6521 /
Midterm
/ /
Exam Questions With Correct Answers
/ // // // //
In /
/order /
/to /
/promote /
/therapeutic /
/drug /
/effects, /
/the /
/Nurse /
/Practitioner /
/should /
/always /
/encourage /
/patients //to //- //correct //answer(s) //✔✔ //take //their //medication //at //the //prescribed //times.
A/
/female /
/patient /
/with //
a/
/diagnosis /
/of /
/type //
1/
/diabetes /
/mellitus /
/has /
/been /
/experiencing /
,/increasing /
/neuropathic /
/pain /
/in /
/recent /
/months, //
a/
/symptom /
/that /
/has /
/not /
/responded /
/appreciably //to //conventional //analgesics. //The //patient's //care //provider //has //begun //treatment
//with /
/gabapentin /
/(Neurontin). /
/How /
/is /
/the /
/addition /
/of //this //drug //likely //to //influence //the //management //of //the //patient's //existing //drug //regimen?
//- /
/correct /
/answer(s) /
/✔✔ /
/It /
/is /
/unlikely /
/to /
/influence /
/the //patient's //other //medications //because //gabapentin //does //not //interact //with //other //drugs.
of /
/the /
/following /
/assessment /
/findings /
,/should /
/an /
/assisted /
/living /
/facility /
/has /
/begun //taking //daily //oral //Following //an //assessment //by //her //primary //care //provider, //a //70-
year-
old /
/resident /
/of /
/doses /
/of /
/levothyroxine. /
/Which /
/prompt /
/the /
/nurse /
/to /
/withhold //
a/
/scheduled /
/dose /
/of /
/levothyroxine? //- /
/correct /
/answer(s) /
/✔✔ //The //resident's //apical //heart //rate //is //112 //beats/minute //with //a //regular //rhythm
processes /
/protects /
/the /
/lower /
/respiratory /
/system? //- /
/correct /
/answer(s) /
, /✔✔ /
/Cilia /
/sweep /
/foreign /
/material /
/and //mucus //upward //toward //the //trachea //and //larynx //where //they //can //then //be //swallowed.
A //62-year-
old /
/man /
/has /
/been /
/prescribed /
/lovastatin. /
/The /
/Nurse /
/Practitioner /
/will //instruct //the //patient //to //take //the //medication //- //correct //answer(s) //✔✔ //at //bedtime.
A/
/Nurse //Practitioner //who //provides //care //for //older //adults //is //aware //of //the //high //incidence //of
//drug /
/interactions /
/in /
/this /
/population. /
/When /
/educating //
a/
/group /
/of /
/seniors /
/about /
/the /
/prevention /
/of /
Midterm
/ /
Exam Questions With Correct Answers
/ // // // //
In /
/order /
/to /
/promote /
/therapeutic /
/drug /
/effects, /
/the /
/Nurse /
/Practitioner /
/should /
/always /
/encourage /
/patients //to //- //correct //answer(s) //✔✔ //take //their //medication //at //the //prescribed //times.
A/
/female /
/patient /
/with //
a/
/diagnosis /
/of /
/type //
1/
/diabetes /
/mellitus /
/has /
/been /
/experiencing /
,/increasing /
/neuropathic /
/pain /
/in /
/recent /
/months, //
a/
/symptom /
/that /
/has /
/not /
/responded /
/appreciably //to //conventional //analgesics. //The //patient's //care //provider //has //begun //treatment
//with /
/gabapentin /
/(Neurontin). /
/How /
/is /
/the /
/addition /
/of //this //drug //likely //to //influence //the //management //of //the //patient's //existing //drug //regimen?
//- /
/correct /
/answer(s) /
/✔✔ /
/It /
/is /
/unlikely /
/to /
/influence /
/the //patient's //other //medications //because //gabapentin //does //not //interact //with //other //drugs.
of /
/the /
/following /
/assessment /
/findings /
,/should /
/an /
/assisted /
/living /
/facility /
/has /
/begun //taking //daily //oral //Following //an //assessment //by //her //primary //care //provider, //a //70-
year-
old /
/resident /
/of /
/doses /
/of /
/levothyroxine. /
/Which /
/prompt /
/the /
/nurse /
/to /
/withhold //
a/
/scheduled /
/dose /
/of /
/levothyroxine? //- /
/correct /
/answer(s) /
/✔✔ //The //resident's //apical //heart //rate //is //112 //beats/minute //with //a //regular //rhythm
processes /
/protects /
/the /
/lower /
/respiratory /
/system? //- /
/correct /
/answer(s) /
, /✔✔ /
/Cilia /
/sweep /
/foreign /
/material /
/and //mucus //upward //toward //the //trachea //and //larynx //where //they //can //then //be //swallowed.
A //62-year-
old /
/man /
/has /
/been /
/prescribed /
/lovastatin. /
/The /
/Nurse /
/Practitioner /
/will //instruct //the //patient //to //take //the //medication //- //correct //answer(s) //✔✔ //at //bedtime.
A/
/Nurse //Practitioner //who //provides //care //for //older //adults //is //aware //of //the //high //incidence //of
//drug /
/interactions /
/in /
/this /
/population. /
/When /
/educating //
a/
/group /
/of /
/seniors /
/about /
/the /
/prevention /
/of /
