Cardiovascular

4 / 4 points Jim is being treated for hypertension. Because he has a history of heart attack, the drug chosen is atenolol. Beta blockers treat hypertension by: Question options: rt rate to improve cardiac output ular smooth muscle tone osterone-mediated volume activity ous humor production Opiates are used mainly to treat moderate to severe pain. Which of the following is NOT true about these drugs? Question options: scheduled drugs which require a DEA license to prescribe. ate only mu receptors for the control of pain. verse effects of opiates are related to mu receptor stimulation. antagonist to opiates. When considering which cholesterol-lowering drug to prescribe, which factor determines the type and intensity of treatment? Question options: y disease risk level holesterol Being competent in the use of information technology in clinical practice is expected in professional nurses. Advanced practice competence includes the ability to: Question options: rmation using the most common search engines s to assure the integrity of health information on technology to prescribe drugs The New York Heart Association and the Canadian Cardiovascular Society have described grading criteria for levels of angina. Angina that occurs with unusually strenuous activity or on walking or climbing stair after meals is class: Question options: An Investigational New Drug is filed with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration: Question options: ufacturer has completed phase III trials rug is discovered l testing of any new drug entity True contraindications to diphtheria, tetanus, and acellular pertussis (DTaP or Tdap) vaccine include: Question options: 4oF (40.5oC) after previous DTaP vaccine of seizures after DTaP vaccine egnancy A provider may consider testing for CYP2D6 variants prior to starting tamoxifen for breast cancer to: Question options: ient will not have increased adverse drug reactions to the tamoxifen tial drug-drug interactions that may occur with tamoxifen metabolizers of tamoxifen Several classes of drugs have interactions with cholinergic blockers. Which of the following is true about these interactions? Question options: muscarinic effects may occur with antihistamines. lockers may decrease the sedative effects of hypnotics. lockers are contraindicated with antipsychotics. Absolute contraindications that clinicians must consider when initiating estrogen therapy include: Question options: dysfunctional uterine bleeding arterial thromboemboli within the prior year s ove First-line therapy for treating topical fungal infections such as tinea corporis (ringworm) or tinea pedis (athlete’s foot) would be: Question options: ine lvin microsize m or ointment Preventative therapy for cluster headaches includes: Question options: elaxation therapy ocaine four times a day during “clusters” of headaches Inderal) daily Why is the consistency of taking paroxetine (Paxil) and never running out of medication more important than with most other selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs)? Question options: gest half-life and the withdrawal syndrome has a faster onset. dictive in the dopaminergic reward system. activating of SSRI medications and will cause the person to have sudden deep sadness. Sook has been prescribed gabapentin to treat neuropathic pain and is complaining of feeling depressed and having “strange” thoughts. The appropriate initial action would be: Question options: dose he medication immediately dose to half then slowly titrate up the dose The drug of choice for type 2 diabetics is metformin. Metformin: Question options: release of insulin from beta cells stinal uptake of glucose ght gain associated with hyperglycemia Gender differences between men and women in pharmacokinetics include: Question options: astric emptying so that drugs absorbed in the stomach have less exposure to absorption sites rtion of body fat so that lipophilic drugs have relatively greater volumes of distribution els of bile acids so that drugs metabolized in the intestine have higher concentrations blood flow rates so drugs tend to take longer to be excreted Lisa is a healthy nonpregnant adult woman who recently had a urinary tract infection (UTI). She is asking about drinking cranberry juice to prevent a recurrence of the UTI. The correct answer to give her would be: Question options: es per day of cranberry juice cocktail