{"id":131119,"date":"2024-01-02T03:29:07","date_gmt":"2024-01-02T03:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=131119"},"modified":"2024-01-02T03:29:09","modified_gmt":"2024-01-02T03:29:09","slug":"nr-566-final-exam-advanced-pharmacology-for-care-of-the-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2024\/01\/02\/nr-566-final-exam-advanced-pharmacology-for-care-of-the-family\/","title":{"rendered":"NR 566 Final Exam Advanced Pharmacology for Care of the Family"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

NR 566 Advanced Pharmacology for
Care of the Family<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Which anticonvulsant would be given for someone with epilepsy needing
adjunctive therapy for partial seizures with or without secondary
generalization?
Correct Answer:
Lamotrigine
Preventive therapy for migraines headache
Correct Answer:
Metoprolol\/propranolol (Beta-blockers) are often used as preventive therapy
What is abortive therapy for migraines headache and when is it used?
Correct Answer:
Abortive medications stop a migraine when pt feels one coming or once it
has begun.
NSAIDS and opioid and migraine-specific meds (Triptans and Ergot
alkaloids)
used at 1st sign of attack<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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1st line treatment for acute, mild to moderate migraine without nausea or
vomiting
Correct Answer:
NASID: Naproxen and ASP
How to know someone would be appropriate for preventative therapy for
migraine headache
Correct Answer:
Patients who have frequent attacks 3 or more, severe attacks, or attacks
that do not respond adequately to abortive therapy
Examples of opioid analgesics reserved for severe migraines that don’t
respond to first-line medications
Correct Answer:
Butorphanol nasal spray
use one spray each nostril every 60 minutes PRN
the mechanism of action for sumatriptan
Correct Answer:
Suppresses the release of CGRP from trigeminal neurons, which leads to
vasoconstriction and decreased perivascular inflammation to relieve migraine
pain<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Triptans contraindications
Correct Answer:
History of ischemic heart disease, uncontrolled hypertension,
cerebrovascular disease, pregnancy, basilar or hemiplegic migraine; use
within 24 hours of an ergot derivative
The first dose of triptan should be
Correct Answer:
under direct supervision case of any unknown underlying cardiac disease
Rivastigmine (Exelon) patient teaching
Correct Answer:
can cause bradycardia, fainting, fall, and fall-related fractures.
family teaching how to prevent fall at home
Donepezil (Aricept)
when would it be appropriate to increase the dose?
Correct Answer:
patient are stabilized on the initial dosage for 1 to 3 months before an
increased in dosage<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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NR 566 Advanced Pharmacology forCare of the Family Which anticonvulsant would be given for someone with epilepsy needingadjunctive therapy for partial seizures with or without secondarygeneralization?Correct Answer:LamotriginePreventive therapy for migraines headacheCorrect Answer:Metoprolol\/propranolol (Beta-blockers) are often used as preventive therapyWhat is abortive therapy for migraines headache and when is it used?Correct Answer:Abortive medications stop a migraine […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","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":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-131119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exams-certification"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131119","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=131119"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131119\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}