NURS 6630 MIDTERM EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔The PMHNP is assessing a patient who will be receiving phentermine (Adipex-
P)/topiramate (Topamax) (Qsymia). Which of the following conditions/diseases will
require
further evaluation before this medication can be prescribed?
Selected
Answer:
C.
Cardiovascular
disease - ✔✔The PMHNP is assessing a patient who will be receiving phentermine
(Adipex-
P)/topiramate (Topamax) (Qsymia). Which of the following conditions/diseases will
require
further evaluation before this medication can be prescribed?
Selected
Answer:
C.
Cardiovascular
disease
✔✔A group of nursing students seeks further clarification from the PMHNP on how
cholinesterase inhibitors are beneficial for Alzheimer's disease patients. What is the
appropriate response?
Selected
Answer:
D.
Both "A" &
"C." - ✔✔A group of nursing students seeks further clarification from the PMHNP on
how
cholinesterase inhibitors are beneficial for Alzheimer's disease patients. What is the
appropriate response?
, Selected
Answer:
D.
Both "A" &
"C."
✔✔The PMHNP is assessing a 49-year-old male with a history of depression, post-
traumatic
stress disorder (PTSD), alcoholism with malnutrition, diabetes mellitus type 2, and
hypertension. His physical assessment is unremarkable with the exception of peripheral
edema bilaterally to his lower extremities and a chief complaint of pain with numbness
and tingling to each leg 5/10. The PMHNP starts this patient on a low dose of doxepin
(Sinequan). What is the next action that must be taken by the PMHNP?
Selected
Answer:
A.
Orders liver function
tests. - ✔✔The PMHNP is assessing a 49-year-old male with a history of depression,
post-traumatic
stress disorder (PTSD), alcoholism with malnutrition, diabetes mellitus type 2, and
hypertension. His physical assessment is unremarkable with the exception of peripheral
edema bilaterally to his lower extremities and a chief complaint of pain with numbness
and tingling to each leg 5/10. The PMHNP starts this patient on a low dose of doxepin
(Sinequan). What is the next action that must be taken by the PMHNP?
Selected
Answer:
A.
Orders liver function
tests.
✔✔The PMHNP is attempting to treat a patient's chronic pain by having the agent bind
the
open channel conformation of VSCCs to block those channels with a "use-dependent"
form of inhibition. Which agent will the PMHNP most likely select?
Selected
Answer:
A.
Pregabalin
(Lyrica) - ✔✔The PMHNP is attempting to treat a patient's chronic pain by having the
agent bind the
open channel conformation of VSCCs to block those channels with a "use-dependent"
form of inhibition. Which agent will the PMHNP most likely select?
Selected
Answer:
A.
Pregabalin
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔The PMHNP is assessing a patient who will be receiving phentermine (Adipex-
P)/topiramate (Topamax) (Qsymia). Which of the following conditions/diseases will
require
further evaluation before this medication can be prescribed?
Selected
Answer:
C.
Cardiovascular
disease - ✔✔The PMHNP is assessing a patient who will be receiving phentermine
(Adipex-
P)/topiramate (Topamax) (Qsymia). Which of the following conditions/diseases will
require
further evaluation before this medication can be prescribed?
Selected
Answer:
C.
Cardiovascular
disease
✔✔A group of nursing students seeks further clarification from the PMHNP on how
cholinesterase inhibitors are beneficial for Alzheimer's disease patients. What is the
appropriate response?
Selected
Answer:
D.
Both "A" &
"C." - ✔✔A group of nursing students seeks further clarification from the PMHNP on
how
cholinesterase inhibitors are beneficial for Alzheimer's disease patients. What is the
appropriate response?
, Selected
Answer:
D.
Both "A" &
"C."
✔✔The PMHNP is assessing a 49-year-old male with a history of depression, post-
traumatic
stress disorder (PTSD), alcoholism with malnutrition, diabetes mellitus type 2, and
hypertension. His physical assessment is unremarkable with the exception of peripheral
edema bilaterally to his lower extremities and a chief complaint of pain with numbness
and tingling to each leg 5/10. The PMHNP starts this patient on a low dose of doxepin
(Sinequan). What is the next action that must be taken by the PMHNP?
Selected
Answer:
A.
Orders liver function
tests. - ✔✔The PMHNP is assessing a 49-year-old male with a history of depression,
post-traumatic
stress disorder (PTSD), alcoholism with malnutrition, diabetes mellitus type 2, and
hypertension. His physical assessment is unremarkable with the exception of peripheral
edema bilaterally to his lower extremities and a chief complaint of pain with numbness
and tingling to each leg 5/10. The PMHNP starts this patient on a low dose of doxepin
(Sinequan). What is the next action that must be taken by the PMHNP?
Selected
Answer:
A.
Orders liver function
tests.
✔✔The PMHNP is attempting to treat a patient's chronic pain by having the agent bind
the
open channel conformation of VSCCs to block those channels with a "use-dependent"
form of inhibition. Which agent will the PMHNP most likely select?
Selected
Answer:
A.
Pregabalin
(Lyrica) - ✔✔The PMHNP is attempting to treat a patient's chronic pain by having the
agent bind the
open channel conformation of VSCCs to block those channels with a "use-dependent"
form of inhibition. Which agent will the PMHNP most likely select?
Selected
Answer:
A.
Pregabalin
