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Exam Questions With Correct Answers
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What //does //the //NP //take //into //account //concerning //pharmacokinetics? //- //verified //answer(s)-
✔✔Bioavailability
What /
/statement /
/by //the //patient //tells //the //RN //they //understand //the //education //regarding //heparin? //- //verified
//answer(s)-✔✔I //need //to //have //my //labs //drawn //in //2-
3 //days //for //thrombocytopenia //which //can //occur //on //day //4 //of //therapy.
**INR //of //2-3 //is //appropriate
**PT //should //be //measured //daily //during //the //first //5 //days, //twice //per //week //during //the //next
//1 //to //2 //weeks, //once //a //week //for //the //next //1-
2 //months, //and //everhy //2 //to //4 //weeks //thereafter.
What /
/educated /
/statement /
/by /
/the /
/patient /
/tells //the //RN //that //the //patient //understands //the //use //of //warfarin? //- //verified //answer(s)-
✔✔Avoid //foods //high //in //Vitamin-K
,What //education //should //the //NP //include //when //educating //patients //on //erythropoiesis-
stimulating //agents? //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔They //may //cause //tumors.
The /
/patient /
/understands /
/education //regarding //iron //supplements //when //the //patient //states: //- //verified //answer(s)-
✔✔take //on //an //empty //stomach //with //orange //juice. //Vitamin-C //helps //absorb //iron
The //NP //knows //that //gliptins //help //diabetes //because //they: //- //verified //answer(s)-
✔✔Gliptins //act //on //the //incretin //system //to //increase //insulin //production //indirectly
Diabetics //can //benefit //from //GLP-1 //agonists //because //they: //- //verified //answer(s)-
✔✔Decrease /
/gastric //absorption //by //directly //binding //to //a //receptor //in //pancreatic //beta //cells
You /
/have //
a/
/patient /
/with /
/chronic /
/renal /
/failure //who //becomes //anemic. //The //NP //prepares //the //patient //for: //- //verified //answer(s)-
✔✔Treatment //with //epoetin //alfa
The /
/NP /
/believes /
/the /
/patient /
/has /
/adequate /
, education //regarding //iron //supplements //when //they //verbalize: //- //verified //answer(s)-
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✔✔I //need //to //have //a //CBC //drawn //in //4 //weeks
ACE /
/Inhibitors /
/help /
/the /
/patient //with //heart //failure //by //doing //all //of //the //following //EXCEPT: //- //verified //answer(s)-
✔✔Increasing //HR //and //preload
ACE //Inhibitors //help //patients //with //HF //by: //
**Improve //functional //status //and //prolonging //life. //
**Improve //hemodynamics //and //prevent //cardiac //remodeling //
**Biggest //side //effects: //cough //and //angioedema. //
Other: //hypotension, //hyperkalemia. //
**Do //not //give //to //patients //with //renal //stenosis--> //can //cause //renal //failure
A/
/chronic /
/pain /
/patient /
/calls /
/for /
/refills /
/on /
/regularly /
/prescribed /
/hydrocodone /
/prescription. //The //appropriate //action //of //the //NP //would //be //to: //- //verified //answer(s)-
✔✔Schedule //the //patient //for //an //in-person //office //visit
What /
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