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Advanced Pharm NR 567 Final Exam
Questions with Correct Verified Answers
(Latest 2025/2026)
1.Which of the following statements is not true?: In patients with hypovolemic
states, heart
failure, and other diseases that impair cardiovascular function, normal doses
of sedative-hypnotics may cause cardiovascular depression
In patients with pulmonary disease, therapeutic doses of sedative-hypnotics
can produce significant respiratory depression.
Sedative hypnotics can be utilized as an anticonvulsant; zolpidem (Ambien) and
lorazepam (Ativan) are excellent options for managing seizures.
Benzodiazepines exert dose-dependent anterograde amnestic effects.
2.Your patient has been taking risperidone (Risperdal) but has developed
hyperprolactinemia. Which of the following may help manage
hyperprolactinemia?: Bromocriptine (Parlodel) b. Haloperidol (Haldol)
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c. Promethazine (Phenergan)
d.Chlorpromazine (Thorazine)
3. A 35-year-old female with a long history of anxiety treated with diazepam
(Valium) has increasingly become fearful and anxious about the Coronavirus
pandemic and triples her daily dose. She is found extremely lethargic and
obtunded two days after the increased dosing. Which of the following
pharmaceutical agents should the nurse practitioner order to treat her
condition?: Flumazenil (Romazicon)
Naloxone (Narcan)
Depakote (Divalproex sodium)
Midazolam (Versed)
4. A 25-year-old male with a history of bipolar disease presents to the
emergency department (ED) with acute agitation characteristic of mania.
Non-pharmacological methods of de-escalation have been attempted
without success. Which of the following is not recommended to treat this
patient?: Haloperidol
(Haldol)
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Olanzapine (Zyprexa)
Aripiprazole (Abilify)
Naltrexone (Vivitrol, ReVia)
5. Which of the following is a long-acting benzodiazepine that is used to
treat anxiety?: Diazepam (Valium)
Alprazolam (Xanax)
Eszopiclone (Lunesta)
Zolpidem (Ambien)
6. Acute dystonia can develop after early initiation of which of the
following?: -
Clozapine (Clozaril)
Haloperidol (Haldol)
Aripiprazole (Abilify)
Olanz
apine
(Zypre
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xa)
11.
WEEK
2: ...
7. Adding epinephrine to a local anesthetic, such as 1% lidocaine for local
infiltration, has which of the following benefits?: Extends the duration of the
anesthesia block, useful for longer procedures
Can be used in a digital block for extensive finger or toe laceration repair
Shortens the duration of the anesthetic
Eliminates the concern of systemic toxicity of lidocaine, even with inadvertent
intravenous injection
8. Your patient reports a history of anaphylaxis to an "ester-type" local
anesthetic. Which of the following, if given, would be most likely to provoke
an allergic response in this patient?: Lidocaine (Xylocaine)
Tetracaine (Pontocaine)
Bupivacaine (Marcaine)
Ropivacaine (Naropin)
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Advanced Pharm
Advanced Pharm NR 567 Final Exam
Questions with Correct Verified Answers
(Latest 2025/2026)
1.Which of the following statements is not true?: In patients with hypovolemic
states, heart
failure, and other diseases that impair cardiovascular function, normal doses
of sedative-hypnotics may cause cardiovascular depression
In patients with pulmonary disease, therapeutic doses of sedative-hypnotics
can produce significant respiratory depression.
Sedative hypnotics can be utilized as an anticonvulsant; zolpidem (Ambien) and
lorazepam (Ativan) are excellent options for managing seizures.
Benzodiazepines exert dose-dependent anterograde amnestic effects.
2.Your patient has been taking risperidone (Risperdal) but has developed
hyperprolactinemia. Which of the following may help manage
hyperprolactinemia?: Bromocriptine (Parlodel) b. Haloperidol (Haldol)
Advanced Pharm
, 2
Advanced Pharm
c. Promethazine (Phenergan)
d.Chlorpromazine (Thorazine)
3. A 35-year-old female with a long history of anxiety treated with diazepam
(Valium) has increasingly become fearful and anxious about the Coronavirus
pandemic and triples her daily dose. She is found extremely lethargic and
obtunded two days after the increased dosing. Which of the following
pharmaceutical agents should the nurse practitioner order to treat her
condition?: Flumazenil (Romazicon)
Naloxone (Narcan)
Depakote (Divalproex sodium)
Midazolam (Versed)
4. A 25-year-old male with a history of bipolar disease presents to the
emergency department (ED) with acute agitation characteristic of mania.
Non-pharmacological methods of de-escalation have been attempted
without success. Which of the following is not recommended to treat this
patient?: Haloperidol
(Haldol)
Advanced Pharm
, 3
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Olanzapine (Zyprexa)
Aripiprazole (Abilify)
Naltrexone (Vivitrol, ReVia)
5. Which of the following is a long-acting benzodiazepine that is used to
treat anxiety?: Diazepam (Valium)
Alprazolam (Xanax)
Eszopiclone (Lunesta)
Zolpidem (Ambien)
6. Acute dystonia can develop after early initiation of which of the
following?: -
Clozapine (Clozaril)
Haloperidol (Haldol)
Aripiprazole (Abilify)
Olanz
apine
(Zypre
Advanced Pharm
, 4
Advanced Pharm
xa)
11.
WEEK
2: ...
7. Adding epinephrine to a local anesthetic, such as 1% lidocaine for local
infiltration, has which of the following benefits?: Extends the duration of the
anesthesia block, useful for longer procedures
Can be used in a digital block for extensive finger or toe laceration repair
Shortens the duration of the anesthetic
Eliminates the concern of systemic toxicity of lidocaine, even with inadvertent
intravenous injection
8. Your patient reports a history of anaphylaxis to an "ester-type" local
anesthetic. Which of the following, if given, would be most likely to provoke
an allergic response in this patient?: Lidocaine (Xylocaine)
Tetracaine (Pontocaine)
Bupivacaine (Marcaine)
Ropivacaine (Naropin)
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