NR 508 Advanced Pharmacology (NR508 Final Tes)

A treatment plan for management of chronic pain should include Question: Preventative therapy for cluster headaches includes Question: Your patient is taking allopurinol to prevent gout. Monitoring of a patient who is taking allopurinol includes! Question: Chemical dependency assessment is integral to the initial assessment of chronic pain. Which of the following raises a “red flag” about potential chemical dependency? Question: Pain assessment to determine adequacy of pain management is imp...

A patient who has diabetes reports intense discomfort when needing to void. A urinalysis is normal. To treat this, the primary care NP should consider prescribing: Question: A patient reports difficulty returning to sleep after getting up to go to the bathroom every night. A physical examination and a sleep hygiene history are noncontributory. The primary care NP should prescribe: Question: A 5-year-old child who has no previous history of otitis media is seen in clinic with a temperature of 1...

When prescribing acyclovir, patients should … educated regarding the: Question: To prevent further development of antibacterial resistance it is … that fluoroquinolones … reserved for treatment of: Question: Pharmaceutical promotion may affect prescribing. To address the impact of pharmaceutical promotion, the … recommendations have been made by the Institute of Medicine: Question: Nicholas has been … with type A influenza. Appropriate prescribing of oseltamivir (Tamiflu) would include...

Ranolazine is … in angina patients to Question: Antacids treat gastroesophageal reflux disease by: Question: Your patient has type 2 diabetes and a high triglyceride level. She has gemfibrozil prescribed to treat her hypertriglyceridemia. A history of which of the following might contraindicate the use of this drug? Question: Joanne is a 60-year-old patient with an LDL of 132 and a family history of coronary artery disease. She has already tried diet changes (increased fiber and plant sterols)...