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NURS 617 PHARMACOTHERAPEUTICS FINAL EXAM
2024 ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS AGRADE
RATED
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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