NURS 5334 ADVANCED PHARMACOLOGY (NURS5334)

Advanced Pharmacology Exam 2 Neurology Part 1 Alzheimer’s Disease (Ach Deficiency) - Progressive degenerative disease ultimately resulting in cerebral atrophy - Signs and Symptoms: Difficulty performing tasks, difficulty reading and writing, loss of memory and delusions, depression and agitation. Medications used in the treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease: Cholinesterase Inhibitors: - Donepezil (Aricept) = May cause Insomnia - Rivastigmine (Exelon) = Hepatoxicity - Galantamine (R...

These were some questions I got from the book test bank as well as the exam 2 study guide questions we had to complete for the test.

This was a document I wrote up after taking the first pharm exam and there is a lot of questions and answers here that come straight from the exam.

NURS 5334 PHARM MODULE 1 • What are the BON rules and regulations for prescriptive authority for the advance practice nurse? • Texas is very restricted • Describe the pharmacokinetic processes of absorption, distribution, metabolism and elimination and how differences in these areas affect drug action. • Absorption • Drug’s movement from the site of administration into the blood. • Distribution • Drug’s movement from the blood into the interstitial space of tissues an...

NURS 5334 PHARM MODULE 1 • What are the BON rules and regulations for prescriptive authority for the advance practice nurse? • Texas is very restricted • Describe the pharmacokinetic processes of absorption, distribution, metabolism and elimination and how differences in these areas affect drug action. • Absorption • Drug’s movement from the site of administration into the blood. • Distribution • Drug’s movement from the blood into the interstitial space of tissues an...

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NURS 5334 ADVANCED PHARMACOLOGY EXAM 2 NOTES WITH REVISED ANSWERS.  Psychiatric Drugs  Two Groups: o First Generation  Conventional Anti-psychotics  Block the receptors for dopamine in central nervous system (CNS)  Cause serious movement disorders (extra pyramidal symptoms, EPS)  Classified by potency  Low, Medium, High  Low Potency  Chlorpromazine o Indications  Schizophrenia  Schizoaffective disorder in the manic phase of bipolar disorder  Ant...

NURS 5334 ADVANCED PHARMACOLOGY Study Questions and Answers Exam 2 2022/2023.  What are the basic mechanisms by which neuropharmocologic agents act? o Can modify the disease process o Act at the sites of actions which is the axons versus synapses and steps in synaptic transmission and effects of drugs on the steps of synaptic transmission  Transmittter synthesis is the first step in transmission. What are the other 4 steps? o Transmitter storage, transmitter release, receptor binding...