NR 508 Week 4 Midterm Exam, Chamberlain college of Nursing

Question 1 A primary care NP prescribes levothyroxine for a patient to treat thyroid deficiency. When teaching this patient about the medication, the NP should: Question 2 An African-American patient is taking captopril (Capoten) 25 mg twice daily. When performing a physical examination, the primary care nurse practitioner (NP) learns that the patient continues to have blood pressure readings of 135/90 mm Hg. The NP should: Question 3 A primary care NP sees a patient who is about to take a cruise and reports having had motion sickness with nausea on a previous cruise. The NP prescribes the scopolamine transdermal patch and should instruct the patient to apply the patch: Question 4 A 12-year-old patient who is obese develops type 2 diabetes mellitus. The primary care NP should order metformin (Glucophage).