Nr 508 Advanced Pharmacology Week 4 Midterm Exam 2020 Set 5

NR 508 Week 4 Midterm Exam, Chamberlain college of NursingQuestion 1A primary care NP prescribes levothyroxine for a patient to treat thyroid deficiency. When teaching this patient about the medication, the NP should:Question 2An African-American patient is taking captopril (Capoten) 25 mg twice daily. When performing a physical examination, the primary care nurse practitioner (NP) learns that the patient continues to have blood pressure readings of 135/90 mm Hg. The NP should:Question 3A primary care NP sees a patient who is about to take a cruise and reports having had motion sickness with nausea on a previous cruise. The NP prescribes the scopolamine transdermal patch and should instruct the patient to apply the patch:Question 4A 12-year-old patient who is obese develops type 2 diabetes mellitus. The primary care NP should ordermetformin (Glucophage).Question 5 A patient who has had four to five liquid stools per day for 4 days is seen by the primary care NP. The patient asks about medications to stop the diarrhea. The NP tells the patient that antidiarrheal medications are:not curative and may prolong the illnessTreatment of patients with acute diarrhea with antidiarrheals can prolong infection and should be avoided if possible. Antidiarrheals are best used in