NUR 660 FINAL 2025/2026 EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | 100%
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The effects of GLP-1 Agonist medications include all of the following
EXCEPT:
Select one:
a. glucagon induced gluconeogenesis
b. increased satiety
c. improved glycemic control
d. glucose dependent insulin secretion - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔glucagon induced
gluconeogenesis
A common adverse effect with SGLT-2 Inhibitors is:
Select one:
,a. edema
b. mycotic infection
c. hypertension
d. weight gain - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Mycotic Infection
Due to the increased risk for hypoglycemia, the following two medication
classes should not be used in combination:
Select one:
a. insulin and metformin
b. insulin and sulfonylurea
c. insulin and thiazolidinedione
d. insulin and acarbose - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Insulin and Sulfonylurea
A patient is 66 inches in height, weighing 200 lbs, and newly diagnosed
with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM). The A1c is 7.1%. What is the best initial
treatment?
Select one:
a. Diet, exercise, and metformin
b. No treatment at this time
,c. Diet and exercise
d. Diet, exercise, and exogenous insulin - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Diet and
exercise, Diet, exercise, and metformin
Which medication is an insulin secretagogue (mechanism of action is to
secrete insulin)?
Select one:
a. acarbose (alpha-glucosidase inhibitor)
b. empagliflozin (SGLT2 Inhibitor)
c. rosiglitazone (thiazolidinedione)
d. glipizide (sulfonylurea) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔glipizide (sulfonylurea)
The "ominous octet" includes all of the following EXCEPT:
Select one:
a. insulin resistance
b. decreased insulin production
c. decreased incretin hormones
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, d. increased incretin hormones - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔increased incretin
hormones
In which patient would the clinician NOT initiate metformin?
Select one:
a. 60 year old with a history of medullary thyroid cancer
b. 54 year old with an allergy to penicillin
c. 71 year old with an eGFR of 60
d. 62 year old with an eGFR of 40 - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔62 year old with an
eGFR of 40
Which medication can cause hyperglycemia?
Select one:
a. Cephalexin (Keflex)
b. Levothyroxine (Synthroid)
c. Metformin (Glucophage)
d. Prednisolone (Omnipred) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Prednisolone (Omnipred)
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | 100%
PASS
The effects of GLP-1 Agonist medications include all of the following
EXCEPT:
Select one:
a. glucagon induced gluconeogenesis
b. increased satiety
c. improved glycemic control
d. glucose dependent insulin secretion - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔glucagon induced
gluconeogenesis
A common adverse effect with SGLT-2 Inhibitors is:
Select one:
,a. edema
b. mycotic infection
c. hypertension
d. weight gain - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Mycotic Infection
Due to the increased risk for hypoglycemia, the following two medication
classes should not be used in combination:
Select one:
a. insulin and metformin
b. insulin and sulfonylurea
c. insulin and thiazolidinedione
d. insulin and acarbose - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Insulin and Sulfonylurea
A patient is 66 inches in height, weighing 200 lbs, and newly diagnosed
with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM). The A1c is 7.1%. What is the best initial
treatment?
Select one:
a. Diet, exercise, and metformin
b. No treatment at this time
,c. Diet and exercise
d. Diet, exercise, and exogenous insulin - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Diet and
exercise, Diet, exercise, and metformin
Which medication is an insulin secretagogue (mechanism of action is to
secrete insulin)?
Select one:
a. acarbose (alpha-glucosidase inhibitor)
b. empagliflozin (SGLT2 Inhibitor)
c. rosiglitazone (thiazolidinedione)
d. glipizide (sulfonylurea) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔glipizide (sulfonylurea)
The "ominous octet" includes all of the following EXCEPT:
Select one:
a. insulin resistance
b. decreased insulin production
c. decreased incretin hormones
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, d. increased incretin hormones - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔increased incretin
hormones
In which patient would the clinician NOT initiate metformin?
Select one:
a. 60 year old with a history of medullary thyroid cancer
b. 54 year old with an allergy to penicillin
c. 71 year old with an eGFR of 60
d. 62 year old with an eGFR of 40 - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔62 year old with an
eGFR of 40
Which medication can cause hyperglycemia?
Select one:
a. Cephalexin (Keflex)
b. Levothyroxine (Synthroid)
c. Metformin (Glucophage)
d. Prednisolone (Omnipred) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Prednisolone (Omnipred)
