NUR 651 Quick Study Guide 2025 | Updated Quiz
Questions with Verified Solutions
Prescribing less expensive generic drugs or drugs off the 4$ retail pharmacy list:
1. increase the complexity of prescribing for individual patient
2. increases compliance by reducing the financial burden of drug costs to the patient
3. is not sound prescribing practice due to the inferiority of the generic products
4. will increase the overall cost of drugs to the system due to the ease of overprescribing -
Increases compliance by reducing the financial burden of drug costs to the patient
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:
1. cost minimization analysis
2. cost of illness analysis
3. cost-effectiveness analysis
4. cost benefit analysis - cost minimization analysis
the nurse instructs the patient with a new script to treat hyperthyroidism and includes the
importance of regular lab studies to monitor for bone marrow suppression, which can be an
adverse effect of this drug. What drug is the nurse teaching the patient about? - Tapazole
A patient is seen in the clinic and diagnosed with hyperthyroidism. Potassium iodide is
prescribed. The nurse reviews the patients medical record before administering the drug. What
an assessment finding would cause the nurse to alter the plan of care? - Digoxin 0.125
mg daily.
A patient presents at the clinic with weight loss despite an increased appetite. the nurse assess
this patient for what? - hyperthyroidsim
A woman who is pregnant and has hypothyroidism is best managed by a specialty team who will
most likely treat her with:
1. methimazole
2. PTU
3. radioactive iodine
, 4. nothing, treatment is best delayed until after her pregnancy ends - PTU
When starting a patient on levothyroxine for hypothyroidism, the patient will need to follow up
in, and lab testing should be monitored every:
1. 2 weeks
2. 4 weeks
3. 2 months
4. 6 months - 1. 4 weeks
2. 6 months
Goals when treating hypothroidism with thyroid replacement include:
1. normal TSH and free T4 levels
2. resolution of fatigue
3, weight loss to baseline
4. all of the above - all of the above
Treatment of a patient with hypothyroidism and cardiovascular disease consists of:
1. levothyroxine
2. Liothyrine
3. Liotrix
4. Methimazole - Levothyroxine
Infants with congenital hypothyroidism are treated with:
1. levothyroxine
2. liothyrine
3. liotrix
4. methimazole - Levothyroxine
When starting a patient with hypothyroidism and thyroid replacement hormones patient
education would include:
1. they should feel symptomatic improvement in 1-2 weeks
Questions with Verified Solutions
Prescribing less expensive generic drugs or drugs off the 4$ retail pharmacy list:
1. increase the complexity of prescribing for individual patient
2. increases compliance by reducing the financial burden of drug costs to the patient
3. is not sound prescribing practice due to the inferiority of the generic products
4. will increase the overall cost of drugs to the system due to the ease of overprescribing -
Increases compliance by reducing the financial burden of drug costs to the patient
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:
1. cost minimization analysis
2. cost of illness analysis
3. cost-effectiveness analysis
4. cost benefit analysis - cost minimization analysis
the nurse instructs the patient with a new script to treat hyperthyroidism and includes the
importance of regular lab studies to monitor for bone marrow suppression, which can be an
adverse effect of this drug. What drug is the nurse teaching the patient about? - Tapazole
A patient is seen in the clinic and diagnosed with hyperthyroidism. Potassium iodide is
prescribed. The nurse reviews the patients medical record before administering the drug. What
an assessment finding would cause the nurse to alter the plan of care? - Digoxin 0.125
mg daily.
A patient presents at the clinic with weight loss despite an increased appetite. the nurse assess
this patient for what? - hyperthyroidsim
A woman who is pregnant and has hypothyroidism is best managed by a specialty team who will
most likely treat her with:
1. methimazole
2. PTU
3. radioactive iodine
, 4. nothing, treatment is best delayed until after her pregnancy ends - PTU
When starting a patient on levothyroxine for hypothyroidism, the patient will need to follow up
in, and lab testing should be monitored every:
1. 2 weeks
2. 4 weeks
3. 2 months
4. 6 months - 1. 4 weeks
2. 6 months
Goals when treating hypothroidism with thyroid replacement include:
1. normal TSH and free T4 levels
2. resolution of fatigue
3, weight loss to baseline
4. all of the above - all of the above
Treatment of a patient with hypothyroidism and cardiovascular disease consists of:
1. levothyroxine
2. Liothyrine
3. Liotrix
4. Methimazole - Levothyroxine
Infants with congenital hypothyroidism are treated with:
1. levothyroxine
2. liothyrine
3. liotrix
4. methimazole - Levothyroxine
When starting a patient with hypothyroidism and thyroid replacement hormones patient
education would include:
1. they should feel symptomatic improvement in 1-2 weeks
