Pharmacology|NUR 635 Final Exam |NUR 635 Final
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/. Patient prescribed viagra. What instruction to give patient? - Answer-✅Avoid taking
nitroglycerin with this drug
/.A patient is taking proscar for BPH. Explain that this med has which effect? - Answer-
✅Decreases the size of the prostate
/.Patient taking viagra. Should avoid what food? - Answer-✅Grapefruit juice
/.Rapid acting insulin - Answer-✅Lispro (Humalog)
Aspart (Novolog)
Glulisine (Apidra)
/.Short onset and duration insulin - Answer-✅NPH
/.Drug of choice for type 2 diabetes - why - Answer-✅Metformin - decreases
glycogenolysis in liver
/.Why would we recommend pts take an ASA a day? - Answer-✅Prevents thrombolytic
events
/.Side effect of high dose aspirin - Answer-✅Tinnitus
/.Anemic pt getting epoetin - what to monitor? - Answer-✅Hypertension - monitor BP
/.Safety warning for erythropoiesis stimulating medications? - Answer-✅Can cause
tumors
/.Dx with angina, we know they have underlying what? - Answer-✅Athrosclerosis
/.Medications for athrosclerosis - Answer-✅Statin, ASA, nitro
/.Someone wants to self donate blood for surgery. Give what? - Answer-✅Epogen with
iron
, /.Prescribing iron for iron deficiency anemia, what do I check 1 week out? - Answer-
✅Reticulocyte count
/.Prescribing iron replacement, what education? - Answer-✅Empty stomach with
orange juice.
/.What does pernicious anemia mean? - Answer-✅Lacking B12
/.Giving B12, what do we monitor for? - Answer-✅Hypokalemia
/.How long for NPH to take effect? - Answer-✅60-90 min
/.What's the biggest side effect for treating DM? - Answer-✅Hypoglycemia
/.What s/sx should DM pts look for? - Answer-✅Cold and clammy, need some candy
/.Interaction between insulin and beta blockers? - Answer-✅Beta blockers will mask
signs of hypoglycemia
/.Switching pt from NPH to glargine, then what do we do to glargine dosage? - Answer-
✅Decrease it by 20%
/.Things to consider when prescribing metformin? - Answer-✅Cannot do contrast,
overhydrate them, A1C, baseline kidney function
/.Assess prior to metformin? - Answer-✅Kidney function
/.How are gliptins different from other DM meds? - Answer-✅Indirectly increase insulin
production
/.How do GLP-1 agonists work? - Answer-✅Bind to receptors in pancreas to stimulate
insulin release, work on incretin system
/.What things to check with iron treatment? - Answer-✅Ferratin, H/H, TIBC - normalize
after 4 weeks
/.NYHA, which one is angina without symptoms? - Answer-✅Variant angina, stage I
/.NYHA stage 2 - Answer-✅Angina with exertion
/.NYHA Stage 3 - Answer-✅Severe symptoms with minimal activity
/.NYHA stage 4 - Answer-✅Symptoms at rest