NR293 / NR 293 Exam 1:(Latest Update 2025 /
2026) Pharmacology for Nursing Practice |
Questions & Answers | 100% Correct | Grade
A. Chamberlain
1. What is the main goal of the endocrine system?: For PHYSIOLOGIC
STABILITY (HOMEOSTASIS)
- Every cell and organ in the body is influenced by this system
2. What are hormones?: The "CHEMICAL LANGUAGE" of the endocrine
system - Natural substances
- Secreted into the bloodstream and travels through the blood to the site of
action
3. Hypothalamus: Part of the CNS
- MASTER
- THERMOSTAT
4. Pituitary Gland: Has two lobes
- Anterior pituitary (adenohypohysis)
,- Posterior pituitary (neurohypophysis)
They govern all bodily functions (hormones and negative feedback loop)
5. Negative Feedback Loop: Activity of the endocrine system regulated by
this system of surveillance and signaling based on the body's needs
- Regulates hormone secretion
6. What are the anterior pituitary drugs?: Cosyntopin
Somatopin
Octreotide
7. What are the posterior pituitary drugs?: Vasopressin
Desmopressin
8. Cosyntopin (Cortosyn): STIMULATES RELEASE OF CORTISOL
FROM THE
ADRENAL CORTEX
- Anti-inflammatory
- DIAGNOSIS OF ADRENOCORTICAL INSUFFICIENCY
- Wasting associated with human immunodeficiency virus infection
,- Promotes renal retention of SODIUM, WHICH CAN RESULT IN EDEMA
AND
HYPERTENSION
9. Somatropin & Somatem: Recombinantly made GROWTH HORMONE
(GH)
- Stimulates skeletal growth in patients with deficient GH, such as
HYPOPITUITARY
DWARFISM
10. Octreotide (Sandostatin): CARCINOID TUMORS SECRETE VIP
(vasoactive
intestinal polypeptide)
- VIP causes PROFUSE, WATERY DIARRHEA
- Octreotide reduces diarrhea, flushing, and life-threatening HYPOTENSION
that may occur with a CARCINOID CRISIS
11. Vasopressin & Desmopressin: Mimic the action of ANTIDIURETIC
HOR-
MONE
, - Increase WATER REABSORPTION in the distal tubules and collecting ducts
of nephrons that concentrate urine
- REDUCES WATER EXCRETION by up to 90%
- Used in treatment with DIABETES INSIPIDUS
12. Indications for Vasopressin: ADH - Diabetes Insipidus
- POTENT VASOCONSTRICTOR
- HYPOTENSIVE EMERGENCIES (Vasodilatory Shock - Septic Shock)
- ADVANCES CARDIAC LIFE SUPPORT (ACLS) - PULSELESS
CARDIAC ARREST
- Used to STOP BLEEDING OF ESOPHAGEAL VARICES
13. Indications for Desmopressin: DDVAP
- Dose-dependent increase in the plasma levels of:
- Factor VIII (antihemophilic factor)
- Von Willebrand factor
- Tissue plasminogen activator (HELPS WITH CLOTTING)
- Management of NOCTURNAL ENURESIS
14. Nursing Implications (Octreotide - Sandostatin): - May impair
GALLBLADDER FUNCTION
2026) Pharmacology for Nursing Practice |
Questions & Answers | 100% Correct | Grade
A. Chamberlain
1. What is the main goal of the endocrine system?: For PHYSIOLOGIC
STABILITY (HOMEOSTASIS)
- Every cell and organ in the body is influenced by this system
2. What are hormones?: The "CHEMICAL LANGUAGE" of the endocrine
system - Natural substances
- Secreted into the bloodstream and travels through the blood to the site of
action
3. Hypothalamus: Part of the CNS
- MASTER
- THERMOSTAT
4. Pituitary Gland: Has two lobes
- Anterior pituitary (adenohypohysis)
,- Posterior pituitary (neurohypophysis)
They govern all bodily functions (hormones and negative feedback loop)
5. Negative Feedback Loop: Activity of the endocrine system regulated by
this system of surveillance and signaling based on the body's needs
- Regulates hormone secretion
6. What are the anterior pituitary drugs?: Cosyntopin
Somatopin
Octreotide
7. What are the posterior pituitary drugs?: Vasopressin
Desmopressin
8. Cosyntopin (Cortosyn): STIMULATES RELEASE OF CORTISOL
FROM THE
ADRENAL CORTEX
- Anti-inflammatory
- DIAGNOSIS OF ADRENOCORTICAL INSUFFICIENCY
- Wasting associated with human immunodeficiency virus infection
,- Promotes renal retention of SODIUM, WHICH CAN RESULT IN EDEMA
AND
HYPERTENSION
9. Somatropin & Somatem: Recombinantly made GROWTH HORMONE
(GH)
- Stimulates skeletal growth in patients with deficient GH, such as
HYPOPITUITARY
DWARFISM
10. Octreotide (Sandostatin): CARCINOID TUMORS SECRETE VIP
(vasoactive
intestinal polypeptide)
- VIP causes PROFUSE, WATERY DIARRHEA
- Octreotide reduces diarrhea, flushing, and life-threatening HYPOTENSION
that may occur with a CARCINOID CRISIS
11. Vasopressin & Desmopressin: Mimic the action of ANTIDIURETIC
HOR-
MONE
, - Increase WATER REABSORPTION in the distal tubules and collecting ducts
of nephrons that concentrate urine
- REDUCES WATER EXCRETION by up to 90%
- Used in treatment with DIABETES INSIPIDUS
12. Indications for Vasopressin: ADH - Diabetes Insipidus
- POTENT VASOCONSTRICTOR
- HYPOTENSIVE EMERGENCIES (Vasodilatory Shock - Septic Shock)
- ADVANCES CARDIAC LIFE SUPPORT (ACLS) - PULSELESS
CARDIAC ARREST
- Used to STOP BLEEDING OF ESOPHAGEAL VARICES
13. Indications for Desmopressin: DDVAP
- Dose-dependent increase in the plasma levels of:
- Factor VIII (antihemophilic factor)
- Von Willebrand factor
- Tissue plasminogen activator (HELPS WITH CLOTTING)
- Management of NOCTURNAL ENURESIS
14. Nursing Implications (Octreotide - Sandostatin): - May impair
GALLBLADDER FUNCTION
