NUR 635 Final Review |Questions and
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When you take calcium carbonate antacids chronically what do they put themselves at risk for?
✔✔Kidney stones
Patients on long term PPI (can create osteoporosis through calcium decrease absorption) can also
have what else occurs? ✔✔Iron deficiency
Vitamin B12 deficiency
anemia
osteoporosis
Methylnaltrexone is used to treat? ✔✔Opioid induced constipation
If you give an elderly patient lactulose every day what do you need to monitor? ✔✔Electrolytes
Inappropriate use of antimicrobials? ✔✔Creates resistance to the medications
,What is an antibiogram? ✔✔Every hospital has this, chart of the local resistance patterns that are
being monitored
Carbamazepine has a lot of warnings, black box warning for what allele? ✔✔Asian ancestry has an
increased risk for steven johnsons syndrome
"Burning man rash"
Chromyln eye drops can they wear their contacts? ✔✔No they are not allowed to
First line drug for a moderate GAD? ✔✔Buspar
Working someone up for depression, what lab do you get? ✔✔Thyroid
Good drug for treatment with depression and anxiety? ✔✔Lexapro
Go to taper an SSRI you do this how? ✔✔You reduce the dose for 50% for 3-4 days
then Then reduce by 50% after that
If you prescribe someone fluoxetine (SSRI), why is it important they take it the same time every day
and do not run out of their rx)? ✔✔Short half life
, Rule with asthma, when do you do up or down? ✔✔If they use their SAB more than 2x a week you
adjust
If your asthma patient is on an inhaled beta agonist and an inhaled steroid which one do you tell
them to use first? ✔✔The beta one is to be used first to bronchodilator them then use the steroid.
When you get a tmt plan for asthma what do you need to know? ✔✔Severity, and control
How bad, how long do they last, how often
TMT for mild intermittent asthma? ✔✔SABA (short acting bronchodilator) then add on low
dose corticosteroids
What past medical history patients are at risk for a beta agonist attack? ✔✔Intubation or an ICU
admission for asthma
What causes antimicrobial resistance? ✔✔Inappropriate use of antimicrobials
What's an antibiogram? ✔✔Your pattern of local resistance
Sensitivity and cross resistance between cephalosporins and penicillins, has what in common that causes
the cross sensitivity? ✔✔Beta lactate ring
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