NSG124 Exam 2 UPDATED ACTUAL Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Sulfadiazine
1) What do I treat?
2) Who is allergic to me?
3) How will I know this drug is working? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1) UTI
2) People with sulfa allergies
3) UTI symptoms resolving
I can be nephrotoxic. I treat progressively and potentially fatal systemic fungal infections. I can
have infusion reactions.
1) What drug am I?
2) Besides labs, what can be monitor? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1) Amphotericin B
2) Urine input/output
Levothyroxine administration instructions (3) - CORRECT ANSWER - Take 30-60 min
before meals
Don't take in the early AM
Don't take other meds within 4 hours
I am active against a variety of anaerobic bacterial infections of the CNS, abdominal organs,
bones and joints, skin and soft tissues, and genitourinary tract. Drug of choice for C. diff. What
drug am I? - CORRECT ANSWER - Metronidazole
1) Two classes of corticosteroids
2) Adverse effects of high doses - CORRECT ANSWER - 1) Glucocorticoids and
mineralcorticoids
2) Water/salt retention = edema
, -Hypokalemia
-High BP and weight gain
What do tetracyclines treat? - CORRECT ANSWER - Severe acne vulgaris
Peptic ulcers
Periodontal disease
Rickettsial diseases (rocky mountain spotted fever, typhus fever, Q fever)
Chlamydia trachomatis
Brucellosis
Cholera
Pneumonia
Lyme's disease
Anthrax
H. pylori
Methimazole
1) What do I do?
2) Who should not take me? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1) Suppress thyroid hormones,
treats hyperthyroidism
2) Women who are pregnant (esp first trimester)
I suppress the release of human growth hormone.
1) What drug am I?
2) Why is this used? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1) Somatostatin
2) Stop unnatural, rapid reproduction of cells (cancer)
I can cause tendon rupture/tendonitis, make people sensitive to the sun, and increase their risk of
developing C. diff. What drug am I? - CORRECT ANSWER - Ciprofloxacin
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Sulfadiazine
1) What do I treat?
2) Who is allergic to me?
3) How will I know this drug is working? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1) UTI
2) People with sulfa allergies
3) UTI symptoms resolving
I can be nephrotoxic. I treat progressively and potentially fatal systemic fungal infections. I can
have infusion reactions.
1) What drug am I?
2) Besides labs, what can be monitor? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1) Amphotericin B
2) Urine input/output
Levothyroxine administration instructions (3) - CORRECT ANSWER - Take 30-60 min
before meals
Don't take in the early AM
Don't take other meds within 4 hours
I am active against a variety of anaerobic bacterial infections of the CNS, abdominal organs,
bones and joints, skin and soft tissues, and genitourinary tract. Drug of choice for C. diff. What
drug am I? - CORRECT ANSWER - Metronidazole
1) Two classes of corticosteroids
2) Adverse effects of high doses - CORRECT ANSWER - 1) Glucocorticoids and
mineralcorticoids
2) Water/salt retention = edema
, -Hypokalemia
-High BP and weight gain
What do tetracyclines treat? - CORRECT ANSWER - Severe acne vulgaris
Peptic ulcers
Periodontal disease
Rickettsial diseases (rocky mountain spotted fever, typhus fever, Q fever)
Chlamydia trachomatis
Brucellosis
Cholera
Pneumonia
Lyme's disease
Anthrax
H. pylori
Methimazole
1) What do I do?
2) Who should not take me? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1) Suppress thyroid hormones,
treats hyperthyroidism
2) Women who are pregnant (esp first trimester)
I suppress the release of human growth hormone.
1) What drug am I?
2) Why is this used? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1) Somatostatin
2) Stop unnatural, rapid reproduction of cells (cancer)
I can cause tendon rupture/tendonitis, make people sensitive to the sun, and increase their risk of
developing C. diff. What drug am I? - CORRECT ANSWER - Ciprofloxacin
