NR 565 Week 3 Chapter 14 Pharmacotherapeutics
for Advance Practice Nurse prescribers (4th ed.)
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Charlie is a 65-year-old male who Relaxes smooth muscle in the bladder neck
has been diagnosed with
hypertension and benign prostatic
hyperplasia. Doxazosin has been
chosen to treat his hypertension
because it:
To reduce potential adverse effects, 3. Monitor their blood pressure and skip a dose if
patients taking a peripherally acting the pressure is less than 120/80
alpha1 antagonist should do all of the
following EXCEPT:
1. Take the dose at bedtime
2. Sit up slowly and dangle their feet
before standing
3. Monitor their blood pressure and
skip a dose if the pressure is less than
120/80
4. Weigh daily and report weight
gain of greater than 2 pounds in one
day
, John has clonidine, a centrally acting Not miss a dose or stop taking the drug because of
adrenergic blocker, prescribed for potential rebound hypertension
his hypertension. He should:
Clonidine has several off-label uses, 3. Both 1 and 2
including:
1. Alcohol and nicotine withdrawal
2.Post-herpetic neuralgia
3. Both 1 and 2
4. Neither 1 nor 2
Jim is being treated for hypertension. Reducing vascular smooth muscle tone
Because he has a history of heart
attack, the drug chosen is atenolol.
Beta blockers treat hypertension by:
Which of the following adverse Impaired insulin release
effects are less likely in a beta1-
selective blocker?
Richard is 70 years old and has a Extend the dosage interval.
history of cardiac dysrhythmias. He
has been prescribed nadolol. You do
his annual laboratory work and find a
CrCl of 25 ml/min. What action
should you take related to his
nadolol?
Beta blockers are the drugs of Decrease myocardial oxygen demand by
choice for exertional angina because decreasing heart rate and vascular resistance
they:
for Advance Practice Nurse prescribers (4th ed.)
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Terms in this set (37)
Charlie is a 65-year-old male who Relaxes smooth muscle in the bladder neck
has been diagnosed with
hypertension and benign prostatic
hyperplasia. Doxazosin has been
chosen to treat his hypertension
because it:
To reduce potential adverse effects, 3. Monitor their blood pressure and skip a dose if
patients taking a peripherally acting the pressure is less than 120/80
alpha1 antagonist should do all of the
following EXCEPT:
1. Take the dose at bedtime
2. Sit up slowly and dangle their feet
before standing
3. Monitor their blood pressure and
skip a dose if the pressure is less than
120/80
4. Weigh daily and report weight
gain of greater than 2 pounds in one
day
, John has clonidine, a centrally acting Not miss a dose or stop taking the drug because of
adrenergic blocker, prescribed for potential rebound hypertension
his hypertension. He should:
Clonidine has several off-label uses, 3. Both 1 and 2
including:
1. Alcohol and nicotine withdrawal
2.Post-herpetic neuralgia
3. Both 1 and 2
4. Neither 1 nor 2
Jim is being treated for hypertension. Reducing vascular smooth muscle tone
Because he has a history of heart
attack, the drug chosen is atenolol.
Beta blockers treat hypertension by:
Which of the following adverse Impaired insulin release
effects are less likely in a beta1-
selective blocker?
Richard is 70 years old and has a Extend the dosage interval.
history of cardiac dysrhythmias. He
has been prescribed nadolol. You do
his annual laboratory work and find a
CrCl of 25 ml/min. What action
should you take related to his
nadolol?
Beta blockers are the drugs of Decrease myocardial oxygen demand by
choice for exertional angina because decreasing heart rate and vascular resistance
they:
