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MCA I Final Exam Review Questions and Answers (Latest Update 2025)
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MCA I Final Exam Review Questions andAnswers (Latest Update 2025)
General test taking tips - Correct Answer ✅Follow ADPIE
(ASSESS FIRST before interventions)
ABC's unless specific
Be suspicious of "never" and "always"
For psychosocial questions: ask very broad, open-ended
questions; never assume; don't patronize; don't generalize;
avoid speculation
Beta blockers - Correct Answer ✅Tx: HTN and prevent
post-MI (reduce work of heart) & occasionally in tx of HF with
adjuncts like ACEI & diuretics
Adverse effect: Bradycardia
End in "olol"
EX) Metoprolol, atenolol
Question/be careful with use in pts with asthma because beta
blocker decreases the contractility of the heart (with asthma
pt more worried about breathing)
ACEI/ARBs - Correct Answer ✅Tx: HTN & HF (prevents
ventricular remodeling
,MCA I Final Exam Review Questions and
Answers (Latest Update 2025)
Caution: Orthostatic hypotension (careful moving pt, getting
up quickly=fall risk)
Both drugs prevent/tx diabetic nephropathy (slow it down)
ACEI's: (angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors)
~inhibits angiotensin II, prevent vasoconstriction of blood
vessels so it helps blood vessels relax and dilate (decreasing
BP)
~ends in -pril"
~EX) lisinopril, catopril
~may cause cough
~side effect to watch out for is angioedema (swelling of
face), which closes your airway
ARBs: (angiotensin II receptor blockers)
~ends un -sartan
~EX) losartan
~can be used instead if ACEI is not tolerated well
~work just as well as ACEI
~inhibit vasoconstriction, causing blood vessels to dilate and
increasing blood flow
,MCA I Final Exam Review Questions and
Answers (Latest Update 2025)
Nitrates - Correct Answer ✅Vasodilator (increase blood
flow to heart to decrease angina sx~ chest pain & dilate
veins to increase blood flow to body, which decreases work
on heart)
Don't give with ED drugs
Hypotension risk
Sublingual for fast acting
Paste for long acting (routine)
MIs will not be relieved with NTG
Morphine (opiate) - Correct Answer ✅Anxiolytic
Affects preload and afterload
Respiratory depression risk
ANTIDOTE: narcan/naloxone
Constipation risk!
What is the common side effect of TB meds? - Correct
Answer ✅Liver failure
MONITOR LFT's
, MCA I Final Exam Review Questions and
Answers (Latest Update 2025)
What is the common side effect of NSAIDS? - Correct
Answer ✅Renal failure
Risk of bleeding
"I know too little"
Ibuprofen~ renal
What is the common side effect of Tylenol? - Correct Answer
✅Liver failure
"I know too little"
Tylenol~ liver
What is the common side effect of Versed (midazolam)? -
Correct Answer ✅Amnestic
What are the common side effects of steroids? - Correct
Answer ✅Hyperglycemia
Immunocompromised (long-term use)
Weight gain
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