
b. increased satiety
c. improved glycemic control
d. glucose dependent insulin secretion - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔glucagon induced gluconeogenesis
Question: A common adverse effect with SGLT-2 Inhibitors is:
Select one:
a. edema
b. mycotic infection
c. hypertension
d. weight gain - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Mycotic Infection
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Question: Due to the increased risk for hypoglycemia, the following two medication classes should not
be used in combination:
Select one:
a. insulin and metformin
b. insulin and sulfonylurea
c. insulin and thiazolidinedione
d. insulin and acarbose - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Insulin and Sulfonylurea
Question: A patient is 66 inches in height, weighing 200 lbs, and newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes
mellitus (DM). The A1c is 7.1%. What is the best initial treatment?
Select one:
a. Diet, exercise, and metformin
b. No treatment at this time
c. Diet and exercise
d. Diet, exercise, and exogenous insulin - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Diet and exercise, Diet, exercise, and
metformin
Question: Claire is a patient complaining that her left leg is cool, pale, smaller than her right, and has
thick toenails. Which condition may she be experiencing?
Select one:
