MN553 Unit 7 Practice Questions Latest Update 2024-2025 Actual Exam Questions and 100% Verified Correct Answers Guaranteed A+
Amiodarone has been prescribed in a patient with a supra ventricular dysrhythmia.
Patient teaching should include all of the following EXCEPT:
- notify your health-care provider immediately if you have visual change.
- monitor your own blood pressure and pulse daily.
- take a hot shower or bath if you feel dizzy.
D. use a sunscreen on exposed body surfaces. - CORRECT ANSWER: C. take a hot
shower or bath if you feel dizzy.
An ACE inhibitor and what other class of drug may reduce proteinuria in patients with diabetes better than either drug alone?
Question options:
- Beta blockers
- Diuretics
- Nondihydropyridine calcium channel blockers
D. Angiotensin II receptor blockers - CORRECT ANSWER: C. Nondihydropyridine
calcium channel blockers
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Angina is produced by an imbalance between myocardial oxygen supply (MOS) and demand (MOD) in the myocardium. Which of the following drugs help to correct this imbalance by increasing MOS?
Question options:
- Calcium channel blockers
- Beta blockers
- Angiotensin-converting-enzyme (ACE) inhibitors
D. Aspirin - CORRECT ANSWER: C. Angiotensin-converting-enzyme (ACE) inhibitors
Art is a 55-year-old smoker who has been diagnosed with angina and placed on nitrates. He complaints of headaches after using his nitrate. An appropriate reply might
be:
- this is a parasympathetic response to the vasodilation effects of the drug.
- headaches are common side effects with these drugs. How severe are they?
- this is associated with your smoking. Let's work on having you stop smoking.
- this is not related to your medication. Are you under a lot of stress? - CORRECT
ANSWER: B. headaches are common side effects with these drugs. How severe are
they?
- Juanita had a deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and was on heparin in the
hospital and was discharged on warfarin. She asks her primary care provider NP why she was getting both medications while in the hospital. 2 / 3
The best response is to:
Question options:
- Contact the hospitalist as this is not the normal guideline for prescribing these
two medications and she may have had a more complicated case.
- Explain that warfarin is often started while a patient is still on heparin because
warfarin takes a few days to reach effectiveness.
- Encourage the patient to contact the Customer Service department at the hospital
as this was most likely a medication error during her admission.
- Draw anticoagulation studies to make sure she does not have dangerously high
bleeding times. - CORRECT ANSWER: B. Explain that warfarin is often started while a patient is still on heparin because warfarin takes a few days to reach effectiveness.
Because of its action on various body systems, the patient taking a thiazide
or loop diuretic may also need to receive the following supplement:
Question options:
- Potassium
- Calcium
- Magnesium
D. Phosphates - CORRECT ANSWER: A. Potassium
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