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Question 1 of 261

Which of the following oral hypoglycaemic drugs stimulates both synthesis and release of insulin from beta islet cells:

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Question 6 of 261

The nursing instructor teaches student nurses about the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Pregnancy Categories. What is the best information to include?

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Question 37 of 261

The nurse is teaching a patient the importance of taking the medication as prescribed. Patient teaching is guided by the nurseÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s knowledge of which principles of pharmacokinetics?

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Question 43 of 261

You are Caring for a 57-year-old female with a history of ulcerative colitis. For years she has not taken care of herself and her recent labs demonstrate a HgbA1C of 12.3 and a fasting glucose of 289 mg/dL. Her serum creatinine is 0.9mg/dL (ref range 0.5-1.0mg/dL for a female). Knowing the ADA diabetes care management standards direct for the use of Metformin as the initial line of treatment for diabetes type 2, what would you want to make sure you tell this patient about the adverse events associated with this drug?

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Question 77 of 261

The patient has had hypertension for many years. The physician orders an antihypertensive drug that has just come on the market. The nurse teaches the patient that this drug works more effectively than his prior drug and has fewer side effects. The patient asks how this can be. What is the best response by the nurse?

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Question 120 of 261

A new patient arrives at the office for treatment for depression. The patient reports taking simvastatin (Zocor) and lisinopril (Zestril). When selecting an antidepressant, the psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner eliminates fluoxetine (Prozac), based on the knowledge that the combination can lead to increased plasma levels of the statin, resulting in an increased risk of muscle damage and rhabdomyolysis. The nurse practitionerÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s reason is that:

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Question 128 of 261

A 33-year-old woman was hospitalized after 1 week of increasing pain, tenderness, and cyanosis in her legs. She admitted to taking several medications to relieve a migraine headache. Physical examination revealed that no pulses could be palpated below the femoral vessels, and an aortogram showed a pronounced constriction of the vessels distal to the iliac arteries. The vasoconstriction disappeared after 3 hours of nitroprusside intravenous infusion. Which of the following drugs most likely caused the vessel constriction?

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Question 145 of 261

Antivitamins are:

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Question 150 of 261

Following statements concerning specific bradycardic agents (Falipamil, Alinidine) are true, EXCEPT:

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Question 160 of 261

A client has a new prescription for brimonidine (Alphagan) ophthalmic, 1 drop twice daily in his right eye. He tells the nurse he also wears soft contact lenses and wants to know if he can put the drop in his eye with the lenses in place. Which of the following should the nurse tell this client?

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Question 201 of 261

The patient asks the nurse why she needs to continue using table salt because her prescribed lithium (Eskalith) is a salt. What is the best response by the nurse?

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Question 254 of 261

Which of the following statements concerning vitamin C functions are true:

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