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D116 Adv Pharm Unit 3 Practice Test Review Questions and Answers
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A patient asks his provider to B. may need increased amounts of the drug over time
explain what drug tolerance means.
The provider responds by telling the When tolerance develops, a dose increase may be needed because a
patient that when tolerance occurs, it decreased response may occur with prolonged use
means the patient .
A. will have increased sensitivity to
drug side effects
B. may need increased amounts of the
drug over time
C. will experience an abstinence
syndrome if the drug is discontinued
abruptly
D. has developed a
psychologic dependence on
the drug
A group of nursing students asks a D. Prevents some potentially toxic substances from crossing into the
nurse to explain the blood-brain central nervous system
barrier.
The nurse would be correct to say Correct! The blood-brain barrier can prevent some drugs and some toxic
that the blood-brain barrier . substances from entering the CNS. The blood-brain barrier in infants is
not fully developed, so
A. prevents lipid-soluble drugs from infants are more sensitive to CNS drugs and often require lower doses.
entering the central nervous system The blood- brain barrier prevents highly ionized and protein-bound drugs
from crossing into the CNS and allows lipid-soluble drugs and those that
B. allows only ionized or protein- can cross via specific transport systems to enter.
bound drugs to cross into the
central nervous system
C. causes infants to be less
sensitive to CNS drugs and thus
require larger doses
D. prevents some potentially toxic
substances from crossing into the
central nervous system
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A pregnant patient is in premature C. Beta 2 agonist (helper)
labor. Which class of drug will she
be given? Part of the peripheral adrenergic receptor subtypes (epi/norepi)
A. Alpha1 agonist Beta2 agonists cause relaxation of the uterine muscles, slowing or
stopping the contractions that precipitate labor
B. Anticholinergic
Beta2 ANTagonist would increase constriction of the uterine muscles
C. Beta2 agonist
D. Beta2 antagonist
What type of drug class has effects Alpha1 agonist
on the heart and arterioles?
Urinary and GI tracts
Anticcholinergic drugs are given for
what effects?
They do not affect the urine muscles
A nurse is explaining the activation of B. "Beta2 activation results in contraction of the uterine muscles"
beta-2 receptors to nursing students
during a clinical rotation at the Beta2 activation DOES result in vasodilation of skeletal muscles,
hospital. bronchodilation, and glycogenolysis, and RELAXATION of uterine
Which statement by a student muscles
demonstrates a need for further
teaching?
A. "Beta-2 activation
results in
bronchodilation."
B. "Beta-2 activation results in
contraction of the uterine muscle."
C. "Beta-2 activation results in
vasodilation of skeletal muscles."
D. "Beta-2 activation
results in glycogenolysis."
A provider is teaching a patient about B. "The digestive functions of the body"
a medication that alters the
sympathetic nervous system All apart of the sympathetic nervous system:
functions. To evaluate understanding, 1. fight or flight
the provider asks the patient to 2. cardiovascular system
describe which functions the 3. body temperature
sympathetic nervous system
regulates.
Which answer indicates the need for
further teaching?
A. "The fight-or-flight response"
B. "The digestive functions of the body"
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C. "The cardiovascular system"
D. "Body temperature"
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A patient is experiencing toxic side A. Donepezil is used to treat Alzheimer disease.
effects from atropine, including
delirium and hallucinations. B. Edrophonium is used to distinguish between a myasthenic
Which medication will the provider crisis and a cholinesterase inhibitor overdose.
ask the nurse to administer?
C. Neostigmine does not cross the blood-brain barrier and would not
A. Donepezil effectively treat this patient's CNS symptoms.
B. Edrophonium D. Physostigmine (Mestinon, Regonol)
Drug of choice for treating poisoning from atropine and other drugs
C. Neostigmine that cause muscarinic blockage ie: atropine (Muscarinic Antagonist)
D. Physostigmine
What drug is used to treat Donepezil
Alzheimer's Disease?
A patient who has myasthenia gravis A. Take a supplementary dose before exercise
will be taking neostigmine. Correct! Neostigmine doses must be adjusted continually, and patients
What should the nurse emphasize usually need supplemental doses before exertion; therefore, patients must
when teaching this patient about the be taught how to modify doses as needed.
medication?
B. Atropine will help with excessive salivation but should not be used
A. "Take a supplementary dose routinely because it can mask the early signs of anticholinesterase
before exercise." overdose.
B. "Use atropine if you have C. Ptosis is one of the symptoms of myasthenia gravis and is an indication
excessive salivation." for taking neostigmine.
C. "Withhold the dose if ptosis occurs." D. Increased gastrointestinal (GI) secretions can cause loose stools; this
is a known adverse effect that does not warrant stopping the drug.
D. "Stop taking the drug if you
have diarrhea."
A. Lowering of intraocular pressure in pts with glaucoma
You have ordered pilocarpine.
Correct! Pilocarpine is a muscarinic agonist used mainly for topical
You understand that the drug
therapy of glaucoma to reduce intraocular pressure.
stimulates muscarinic
receptors.
B. Pilocarpine is a muscarinic agonist used mainly for topical therapy of
Which action would you expect the
glaucoma to reduce intraocular pressure. Pilocarpine is not indicated for
drug to have?
the treatment of excessive secretions and mucus; in fact, pilocarpine is
used to treat dry mouth.
A. Lowering of intraocular
pressure in patients with
C. Pilocarpine is a muscarinic agonist used mainly for topical therapy of
glaucoma
glaucoma to reduce intraocular pressure. Pilocarpine does not inhibit
B. Reduction of excessive secretions
muscular activity in the bladder.
in a postoperative patient
C. Inhibition of muscular activity
D. Pilocarpine is a muscarinic agonist used mainly for topical therapy of
in the bladder
glaucoma to reduce intraocular pressure. Pilocarpine is not used to
D. Prevention of hypertensive crisis
prevent a hypertensive crisis.
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