Running Head: WEEK 5 CASE STUDY
NR 601 Week 2 Quiz
Chamberlain College of Nursing
NR 601: Primary Care of the Maturing and Aged
Family
(Complete solutions and resources for the course exam)
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1. The cytochrome P system involves enzymes that are generally
a. Inhibited by drugs
b. Induced by drugs
c. Inhibited or induced by drugs
d. Associated with decreased liver perfusion
2. The percentage of the FVC expired in one second
A. FEV1
B. FVC
C. FEV1/FVC ratio
D. TLC total Lung capacity
3. The best recommendation for a patient who states they have no equipment to exercise would be
A. Sign a contract for a year’s membership to a local gym
B. Borrow free weights from grandchildren
C. Have a personal trainer come to the home three times a week
D. Improvise with recommended objects at home that can be used.
4. A common auscultatory finding in advanced CHF is
A. Systolic ejection murmur
B. S3 Gallop rhythm
C. Friction rub
D. Bradycardia
5. Patient education for the COPD patient is essential. The nurse practitioner knows that COPD
education includes all except
A. Smoking cessation
B. Daily exercise
C. Healthy diet
D. Increased risk for diabetes
6. What is the most common valvular heart disease in the older adult?
A. Aortic regurgitation
B. Aortic stenosis
C. Mitral regurgitation
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D. Mitral stenosis
7. Polypharmacy is best described as taking
i. More than 9 meds per day
ii. More than 5 meds per day
iii. Even a single meds if not a clear indication for its use
iv. When a drug is given to treat a side-effect of another drug
8. Aortic regurgitation requires medical treatment for early signs of CHF with
A. Beta blockers
B. ACE inhibitors
C. Surgery
D. Hospitalization
9. Preferred amount of exercise for older adults is:
A. 10 minutes of physical activity each morning
B. 30 minutes per day of aerobic activity five times a week
C. Any increase in physical activity over a sedentary lifestyle
D. 60 minutes per day that includes 30 minutes of aerobic activity and 30 minutes of weight
training five times a week.
10. The goal of COPD pharmacological therapy include all except
A. Reduce frequency and severity of exacerbations
B. Reverse obstruction
C. Improve exercise tolerance
D. Decrease mortality
11. The nurse practitioner student knows that gold standard for diagnosis of COPD is
a. Irreversible airflow limitation
b. Dypnea, chronic cough and cough sputum production
c. Decreased breath sounds, wheezes at the lung bases
d. Spirometry
12. Which obstructive lung disease is classified as reversible?
a. Asthma
b. Chronic bronchitis
c. Emphysema
d. COPD