NURS 5334 Advanced Pharmacology Exam Practice Questions Answers Study Guide Nursing Review

NURS 5334 ADVANCED PHARM EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (RATED A+),
Exams of Nursing
1. What are the five nonselective beta blockers?
1. Carvedilol
2. Labetalol
3. Propranolol
4. Nadolol
5. Timolol

2. What are the selective beta blockers?
HINT: "MANBABE" or "ABEAM"
M - metoprolol
A - atenolol
N - nebivolol
B - bisoprolol
A - acebutolol
B - betaxolol
E - esmolol

3. What is the treatment for muscarinic poisoning?
Atropine and supportive therapy

4. What is the drug bethanechol used for?
Urinary retention

5. In what classification of drugs does bethanechol fall under?
Parasympathomimetic

6. What is the drug cevimeline used for?
Sjrogen's Syndrome

7. What are the drugs used to treat OAB?
See HINT: "Can't pee, Can't see, Can't spit, Can't sit"
- Oxybutynin
- Darifenacin
- Solifenacin

, - Tolterodine
- Fesoterodine
- Trospium

8. What is one of the major side effects of some of the drugs that are used to
control OAB?
QT prolongation

9. What is the reversible cholinesterase inhibitor drug neostigmine used to treat?
Management of myasthenia gravis by strengthening muscles

10. What is the reversible cholinesterase inhibitor drug physostigmine used to
treat?
Muscarinic antagonist poisoning

11. How are we able to determine myasthenia crisis vs cholinergic crisis?
Administer a challenging dose of edrophonium;
- symptoms subside: MYASTHENIA
- symptoms intensify: CHOLINERGIC (tx w/ atropine)

12. What are the beta blockers used in the treatment of heart failure (HF)?
- Carvedilol
- Metoprolol succinate
- Bisoprolol

13. What are some indirect acting anti-adrenergic agents?
- Clonidine
- Guanabenz & guanfacine
- Methyldopa & methyldopate

14. What is the drug clonidine used for?
- HTN
- Pain
- ADHD
- Smoking cessation
- Tourette's
- Opioid withdrawal

15. What are the preferred BP agents in pregnancy?
Methyldopa & methyldopate