Nurs5334 exam 3 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Final Exam: NURS5334/ NURS 5334 (Latest 2024/ 2025 Update) Advanced Pharmacology for Nurse Practitioners| Qs & As| 100% Correct| Grade A Q: In the elderly, the proper index of renal function is____. Answer:: creatinine clearance or GFR Q: Name factors underlying the increase in adverse reactions in the geriatric population: Answer:: • Polypharmacy • Severe illness, • multiple pathologies, • greater use of drugs that have a low therapeutic index • Inadequate...

Exam 3: NURS5334/ NURS 5334 (Latest 2024/ 2025 Update) Advanced Pharmacology for Nurse Practitioners Guide| Qs & As| 100% Correct| Grade A Q: How does metformin work? Answer:: o Inhibits glucose production in the livero Reduces glucose absorption in the guto Sensitizes insulin receptors in target tissues (fat and skeletal muscle) thus increase glucose uptake and response to whatever insulin is available Q: Metformin What are side effects? BB warning? Answer:: o GI effect...

Final Exam: NURS5334/ NURS 5334 (Latest 2024/ 2025 Update) Advanced Pharmacology for Nurse Practitioners Guide| Qs & As| 100% Correct| Grade A Q: The ability of the anesthetic to penetrate the axon membrane is determined by 3 properties. What are they? Answer:: Molecular size, Lipid solubility, degree of ionization at tissue pH Q: Why is epinephrine given with local anesthetics? Answer:: Decreases local blood flow (decreased risk of bleeding) Delays systemic absorption of the anes...

Exam 3: NURS5334/ NURS 5334 (Latest 2024/ 2025 Update) Advanced Pharmacology for Nurse Practitioners| Qs & As| 100% Correct| Grade A Q: Optimally at what interval should the TSH reassessed after a Levothyroxine dosage is adjusted? Answer: 6-8 weeks Q: Which of the following can induce thyroid dysfunction? Answer: Amiodarone Q: Irma is an 80 year old with CAD. She has an elevated TSH with a low free T4. She weighs 80kg. What dosage of levothyroxine are you going to in...

Exam 1: NURS5334/ NURS 5334 (Latest 2024/ 2025 Update) Advanced Pharmacology for Nurse Practitioners Guide| Qs & As| 100% Correct| Grade A Q: Cephalasporins are Beta-lactamse, True or False? Answer:; True Q: Which generation of cephalosporins have the most narrow spectrum and typically attack Gran Positive Bacteria? Answer:; First generation Q: Bactericidal drugs are directly lethal to bacteria at achievable concentrations, True or False? Answer:; True ...

Exam 2: NURS5334/ NURS 5334 (Latest 2024/ 2025 Update) Advanced Pharmacology for Nurse Practitioners Guide| Qs & As| 100% Correct| Grade A Q: Drugs that turn off PNS Answer:: Muscarinic antagonists (parasympatholytic drugs, antimuscarinic drugs, muscarinic blockers, anticholinergic drugs) Q: Muscarinic antagonists function Answer:: selectively block the effects acetylcholine at muscarinic receptors Q: Muscarinic antagonists are also known as Answer:: parasymp...