Final Pharm NR 508 Exam Study Guide with Complete Solutions
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Pharm NR 508
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Pharm NR 508
Final Pharm NR 508 Exam Study Guide
with Complete Solutions
The primary care NP sees a 12-month-old infant who needs the MMR, Varivax,
influenza, and hepatitis A vaccines. The child's mother tells the NP that she is pregnant.
The NP should: - Answer️️ -administer all of these vaccines today...
Patients with congestive heart failure may have tachycardia from fever that aggravates
their symptoms, so fever should be treated. High doses should be given with caution in
elderly patients because of possible decreased hepatic function. Antibiotics should not
be given without evidence of bacterial infection.
A patient who takes levodopa and carbidopa for Parkinson's disease reports
experiencing freezing episodes between doses. The primary care NP should consider
using: - Answer✔️✔️-apomorphine.
Apomorphine injection is used for acute treatment of immobility known as "freezing."
A patient is being tapered from long-term therapy with prednisolone and reports weight
loss and fatigue. The primary care NP should counsel this patient to: - Answer✔️✔️-
increase the dose of prednisolone to the most recent amount taken.
Sudden discontinuation or rapid tapering of glucocorticoids in patients who have
developed adrenal suppression can precipitate symptoms of adrenal insufficiency,
including nausea, weakness, depression, anorexia, myalgia, hypotension, and
hypoglycemia. When patients experience these symptoms during a drug taper, the dose
should be increased to the last dose
The primary care nurse practitioner (NP) sees a 50-year-old woman who reports
frequent leakage of urine. The NP learns that this occurs when she laughs or sneezes.
She also reports having an increased urge to void even when her bladder is not full.
She is not taking any medications. The NP should: - Answer✔️✔️-perform a dipstick
urinalysis.
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