NUR 635 (NUR635)

NUR 635 Final Exam Latest Spring- Summer 2024 update graded A+ Grand Canyon University (GCU) Main medication class used in tx of depression SSRIs Prescribing concerns with SSRI serotonin syndrome caused by drug-drug interactions what is phenytoin prescribed for Seizures prescribing concerns for phenytoin delayed onset of hypersensitivity rxn carbamazepine prescribed for seizures what causes carbamazepine levels to drop despite no other change autometabolizes- med dige...

NUR 635 final Exam version 2 latest 2024 term with rationale (Grand Canyon university) GRADED A+ Main medication class used in tx of depression SSRIs Prescribing concerns with SSRI serotonin syndrome caused by drug-drug interactions what is phenytoin prescribed for Seizures

NUR 635 Final Exam Review - Questions and Answers Onychomycosis (fungal nail infection) in an elderly person, how do you decide whether or not to treat it? The risk of renal/hepatic injury because you are on treatment for so long. You have a post-menopausal patient with atrophic vaginitis and she is 59 now with a hx of breast cancer from 19 years ago, what would be the most appropriate treatment for her? A localized estrogen cream. A pt with shingles and the pt is miserable, what do you treat ...

First line tmt for a previously healthy person who develops CAP? Azirthomycin If you see SSRI (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor) and St. John's wort together? Serotonin syndrome Hype rsensitivity with Phenytoin? 3-8 weeks after treatment can occur (overly sensitive to this medication and have adverse reactions) This would look like a characteristic rash, fever, leukocytosis Carbamazepine can auto-metabolize? YES. This can auto-metabolize so you will end up with lower levels If a patient h...

The process by which the body break down and coverts a medication into active subtance is know as metabolism The term NOT associated with the pharmacokinetics of a drug is Pharmacodynamics R ationale: Pharmacokinetics can be simply described as the study of 'what the body does to the drugs' and includes: the rate and extend to which drugs are absorbed and distributed to body tissue; the rate and pathways by which drugs are eliminated from the body by metabolism and excretion; and the relations...

While rational drug selection is based on the individual patient the aspect of rational drug selection addressing disease-specific information by a national medical or nursing organization is A. a guideline. B. cost. C. availability. D. patient hepatic and renal function. A. a guideline Drugs that alter synaptic transmission are much more selective than those that alter axonal conduction, why is this? a drug that affects the axonal conduction - non-selective effect. Drugs that alte...

Pt on heparin in hospital setting. Why start coumadin 2 days before dc? Because coumadin needs a couple days before it starts working. Angina: bc pts dev tolerance to long-acting nitroglycerine w/i 1 day. How to prevent? Pts must have 8hrs with no nitroglycerine every days. Hint: At night, remove nitro patch bc no risk of exertional angina Underlying cause of angina coronary disease, athlerosclerosis Why do we give aspirin in pts w/atherosclerosis? Aspirin is an antiplatelet.. Prevents the exist...

NUR 635 Midterm Exam (GRADED A) Questions and Answers (100% Correct Elaborations)