NR566 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE
EXAM QUESTIONS & UPDATED
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
First line drug, dose, route, frequency: Chlamydia
(Among Adolescents and Adults) - correct answer ✔✔Doxycycline 100 mg PO BID x 7 days
ALTERNATIVE:
Azithromycin 1000 mg po once
Or
Levofloxacin 500mg PO daily for 7 days
First line drug, dose, route, frequency: Uncomplicated gonococcal urethritis - correct answer
✔✔ceftriaxone 500 mg IM single dose
First line drug, dose, route, frequency: Bacterial Vaginosis - correct answer ✔✔metronidazole
500 mg BID for 7 days OR
Metronidazole gel 0.75%one full applicator (5 g) intravaginally, once a day for 5 days OR
Clindamycin vaginal cream 2%one full applicator (5 g) intravaginally at bedtime for 7 days
First line drug, dose, route, frequency: Herpes Simplex Virus
(First Clinical Episode) - correct answer ✔✔1st Clinical episode:
Acyclovir 400 mg 3x days for 7-10 days OR
Famciclovir 250 mg orally three times a day for 7-10 days OR
Valacyclovir1 g orally twice a day for 7-10 days
, First line drug, dose, route, frequency: Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID) (IM or Oral Regimens) -
correct answer ✔✔Ceftriaxone 500mg IM in single dose + Doxycycline 100 mg PO BID x 14 days
+ Metronidazole 500 mg PO BID x 14 days.
First line drug, dose, route, frequency: Syphilis
(Primary and Secondary) - correct answer ✔✔Benzathine penicillin G 2.4 million units IM in a
single dose
Doxazosin Side Effects - correct answer ✔✔hypotension, dizziness, nasal congestions
Dutasteride
Patient teaching.
response to delayed onset of therapeutic effect - correct answer ✔✔benefits take months to
develop, must continue taking med even if improvement not readily seen
may lower ejaculatory volume and libido
Terazosin.
How to know it's working - correct answer ✔✔improve symptoms of dysuria, urgency, UTI,
hesitancy
Various routes of administration of estrogen therapy and when each would be used - correct
answer ✔✔
· When is it safe and not safe to prescribe progesterone (AKA: progestin) - correct answer
✔✔Not safe: if women has had a hysterectomy/pregnant
Safe:
Side effects of progestin-only oral contraceptives - correct answer ✔✔it can cause irregular/
inconsistent bleeding, must be taken at same time every day to be effective
EXAM QUESTIONS & UPDATED
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
First line drug, dose, route, frequency: Chlamydia
(Among Adolescents and Adults) - correct answer ✔✔Doxycycline 100 mg PO BID x 7 days
ALTERNATIVE:
Azithromycin 1000 mg po once
Or
Levofloxacin 500mg PO daily for 7 days
First line drug, dose, route, frequency: Uncomplicated gonococcal urethritis - correct answer
✔✔ceftriaxone 500 mg IM single dose
First line drug, dose, route, frequency: Bacterial Vaginosis - correct answer ✔✔metronidazole
500 mg BID for 7 days OR
Metronidazole gel 0.75%one full applicator (5 g) intravaginally, once a day for 5 days OR
Clindamycin vaginal cream 2%one full applicator (5 g) intravaginally at bedtime for 7 days
First line drug, dose, route, frequency: Herpes Simplex Virus
(First Clinical Episode) - correct answer ✔✔1st Clinical episode:
Acyclovir 400 mg 3x days for 7-10 days OR
Famciclovir 250 mg orally three times a day for 7-10 days OR
Valacyclovir1 g orally twice a day for 7-10 days
, First line drug, dose, route, frequency: Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID) (IM or Oral Regimens) -
correct answer ✔✔Ceftriaxone 500mg IM in single dose + Doxycycline 100 mg PO BID x 14 days
+ Metronidazole 500 mg PO BID x 14 days.
First line drug, dose, route, frequency: Syphilis
(Primary and Secondary) - correct answer ✔✔Benzathine penicillin G 2.4 million units IM in a
single dose
Doxazosin Side Effects - correct answer ✔✔hypotension, dizziness, nasal congestions
Dutasteride
Patient teaching.
response to delayed onset of therapeutic effect - correct answer ✔✔benefits take months to
develop, must continue taking med even if improvement not readily seen
may lower ejaculatory volume and libido
Terazosin.
How to know it's working - correct answer ✔✔improve symptoms of dysuria, urgency, UTI,
hesitancy
Various routes of administration of estrogen therapy and when each would be used - correct
answer ✔✔
· When is it safe and not safe to prescribe progesterone (AKA: progestin) - correct answer
✔✔Not safe: if women has had a hysterectomy/pregnant
Safe:
Side effects of progestin-only oral contraceptives - correct answer ✔✔it can cause irregular/
inconsistent bleeding, must be taken at same time every day to be effective
