{"id":111442,"date":"2023-08-04T02:21:38","date_gmt":"2023-08-04T02:21:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=111442"},"modified":"2023-08-04T02:21:42","modified_gmt":"2023-08-04T02:21:42","slug":"nr-546-final-exam-questions-advanced-pharmacology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2023\/08\/04\/nr-546-final-exam-questions-advanced-pharmacology\/","title":{"rendered":"NR 546 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS Advanced Pharmacology"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A 14-year-old patient has nonspecific complaints about pain in his or her legs. The physical examination is unremarkable. Laboratory<br>results are within normal limits except for a markedly elevated alkaline phosphatase level. The psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner:<br>interprets the findings as normally occurring during a rapid adolescent growth spurt. obtains a rheumatoid profile because elevated alkaline phosphatase is a sign of early rheumatic fever. orders a repeat blood test.<br>1 \/ 2<br>suspects that the patient has acute pancreatitis. 2. Laboratory findings for a patient with an alcohol use disorder indicate increased liver function values and:<br>a decreased mean corpuscular volume (MCV) and normal triglyceride levels. elevated potassium and chloride levels.<br>increased MCV and elevated triglyceride levels.<br>increased urine and serum creatinine levels. 3. A new patient arrives at the office for treatment for depression. The patient reports taking simvastatin (Zocor) and lisinopril (Zestril). When selecting an antidepressant, the psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner eliminates fluoxetine (Prozac), based on the knowledge<br>that the combination can lead to increased plasma levels of the statin, resulting in an increased risk of muscle damage and rhabdomyolysis. The nurse practitioner&#8217;s reason is that:<br>both medications are CYP450 3A4 inhibitors. both medications are CYP450 3A4 substrates. one medication is a CYP450 3A4 substrate and one is a CYP450 3A4 inducer. one medication is a CYP450 3A4 substrate and one is a CYP450 3A4 inhibitor. 4. During a mental status examination, an 18-year-old patient reports feeling bugs crawling under the skin. The psychiatric-mental health<br>nurse practitioner documents this statement as:<br>a developmental disorder, and suspects cocaine use. a hypnagogic hallucination, and suspects schizophrenia. a hypnopompic hallucination, and suspects schizophrenia. a perceptual disturbance, and suspects the use of cocaine. 5. The psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner is responsible for initiating quality improvement at a community mental health clinic. The<br>effective strategy for evaluating the clinic&#8217;s services is to:<br>analyze the data from epidemiological studies. conduct a root cause analysis.<br>interview patient families. use a survey to elicit patient satisfaction responses. 6. The psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner evaluates a new adult patient via telemedicine. The patient has questions about a new<br>medication that he or she recently started. The nurse practitioner decides to provide psychoeducation and to:<br>e-mail drug information and resources. encourage the patient to seek information on the internet. have a phone conference<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-111442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111442"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111442\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}