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NUR100/ NUR 100 HESI: (Latest 2025/ 2026 Update) Pharmacology Review | Qs and As| 100% Correct| Grade A (Verified Answers)– Fortis QUESTION How do you evaluate effectiveness of statins? Answer: HDL increases, LDL and total cholesterol decreases QUESTION What are statin Dx and what are they used for? Answer: HMG-COA inhibitors, they are used to reduce plasma concentrations of LDL cholesterol, ex. hypercholesterolemia QUESTION What do you assess when using statins? Answer: LFTs, and CK for any c/o of muscle pain. QUESTION What do adrenergic Dx stimulate: Alpha 1, Beta 1 and Beta 2? Answer: Vasoconstriction, , (one) heart, (two) lungs QUESTION What are mydriatics used for? Answer: to produce dilation of pupils for eye exams and ocular surgery QUESTION What is Flomax, and what is it used for? Answer: it is a alpha 1 adrenergic blocker, to treat sx BPH QUESTION What those Flomax do? Answer: decreases smooth muscle contraction of the prostate capsule and bladder neck. QUESTION What are alpha 1 blockers -zosin? Answer: anti-hypertensives QUESTION What does the effect of dopaminergic activation cause? Answer: dilation of the renal vasculature QUESTION In what treatment is the dopaminergic effect exploited in? Answer: the treament of shock QUESTION How can the risk of renal failure be reduced? Answer: by dilating renal blood vessels, which can improve renal perfusion QUESTION What happens to the body when dopamine besides treating shock? Answer: The Dx enhances cardiac performance, it activates beta 1 receptors of the heart QUESTION What must Catecholamines (epinephrine, dobutamine, etc.) be watched carefully for? Answer: Extravasation QUESTION If dopamine extravasation occurs what must you do to prevent necrosis from occuring, according to FDA? Answer: The area must first be treated w/ 10-15 ml of saline solution containing 5-10 ml of Regitine. QUESTION What is Regitine? Answer: An adrenergic blocking agent, a brand of phentolamine. QUESTION How should Regitine be administered when treating extravasation due to dopamine? Answer: A syringe w/ fine hypodermic needle, the solution should liberally infiltrate throughout the ischemic area. QUESTION How long do you have to infiltrate and treat the dopamine extravasation, what happens with treatment?

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NUR100/l NURl 100l HESI:l (Latestl 2025/l
2026l Update)l Pharmacologyl Reviewl |l Qsl
andl As|l 100%l Correct|l Gradel Al
(Verifiedl Answers)–l Fortis

QUESTION
Howl dol youl evaluatel effectivenessl ofl statins?

Answer:
HDLl increases,l LDLl andl totall cholesteroll decreases



QUESTION
Whatl arel statinl Dxl andl whatl arel theyl usedl for?

Answer:
HMG-COAl inhibitors,l theyl arel usedl tol reducel plasmal concentrationsl ofl LDLl
cholesterol,l ex.l hypercholesterolemia



QUESTION
Whatl dol youl assessl whenl usingl statins?

Answer:
LFTs,l andl CKl forl anyl c/ol ofl musclel pain.



QUESTION
Whatl dol adrenergicl Dxl stimulate:l Alphal 1,l Betal 1l andl Betal 2?

Answer:
Vasoconstriction,l ,l (one)l heart,l (two)l lungs



QUESTION
Whatl arel mydriaticsl usedl for?

,Answer:
tol producel dilationl ofl pupilsl forl eyel examsl andl ocularl surgery



QUESTION
Whatl isl Flomax,l andl whatl isl itl usedl for?

Answer:
itl isl al alphal 1l adrenergicl blocker,l tol treatl sxl BPH



QUESTION
Whatl thosel Flomaxl do?

Answer:
decreasesl smoothl musclel contractionl ofl thel prostatel capsulel andl bladderl neck.



QUESTION
Whatl arel alphal 1l blockersl -zosin?

Answer:
anti-hypertensives



QUESTION
Whatl doesl thel effectl ofl dopaminergicl activationl cause?

Answer:
dilationl ofl thel renall vasculature



QUESTION
Inl whatl treatmentl isl thel dopaminergicl effectl exploitedl in?

Answer:
thel treamentl ofl shock



QUESTION
Howl canl thel riskl ofl renall failurel bel reduced?

,Answer:
byl dilatingl renall bloodl vessels,l whichl canl improvel renall perfusion



QUESTION
Whatl happensl tol thel bodyl whenl dopaminel besidesl treatingl shock?

Answer:
Thel Dxl enhancesl cardiacl performance,l itl activatesl betal 1l receptorsl ofl thel heart



QUESTION
Whatl mustl Catecholaminesl (epinephrine,l dobutamine,l etc.)l bel watchedl carefullyl for?

Answer:
Extravasation



QUESTION
Ifl dopaminel extravasationl occursl whatl mustl youl dol tol preventl necrosisl froml occuring,l
accordingl tol FDA?

Answer:
Thel areal mustl firstl bel treatedl w/l 10-15l mll ofl salinel solutionl containingl 5-10l mll ofl
Regitine.



QUESTION
Whatl isl Regitine?

Answer:
Anl adrenergicl blockingl agent,l al brandl ofl phentolamine.



QUESTION
Howl shouldl Regitinel bel administeredl whenl treatingl extravasationl duel tol dopamine?

Answer:
Al syringel w/l finel hypodermicl needle,l thel solutionl shouldl liberallyl infiltratel throughoutl
thel ischemicl area.

, QUESTION
Howl longl dol youl havel tol infiltratel andl treatl thel dopaminel extravasation,l whatl happensl
withl treatment?

Answer:
12l hours,l immediatel andl conspicuousl locall hyperemicl changesl inl thel area.



QUESTION
Howl isl al Epi-Penl administered?

Answer:
Singlel dosel injectedl IMl intol thel middlel ofl thel outerl thighl (evenl throughl clothes).



QUESTION
Whatl shouldl youl dol afterl givingl al Epi-Penl andl whatl isl itl for?

Answer:
Seekl emergencyl medicall treatment,l tol treatl anaphylaxis



QUESTION
Whatl arel SEl ofl Epi-Pen?

Answer:
Increasel HR,l Dyspnea,l Bradycardia,l Strongerl heartbeat,l pallor,l dizziness,l weakness,l N/V,l
shakiness,l cephalgia,l apprehension,l nervousness/l anxiety.



QUESTION
Whatl shouldl assesl whenl usingl bronchodilators?

Answer:
Cardiac



QUESTION
Whatl dol bronchodilatorsl meantl tol stimulate,l whatl ifl thel dosagel isl tol high?

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