Exam 1: NUR 2474/ NUR2474 Pharmacology
Exam | Questions and Verified Answers|
2023/ 2024 Update | Rasmussen
Q: What is half-life?
Answer:
The amount of time it takes for one half of the drug concentration to be eliminated from the
body.
Q: What is Flumazenil?
Answer:
Antidote for Benzo’s
Q: What is a normal lithium level?
Answer:
Therapeutic range 0.6-1.2 MEQ/L (psych meds)
Q: What is a normal Valproic Acid level?
Answer:
Therapeutic range 50-100 MCG/ML (anti-epileptics)
Q: What is Levodopa/Carbidopa? (Carbidopa is the envelope, levodopa is the dopamine)
Answer:
This awesome duo for Parkinson’s include one drug that assures maximum delivery to the CNS
of the other.
Q: What are Benzodiazepines?
Answer:
This class of drugs has many uses depending on route and dose including sleep aid, alcohol
withdrawal, anxiety, seizures and panic disorders.
Q: What is Tardive Dyskinseia?
Answer:
Protrusion and rolling of the tongue, sucking and smacking of the lips, facial dyskinesia,
chewing motion, involuntary movement of the body.
Q: What is Dopamine?
Answer:
The neurotransmitter responsible for controlling posture and voluntary movement.
Q: What are the potential side effects of TCA’s?
Answer:
Sedation, hypotension, tachycardia, cardiotoxicity, constipation, dry mouth (psych meds)
Q: What are Benzo’s? (When taken for epilepsy)
Answer:
Suddenly stopping may cause seizures anxiety, insomnia, sweating, tremors.