Question: Prescribing for women during their childbearing years requires constant awareness of the possibility of:

Answer Choices:
A. Pregnancy unless the woman is on birth control
B. Risk for silent bacterial or viral infections of the genitalia
C. High risk for developmental disorders in their infants
D. Decreased risk for abuse during this time

Answer:
B. Risk for silent bacterial or viral infections of the genitalia

Question: The advanced practice nurse is instructing a managing asthma exacerbation at home this would include:

Answer:
Increasing the frequency of the beta 2 agonist
Starting singular

Question: In healthy individuals, the upper respiratory tract and lungs are sterile.

Answer:
False

Question: The apn understands which medications should be prescribed for COPD exacerbations? Patients with a COPD exacerbation may require: Doubling of inhaled corticosteroid dose Systemic corticosteroid burst Continuous inhaled beta-2-agonists Leukotriene therapy

Answer:
2. Systemic corticosteroid burst

Question: Phagocytic cells can clear granulomas caused by pathogens such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

Answer:
False

Question: Toll-like receptors are examples of which of the following?

Answer Choices:
A. NAMs
B. NKCs
C. PAMPs
D. PRRs

Answer:
D. PRRs

Question: In choosing a benzodiazepam to treat anxiety the prescriber needs to be aware of the possibility of dependence. The benzodiazepam with the greatest likelihood of rapidly developing dependence is:

Answer Choices:
A. Chlordiazepoxide (Librium)
B. Clonazepam (Klonopin)
C. Alprazolam (Xanax)
D. Oxazepam (Serax)

Answer:
C. Alprazolam (Xanax)

Question: Cultural factors that must be taken into account when prescribing include(s): Who the decision maker is in the family regarding health-care decisions The patient’s view of health and illness Attitudes regarding the use of drugs to treat illness All of the above

Answer:
4. All of the above

Question: According to the American diabetes association Januvia (sitagliptin) can be used as

Answer:
● Both a and b

Question: The np use caution when starting Synthroid for thyroid replacement therapy on a 73 year old female the np should be monitoring for

Answer:
Tachycardia and angina

Question: Which cells produce and secrete mucus?

Answer Choices:
A. ciliated epithelial cells
B. goblet cells*
C. keratinized squamous epithelial cells
D. Peyer’s patches

Answer:
B