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1. Question: Insulin is used to treat treat hyperkalemia because it:
2. Question: What is the central component of the pathogenic model of multiple sclerosis?
3. Question: Which of the following ICU sedatives should not be used for greater than 24 hours per the FDA labeling?
4. Question: What type of necrosis is associated with wet gargrene?
5. Question: In the absence of susceptiblity data for an acute infection, the choice of an antimicrobial drug is mostly influenced by
6. Question: Which statement best describes cystic fibrosis?
7. Question: What medical term is used to identify an inflammatory disorder of the skin that is often considered synonymous with dematits and charaterized by pruitus with lesions that have an indistinct border?
8. Question: Identify whether the description of the skin lesion matches the disorder where it is (Select True or False)
9. Question: Removal of part of the liver leads to the remaining liver cells undergoing compensatory
10. Question: Identify whether the description matches the (Select True or False) Abnormal dilation of the vein within the spermatic cord – Varicocele
11. Question: The risk of which cancer is greater if the man has a history of cryptochidism?
12. Question: Which substance is used to correct the chronic anemia associated with chonic renal failure?
13. Question: Diabetes insipidus is a result of:
14. Question: Obesity acts as important risk factor for type 2 diabetes melitius by:
15. Question: Which statement best describes Raynaud’s disease?
16. Question: What is the medical term for a fungal infection of the nail plate?
17. Question: Which proton-pump inhibitor should be avoided in a patient taking clopidogrel?
18. Question: All of the following are important considerations when prescribing metronidazole except?
19. Question: Which clinical manifestations of a uinary tract infection may be demonstrated in an 85 year old individual?
20. Question: Which hormone is required for water to be reabsorbed in the distal tubule and collecting duct?
21. Question: All of the following are true regarding antipileptics except:
22. Question: Alpha 1 adrenegic stimulation causes:
23. Question: Losartan (Cozaar) lowers the blood pressure by:
24. Question: One major reason to discontinue captopril (Capoten), and ACE inhibitor, is
25. Question: Which of the following drugs works via antagonism of 5-HT (Serotonin) receptors in the GI tract?
26. Question: After a person has a subtotal gastectomy for chronic gastritis, which type of anemia will result?
27. Question: Orthostatic hypotension refers to a decrease of at least mmHg is systolic blood pressure or a decrease of at least           mmHg in diastolic blood pressure within 3 minutes of moving to a standing position.
28. Question: Cell wall inhibitors include all of the following except:
29. Question: Which of the following agents is considered a liver receptor antagonist?
30. Question: Which of the following drugs is most likely to reduce the effectiveness of levoflaxacin (Levaquin)
31. Question: Which stage of infection is occuring when the immune and inflammatory responses are triggered?
32. Question: Which of the following is an advantage of the intravenous route of administration?
33. Question: Which of the following antifungal agents is known to cause significant nephrotoxicity and
34. Question: Which NSAID is generally considered the safest for use in patients with coronary artery disease?
35. Question: An example of a beta agonist is:
36. Question: Which of the following agents is a potent vasoconstrictor that can be used to manage acute GI bleeding?
37. Question: What type of fracture occurs at a site of a preexisting bone abnormality and is a result of a force that would not normally cause a fracture?
38. Question: A patient is diagnosed with pulmonary disease and elevated pulmonary vascular resistance. Which form of heart failure may result from pulmonary disease and elevated pulmonary vasular resistance?
39. Question: Your patient is taking carbamazepine, a a CYP3A4 substrate, for his sizure disorder. He is experiencing signs of depression and decides to try John’s wort, which he purchased over- the-counter at the local pharmacy. Since St. John’s wort is a CYP3A4 inducer, which of the following may occur?
40. Question: Advair (fluticasone/sameterol) is a combination of which of the following?
41. Question: Which of the following is true regarding adverse drug events?
42. Question: The function of arachnoid villi is to:
43. Question: The calcium and phosphate balance is influenced by which three substances?
44. Question: The major therapeutic actions of NSAIDs include alll of the following except:
45. Question: Which of the following agents is avaliable in an injectable form used to treat migrane
46. Question: A patient presents with vomiting a coffee-ground looking substance, fatigue, postural hypotension, new onset systolic mumur, and cool, pale peripheries.
47. Question: Which statements are true regarding Koplik spots? (Select all that apply)
48. Question: Which of the following medications is most likely to increase fall risk in the elderly?
49. Question: People with gout are at high risk for which comorbid condition?
50. Question: The spread os microorganisms from mother to the baby across the placenta in termed
51. Question: Tissue damage caused by the deposition of circulating immune complexes containing an antibody against the host DNA is the cause of which disease?
52. Question: Thomas is admitted for symptoms of acute coronary syndrome. You determine that a nitrogycerin drip is indicated for his chest What medication must you make sure he is not taking before writing this order?
