NURS 615 Exam 1 2025 Maryville University 250

pg. 1 NURS 615 Exam 1 2025 Maryville University 250 Exam 1 Prep Questions and Correct Verified Answers/ MVU Nurs 615 Exam 1 2025/ Nurs 615 Pharmacology Exam 1 (Brand New!) You are treating a patient with a diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease. The patient's wife mentions difficulty with transportation to the clinic. Which medication is the best choice?

• Donepezil
• Tacrine
• Doxazosin
• Verapamil
• Donepezil

If an adult patient with comorbidities cannot reliably take oral antibiotics to treat

pneumonia, an appropriate initial treatment option would be:

• IV or IM gentamicin
• IV or IM ceftriaxone
• IV amoxicillin
• IV ciprofloxacin
• IV or IM ceftriaxone

Alyssa is a 15-month-old patient who has been on amoxicillin for 2 days for acute otitis media. She is still febrile and there is no change in her tympanic membrane examination. What would be the plan of care for her?

• Continue the amoxicillin for the full 10 days.
• Change the antibiotic to azithromycin.
• Change the antibiotic to amoxicillin/clavulanate.
• Change the antibiotic to trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole.
• Change the antibiotic to amoxicillin/clavulanate.

Caleb is an adult with an upper respiratory infection (URI). Treatment for his URI

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• Amoxicillin
• Diphenhydramine
• Phenylpropanolamine
• Topical oxymetazoline
• Topical oxymetazoline

Rose is a 3-year-old patient with an upper respiratory infection (URI). Treatment

for her URI would include:

• Amoxicillin
• Diphenhydramine
• Pseudoephedrine
• Nasal saline spray
• Nasal saline spray

Samantha is 34 weeks pregnant and has been diagnosed with pneumonia. She is stable enough to be treated as an outpatient. What would be an appropriate antibiotic to prescribe?

• Levofloxacin
• Azithromycin
• Amoxicillin
• Doxycycline
• Azithromycin

A patient presents with a complaint of dark stools and epigastric pain described as gnawing and burning. Which of the medications is the most likely cause?

• Acetaminophen
• Estradiol
• Donepezil
• Bethanechol
• Bethanechol

The goals of treatment when prescribing antiretroviral medication to patients with

HIV include: 2 / 4

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• Prevent vertical HIV transmission
• Improve quality of life
• Prolong survival
• All of the above
• All of the above

Nurse practitioner prescriptive authority is regulated by:

• The National Council of State Boards of Nursing
• The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
• The State Board of Nursing for each state
• The State Board of Pharmacy
• The State Board of Nursing for each state

The benefits to the patient of having an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse

(APRN) prescriber include:

• Nurses know more about Pharmacology than other prescribers because they take

it both in their basic nursing program and in their APRN program.

• Nurses care for the patient from a holistic approach and include the patient in

decision making regarding their care.

• APRNs are less likely to prescribe narcotics and other controlled substances.
• APRNs are able to prescribe independently in all states, whereas a physician's

assistant needs to have a physician supervising their practice.

• Nurses care for the patient from a holistic approach and include the patient in

decision making regarding their care.James has hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis suppression from chronic prednisone (a corticosteroid) use. He is at risk for what type of adverse drug reaction?

• Type B
• Type C
• Type E
• Type F
• Type C 3 / 4

pg. 4 Immunomodulators such as azathioprine may cause a delayed adverse drug

reaction known as a type D reaction because they are known:

• Teratogens
• Carcinogens
• To cause hypersensitivity reactions
• Hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis suppressants
• Carcinogens

A 24-year-old male received multiple fractures in a motor vehicle accident that required significant amounts of opioid medication to treat his pain. He is at risk for a _____ adverse drug reaction when he no longer requires the opioids.

• Rapid
• First-dose
• Late
• Delayed
• Late

An example of a first-dose reaction that may occur includes:

• Orthostatic hypotension that does not occur with repeated doses
• Purple glove syndrome with phenytoin use
• Hemolytic anemia from ceftriaxone use
• Contact dermatitis from neomycin use
• Orthostatic hypotension that does not occur with repeated doses

Drugs that are prone to cause adverse drug effects include:

• Diuretics
• Inhaled anticholinergics
• Insulins
• Stimulants
• Insulins

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration MedWatch system is activated when:

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