NURS 617 PHARMACOTHERAPEUTICS FINAL EXAM

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NURS 617 PHARMACOTHERAPEUTICS FINAL EXAM

ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT

ANSWERS AGRADE

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Water-soluble drugs have good absorption through all the following routes except which one?

Select one:

• Enteral
• Intravenous
• Transdermal
• Transrectal
• Transdermal

Which one of the following conditions can lead to a cumulative type of adverse drug reaction?

Select one:

• Renal insufficiency
• Diarrhea
• Increased GFR (glomerular filtration rate)
• Chronic use of antacids
• Renal insufficiency 1 / 4

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2 According to JNC-8, which of the following agents is no longer considered first line treatment for hypertension?

Select one:

• ACE-I
• ARB
• Beta blockers
• Thiazide diuretics
• Beta blockers

Match the drug with its appropriate category used to treat lipids disorders Bile-Acid Sequestrants HMG-CoA Reductase Inhibitors Fibric Acid Derivatives Available Nicotinic Acid Derivatives HMG-CoA Reductase Inhibitors Cholesterol Absorption Inhibitors

Answers: Choose

ezetimibe (Zetia) gemfibrozil (Lopid) rosuvastatin (Crestor) niacin (Niacor) atorvastatin (Lipitor) colesevelam hydrochloride (WelChol) 2 / 4

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Bile-Acid Sequestrants: colesevelam hydrochloride (WelChol)

HMG-CoA Reductase Inhibitors: rosuvastatin (Crestor)

Fibric Acid Derivatives: gemfibrozil (Lopid)

Available Nicotinic Acid Derivatives: niacin (Niacor)

HMG-CoA Reductase Inhibitors: atorvastatin (Lipitor)

Cholesterol Absorption Inhibitors: ezetimibe (Zetia)

The NP is evaluating a 53 y/o female with a BMI of 24 and blood pressure 110s/70s. According to JNC-8, the patient is considered to have?

• HTN requiring therapy with a ACE inhibiotor
• HTN requiring therapy with a thiazide-type diuretic
• normal BP
• HTN requiring therapy with a CCB
• normal BP

When compared to person's of European ancestry, patients of African ancestry tend to have a reduced blood pressure response with monotherapy on all of the

following BP drug classes except:

• CCBs
• Beta Blockers
• ARBs
• ACEIs
• CCBs

Match the following term with the correct impact on the heart: 3 / 4

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4 Chronotropic Inotropic Dromotropic

Answer 3: Choose

Cardiac conduction Force of cardiac contraction Cardiac rate

Chronotropic: Cardiac rate

Inotropic: Force of cardiac contraction

Dromotropic: Cardiac conduction

Match the anti-hypertensive medication with the appropriate drug class:

Verapamil Enalapril Olmesartan Amlodipine Sotalol

Answer 5: Choose

Beta-adrenergic receptor antagonist Dihydropyridine calcium channel blocker

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