53. Question: Which of the following laxatives is safest for long-term use?
54. Question: Identify whether the term matches the corresponding (Select True or false) gluten sensitivity- celiac sprue
55. Question: Identify whether the description of the skin lesion matches the disorder where it is (Select true or false) Elevated, firm, and rough lesion with a flat top surface greater than 1 cm in diameter: Psoriasis of seborrheic and actinic keratoses
56. Question: During the history portion of a respiratory assessment, it is partcularly important to ask if the patient takes which of the following drugs that may contribute to symptoms of a chronic cough?
57. Question: Which laboratory value is consistantly low in a patient with diabetes insipidus (DI)?
58. Question: Which compensatory mechanism is spontaneously used by children diagnosed with Tetralogy of Fallot to relieve hypoxic spells?
59. Question: When considering hemolytic anemia, which statement is true regarding the occurance of jaundice?
60. 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 symptoms of an adverse effect of multidrug therapy?
61. Question: The drug of choice for a patient with right-sided infective endocarditis caused by aureus is
62. Question: Which of the following side effects is not commonly seen with ondansetron (Zofran)?
63. Question: Which age group should be targeted for testicular cancer education and screening?
64. Question: The collateral blood flow to the brain is provided by the:
65. Question: Which of the following drugs acts on the parasympathetic nervous system?
66. Question: What is the primary cause of respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) of the newborn?
67. Question: Which of the following drugs has coverage against pseudomonas?
68. Question: Which of the following agents is considered first-line for management of opioid-induced
69. Question: Syliva, age 59, has acute You are told it is from a drug overdose. Which drug do you suspect?
70. Question: What are the primary adverse effects associated with SSRIs?
71. Question: Identify whether the description of the skin lesion matches the disorder where it is (Select True or False)
72. Question: An insufficient dietary intake of which vitamin can lead to rickets in children?
73. Question: Bacteria that produce endotoxins that stimulate the release of inflamatory mediators that produce fever are called
74. Question: Serum levels of which of the following antiseizure drug must be corrected based on the patient’s albumin level due to its high protein binding?
75. Question: After a partial gastrectomy or pyloroplasty, clinical manifestations that include increased pulse, hypotension, weakness, pallor, sweating, and dizziness are the results of which mechanism?
76. Question: A person diagnosed with type1 diabetes experiences hunger, lightheadness, tachycardia, pallor, headache, and confusion. The most probable cause of these symptoms is:
77. Question: Which of the following agents is preferred to the treatment of patient who is asymptomatic with serum sodium of 126?
78. Question: What is the most common cause of uncomplicated urinary tract infections?
79. Question: Renal failure is the most common cause of which type of hyperparathyroidism?
80. Question: Dialtion of the ipsilateral pupil, following herniation, is the result of pressure on which craninal
81. Question: Which of the following places a patient at risk for polypharmacy?
82. Question: Where is antidiuretic hormone (ADH) synthesized, and whre does it act?
83. Question: Which diuretic acts by inhibiting sodium cholride reabsorption in the thick ascending limb of the loop of Henle?
84. Question: Which medical diagnosis is descrided as a chroinc inflammatory joint disease characterized by stiffening and fusion of the spine and Sacroiliac joints?
85. Question: Which antimicrobial should be avoided in children because it is deposited in tissues undergoing calcification and can stunt growth?
86. Question: The nurse is caring for a patient who has chronic renal failure and The correct classification for the hypertension is
87. Question: What type of immunity is produced when an immunoglobuin crosses the placenta?
88. Question: Which agent is used to treat hepatic encephalopathy and works via “Ion “ converting ammonia into ammonium in the GI tract?
89. Question: Which of the following is a potential risk associated with overuse of proton-pump inhibitors?
90. Question: What is the effect of increased secretions of epiephrine, glucagon, and growth hormone?
91. Question: Identify whether the description matches the (Select True or False) Rotationn of a testis, which twists blood vessels of the spermatic cord -testicular torsion
92. Question: Which of the following agents is useful to treat COPD because of its anticholinergic effects?
93. Question: Which disorder is charaterized by the formation of abdnormal new bone at an accelerated rate beginning with excessive resorption of spongy bone?
94. Question: Jaundice can be attributed to the following except?
95. Question: Which of the following agents is considered a long-acting beta-agonist (LABA)?
96. Question: An infant has a continuous machine-type mumur best heard at the left upper sternal border throughout systole and diastole, as well as a bonding pulse and a thrill on palpation. These clinical findings are consistanent with which congenital heart defect?
97. Question: Which of the following best describes a Phase IV clinical trial?
98. Question: Which second-generation antisychotic comes in an injectable formulation approved for use in acute psychosis?
99. Question: Which of the following benzodiazepines is preferred for the treatment of alcohol withdrawal in the inpatient setting due to its short half-life?
100. Question: Stress-induced sympathetic stimulation of the adrenal medulla causes the secretion of: