Pharm Final MN553 Exam with Actual
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Which of the following patients may be treated with a 3-day course of therapy for their urinary
tract infection?
Question options:
Juanita, a 28-year-old pregnant woman
Sally, a 16-year-old healthy adolescent
Jamie, a 24-year-old female
Suzie, a 26-year-old diabetic ✔️✔️Jamie, a 24-year-old female
Nurse practitioner prescriptive authority is regulated by:
Question options:
The National Council of State Boards of Nursing
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
The State Board of Nursing for each state
,The State Board of Pharmacy ✔️✔️The State Board of Nursing for each state
Patients who are on chronic long-term proton pump inhibitor therapy require monitoring for:
Question options:
Iron deficiency anemia, vitamin B12 and calcium deficiency
Folate and magnesium deficiency
Elevated uric acid levels leading to gout
Hypokalemia and hypocalcemia ✔️✔️Iron deficiency anemia, vitamin B12 and calcium
deficiency
Allison is an 18-year-old college student with type 1 diabetes. She is on NPH twice daily and
Novolog before meals. She usually walks for 40 minutes each evening as part of her exercise
regimen. She is beginning a 30-minute swimming class three times a week at 1 p.m. What is
important for her to do with this change in routine?
Question options:
Delay eating the midday meal until after the swimming class.
,Increase the morning dose of NPH insulin on days of the swimming class.
Adjust the morning insulin injection so that the peak occurs while swimming.
Check glucose level before, during, and after swimming. ✔️✔️Check glucose level before,
during, and after swimming.
The reason that two MMR vaccines at least a month apart are recommended is:
Question options:
The second dose of MMR "boosts" the immunity built from the first dose.
Two vaccines 1 month apart is the standard dosing for all live virus vaccines.
If the two MMR vaccine doses are given too close together there is a greater likelihood of severe
localized reaction to the vaccine.
Only 95% of patients are fully immunized for measles after the first vaccine, with 99% having
immunity after two doses of MMR. ✔️✔️Only 95% of patients are fully immunized for
measles after the first vaccine, with 99% having immunity after two doses of MMR.
When a pharmacoeconomic analysis looks at two or more treatment alternatives that are
considered equal in efficacy and compares the costs of each it is referred to as:
, Question options:
Cost-minimization analysis
Cost-of-illness analysis
Cost-effectiveness analysis
Cost-benefit analysis ✔️✔️Cost-minimization analysis
Disease states in addition to hypertension in which beta blockade is a compelling indication for
the use of beta blockers include:
Question options:
Heart failure
Angina
Myocardial infarction
Dyslipidemia ✔️✔️Myocardial infarction
Answers
Which of the following patients may be treated with a 3-day course of therapy for their urinary
tract infection?
Question options:
Juanita, a 28-year-old pregnant woman
Sally, a 16-year-old healthy adolescent
Jamie, a 24-year-old female
Suzie, a 26-year-old diabetic ✔️✔️Jamie, a 24-year-old female
Nurse practitioner prescriptive authority is regulated by:
Question options:
The National Council of State Boards of Nursing
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
The State Board of Nursing for each state
,The State Board of Pharmacy ✔️✔️The State Board of Nursing for each state
Patients who are on chronic long-term proton pump inhibitor therapy require monitoring for:
Question options:
Iron deficiency anemia, vitamin B12 and calcium deficiency
Folate and magnesium deficiency
Elevated uric acid levels leading to gout
Hypokalemia and hypocalcemia ✔️✔️Iron deficiency anemia, vitamin B12 and calcium
deficiency
Allison is an 18-year-old college student with type 1 diabetes. She is on NPH twice daily and
Novolog before meals. She usually walks for 40 minutes each evening as part of her exercise
regimen. She is beginning a 30-minute swimming class three times a week at 1 p.m. What is
important for her to do with this change in routine?
Question options:
Delay eating the midday meal until after the swimming class.
,Increase the morning dose of NPH insulin on days of the swimming class.
Adjust the morning insulin injection so that the peak occurs while swimming.
Check glucose level before, during, and after swimming. ✔️✔️Check glucose level before,
during, and after swimming.
The reason that two MMR vaccines at least a month apart are recommended is:
Question options:
The second dose of MMR "boosts" the immunity built from the first dose.
Two vaccines 1 month apart is the standard dosing for all live virus vaccines.
If the two MMR vaccine doses are given too close together there is a greater likelihood of severe
localized reaction to the vaccine.
Only 95% of patients are fully immunized for measles after the first vaccine, with 99% having
immunity after two doses of MMR. ✔️✔️Only 95% of patients are fully immunized for
measles after the first vaccine, with 99% having immunity after two doses of MMR.
When a pharmacoeconomic analysis looks at two or more treatment alternatives that are
considered equal in efficacy and compares the costs of each it is referred to as:
, Question options:
Cost-minimization analysis
Cost-of-illness analysis
Cost-effectiveness analysis
Cost-benefit analysis ✔️✔️Cost-minimization analysis
Disease states in addition to hypertension in which beta blockade is a compelling indication for
the use of beta blockers include:
Question options:
Heart failure
Angina
Myocardial infarction
Dyslipidemia ✔️✔️Myocardial infarction
