NUR 615 EXAM 4 MARYVILLE ACTUAL
STUDY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Furosemide is added to a treatment regimen for heart failure that includes digoxin. Monitoring
includes: - ANSWER-serum potssium
Cheryl is a healthy non-pregnant adult woman who recently had a UTI. She is asking about
drinking cranberry juice to prevent a recurrence of the UTI. The correct answer is: - ANSWER-
This can help in some patients
Along with an antibiotic prescription, lifestyle education for a non-pregnant adult female who
has had a UTI includes: - ANSWER-Voiding 10-15 minutes after intercourse
Monitoring for a pregnant woman who has a UTI is: - ANSWER-follow-up urine culture Q2 weeks
until delivery
Monitoring for a child with a UTI is: - ANSWER-follow-up urine culture at completion of therapy
Monitoring for a healthy, non-pregnant adult being treated for a UTI is: - ANSWER-resolution of
symptoms in 48 hours
Carmin is a 4-year old with febrile UTI. She is generally healthy and had no drug allergies.
Appropriate therapy for her UTI would be: - ANSWER-ceftriaxone
Which of the following patients may be treated with a 3-day course of therapy for thier UTI:
28 year old pregnant woman
16 year old healthy adolescent
24 year old female
26 year old diabetic - ANSWER-24 year old female
Karina is a 28 year old pregnant woman at 38 weeks gestation who is diagnosed with a lower
UTI. She is healthy with no drug allergies. Appropriate first line therapy for her UTI is: -
ANSWER-amoxicilin
Laurel is a 24 year old female with a UTI. She is healthy, afebrie, and only drug allergy is to sulfa,
which gives her a rash. An appropriate first line of therapy is: - ANSWER-ciprofloxacin
, Janis is a 16 year old female with a UTI. She is healthy, afebile, and no use of abx in the previous
6 months. She has no allergies. An appropriate first line anibiotic choice would be: - ANSWER-
trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole
The treatment goals when treating a UTI include: - ANSWER-eradication of infecting organism
relief of symptoms
prevention of recurrence of UTI
After H. Pylori treatment is completed, the next step in peptic ulcer disease therapy is: -
ANSWER-PPI for 8-12 weeks until healing is complete
If a patient with H Pylori positive PUD fails first line therapy, the second-line treatment is: -
ANSWER-PPI BID, metronidazole + tetracycline + bismuth subsalicylate x 14 days
An acceptable first line treatment for PUD with positive H Pylori test is: - ANSWER-PPI +
clarithromycin + amoxicillin x 14 day
Long term use of PPI may lead to: - ANSWER-Hip fx in at-risk perons
Infants with reflux are initially treated with : - ANSWER-anti-reflux maneuvers
The next step in treatment when a patient has been on a PPI BID for 12 weeks and is not
improving is: - ANSWER-referral for endoscopy
If a patient with symptoms of GERD states he has been self treating at home with OTC
ranitadine daily, the appropriate treatment would be: - ANSWER-PPI x 12 weeks
When treating patients using the "Step-Down" approach, the patients with GERD is started on
____ first. - ANSWER-PPI
Antacids treat GERD by: - ANSWER-Increasing gastric pH
Metoclopramide improves GERD symptoms by: - ANSWER-increasing lower esophageal tone
Lifestyle changes are the first step in treatment of GERD. Food or drink that may aggravate
GERD include: - ANSWER-caffeine
An elderly person has been prescribed lactulose for treatment of chroic constipation.
Monitoring long term treatment would include: - ANSWER-Electrolytes, including potassium and
chloride
Methylaltrexone is used to treat constipation in: - ANSWER-Opioid associated constipation
STUDY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Furosemide is added to a treatment regimen for heart failure that includes digoxin. Monitoring
includes: - ANSWER-serum potssium
Cheryl is a healthy non-pregnant adult woman who recently had a UTI. She is asking about
drinking cranberry juice to prevent a recurrence of the UTI. The correct answer is: - ANSWER-
This can help in some patients
Along with an antibiotic prescription, lifestyle education for a non-pregnant adult female who
has had a UTI includes: - ANSWER-Voiding 10-15 minutes after intercourse
Monitoring for a pregnant woman who has a UTI is: - ANSWER-follow-up urine culture Q2 weeks
until delivery
Monitoring for a child with a UTI is: - ANSWER-follow-up urine culture at completion of therapy
Monitoring for a healthy, non-pregnant adult being treated for a UTI is: - ANSWER-resolution of
symptoms in 48 hours
Carmin is a 4-year old with febrile UTI. She is generally healthy and had no drug allergies.
Appropriate therapy for her UTI would be: - ANSWER-ceftriaxone
Which of the following patients may be treated with a 3-day course of therapy for thier UTI:
28 year old pregnant woman
16 year old healthy adolescent
24 year old female
26 year old diabetic - ANSWER-24 year old female
Karina is a 28 year old pregnant woman at 38 weeks gestation who is diagnosed with a lower
UTI. She is healthy with no drug allergies. Appropriate first line therapy for her UTI is: -
ANSWER-amoxicilin
Laurel is a 24 year old female with a UTI. She is healthy, afebrie, and only drug allergy is to sulfa,
which gives her a rash. An appropriate first line of therapy is: - ANSWER-ciprofloxacin
, Janis is a 16 year old female with a UTI. She is healthy, afebile, and no use of abx in the previous
6 months. She has no allergies. An appropriate first line anibiotic choice would be: - ANSWER-
trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole
The treatment goals when treating a UTI include: - ANSWER-eradication of infecting organism
relief of symptoms
prevention of recurrence of UTI
After H. Pylori treatment is completed, the next step in peptic ulcer disease therapy is: -
ANSWER-PPI for 8-12 weeks until healing is complete
If a patient with H Pylori positive PUD fails first line therapy, the second-line treatment is: -
ANSWER-PPI BID, metronidazole + tetracycline + bismuth subsalicylate x 14 days
An acceptable first line treatment for PUD with positive H Pylori test is: - ANSWER-PPI +
clarithromycin + amoxicillin x 14 day
Long term use of PPI may lead to: - ANSWER-Hip fx in at-risk perons
Infants with reflux are initially treated with : - ANSWER-anti-reflux maneuvers
The next step in treatment when a patient has been on a PPI BID for 12 weeks and is not
improving is: - ANSWER-referral for endoscopy
If a patient with symptoms of GERD states he has been self treating at home with OTC
ranitadine daily, the appropriate treatment would be: - ANSWER-PPI x 12 weeks
When treating patients using the "Step-Down" approach, the patients with GERD is started on
____ first. - ANSWER-PPI
Antacids treat GERD by: - ANSWER-Increasing gastric pH
Metoclopramide improves GERD symptoms by: - ANSWER-increasing lower esophageal tone
Lifestyle changes are the first step in treatment of GERD. Food or drink that may aggravate
GERD include: - ANSWER-caffeine
An elderly person has been prescribed lactulose for treatment of chroic constipation.
Monitoring long term treatment would include: - ANSWER-Electrolytes, including potassium and
chloride
Methylaltrexone is used to treat constipation in: - ANSWER-Opioid associated constipation
