NUR 641E Topic 5 Midterm Exam
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- Question: The most common cause of lower respiratory tract infection is
- Question: Pulmonary emboli do not cause which of the following?
- What is the direct action of atrial natriuretic hormone? (Select all that )
- Question: Cell wall inhibitors include all of the following except
- Question: Causes of hyperkalemia include:
- What is the action of calcitonin?
- Question: In the absence of susceptibility data for an acute infection, the choice of an antimicrobial drug is mostly influenced by
- Question: High altitudes may produce hypoxemia by:
- Question: Aldosterone directly increases the reabsorption of (select all that apply):
- Question: Which of the following drugs are not considered for use with angina?
- Question: Which of the following statements is true regarding bioavailability?
- Question: Bacteria that produce endotoxins that stimulate the release of inflammatory mediators that produce fever are called
- Question: A drug with a half-life of 10 hours is administered by continuous intravenous infusion. Which of the following best approximates the time for the drug to reach steady state?
- Question: Death from influenza usually results from
- Question: Which stage of infection is occurring when the immune and inflammatory responses are triggered?
- Question: A 68-year-old male has COPD with moderate airway obstruction. Despite using salmeterol daily, as prescribed, he reports continued symptoms of shortness of breath with mild exertion. Which one of the following agents would be an appropriate addition to his current therapy?
- Question:
How many months does it take for the newborn to be sufficiently protected by - Question: Which of the following corticosteroids has the shortest half-life and thus must be dosed most frequently?
- Question: Which condition poses the highest risk for a cerebrovascular accident (CVA)?
- Question: Which statement is true regarding the pharmacokinetics of drug administration?
- Question: A patient with type 1 diabetes has been made NPO after midnight for surgery. Knowing that the patient needs to continue the insulin pump to prevent diabetic ketoacidosis, what would be an expectation of treatment?
- Question: The leading cause of death from a curable infectious disease throughout the world is
- Question: Which of the following agents is considered a CYP3A4 inhibitor and should be used with caution in patients taking CYP3A4 substrates?
- Question: Which of the following is true regarding prodrugs?
- Question: Which of the following best describes the mechanism of action of warfarin?
- Question: What mechanism can cause hypernatremia?
- Question: When looking at arterial blood gas readings, you discover the following: pH 75, pCO2 24, HCO3 40. What condition are you dealing with?
- Question: Which class of diuretics treats hypertension by increasing sodium and water retention?
- Question: Which antimicrobial should be avoided in children because it is deposited in tissues undergoing calcification and can stunt growth?
- Question: When looking at arterial blood gas readings, you discover the following: pH 26, pCO2 56, HCO3 24. What condition are you dealing with?
- Question: Which of the following increases the potential of cardiac toxicity if taken concurrently with digoxin?
- Question: Low plasma albumin causes edema as a result of a reduction in which pressure?
- Question: Hypomagnesemia occurs when serum magnesium concentration is less than
- Question: The major therapeutic actions of NSAIDS include all of the following except
- Question: An increase of carbon dioxide in arterial blood causes chemoreceptors to stimulate the respiratory centers to:
- Question: Which factor is responsible for the hypertrophy of the myocardium associated with hypertension?
- Question: The spread of microorganisms from mother to the baby across the placenta is termed
- Question: Which of the following agents is used to treat hypercalcemia of malignancy?
- Question: Heparin exerts its therapeutic action by:
- Question: Which method of drug administration can have immediate effects and requires lower doses compared to oral or parenteral administration?
- Question: The primary role of cytochrome p-450, in the liver, is to:
- Question: The nurse has a patient who has been on multidrug therapy for pulmonary tuberculosis. When planning patient education, the nurse knows the patient needs to watch for which symptom of an adverse effect of multidrug therapy?
- Question: What causes the rapid change in the resting membrane potential to initiate an action potential?
- Question: In the immediate postnatal period, infants lose approximately 5% of body weight due to
- Question: Pulmonary hypertension:
- Question: Which of the following factors do not influence bioavailability?
- Question: All of the following can be a likely cause of respiratory acidosis except:
- Question: What is an example of compensatory hyperplasia?
- Question: Which statement is true regarding the half-life of medications?
- Question: Which NSAID is generally considered the safest for use in patients with coronary artery disease?