Tharmacy COC Question P-III
16, The major causes of hypomagnesaemia are:
a) Insufficient dietary intake, e.g.malnutrition
b) Abnormal gastrointestinal loss, e.g. severe diarrhea or chronic alcoholism
c) Abnormal renal loss, e.g. diabetes mellitus or during therapy with some kind of drugs such as amphotericin B, gentamicin, cisplatin, cardiac glycosides, distal and loop diuretics
d) All of the above
17, A patient in the clinic reports difficulty tolerating the current ACE inhibitor medication, and questions if another medication could be used. The nurse correctly suspects the prescriber will choose which medication, which affects the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system?
a) atenolol
b) losartan
c) spironolactone
d) adenosine
18, Pick out the appropriate alimentary route of administration when passage of drugs through liver is minimized:
a) Oral
b) Transdermal
c) Rectal
d) Intraduodenal
18, Local anesthetics produce:
a) Analgesia, amnesia, loss of consciousness
b) Blocking pain sensation without loss of consciousness
c) Alleviation of anxiety and pain with an altered level of consciousness
d) A stupor or somnolent state
20, What should the nurse include when teaching a patient regarding the use of omeprazole?
a) Take after meals to increase drug effectiveness
b) Take before meals to increase drug effectiveness
c) Take with meals to increase drug effectiveness
d) May take without regard to meals or other medications
21, What is characteristic of the oral route?
a) Fast onset of effect
b) Absorption depends on GI tract secretion and motor function
c) A drug reaches the blood passing the liver
d) The sterilization of medicinal forms is obligatory
22, The symptoms of mushroom poisoning include all of the following EXCEPT:
a) Salivation, lacrimation, nausea, vomiting
b) Dryness of mouth, hyperpyrexia, hallucination
c) Headache, abdominal colic
d) Bradycardia, hypotension and shock
23, Indicate the location of M2 cholinoreceptor type:
a) Heart
b) Glands
c) Smooth muscle
d) Endothelium
24, Bethanechol has all of the following properties EXCEPT:
a) It is extremely resistant to hydrolysis
b) Purely muscarinic in its action
c) It is used for abdominal urinary bladder distention
d) It exerts both nicotinic and muscarinic effects
25, Enteric coated acetylsalicylic acid has been prescribed for a patient to treat chronic arthritis. The patient calls the clinic nurse because of gagging and difficulty swallowing the tablets.
What response would the nurse give to the patient?
a. “Crush the tablets and mix with juice or food”
b. “I’ll notify the healthcare provider for a medication change”
c. “Open the tablet and mix the contents with food”
d. “Swallow the tablets with large amounts of water or milk''
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16, The major causes of hypomagnesaemia are:
a) Insufficient dietary intake, e.g.malnutrition
b) Abnormal gastrointestinal loss, e.g. severe diarrhea or chronic alcoholism
c) Abnormal renal loss, e.g. diabetes mellitus or during therapy with some kind of drugs such as amphotericin B, gentamicin, cisplatin, cardiac glycosides, distal and loop diuretics
d) All of the above
17, A patient in the clinic reports difficulty tolerating the current ACE inhibitor medication, and questions if another medication could be used. The nurse correctly suspects the prescriber will choose which medication, which affects the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system?
a) atenolol
b) losartan
c) spironolactone
d) adenosine
18, Pick out the appropriate alimentary route of administration when passage of drugs through liver is minimized:
a) Oral
b) Transdermal
c) Rectal
d) Intraduodenal
18, Local anesthetics produce:
a) Analgesia, amnesia, loss of consciousness
b) Blocking pain sensation without loss of consciousness
c) Alleviation of anxiety and pain with an altered level of consciousness
d) A stupor or somnolent state
20, What should the nurse include when teaching a patient regarding the use of omeprazole?
a) Take after meals to increase drug effectiveness
b) Take before meals to increase drug effectiveness
c) Take with meals to increase drug effectiveness
d) May take without regard to meals or other medications
21, What is characteristic of the oral route?
a) Fast onset of effect
b) Absorption depends on GI tract secretion and motor function
c) A drug reaches the blood passing the liver
d) The sterilization of medicinal forms is obligatory
22, The symptoms of mushroom poisoning include all of the following EXCEPT:
a) Salivation, lacrimation, nausea, vomiting
b) Dryness of mouth, hyperpyrexia, hallucination
c) Headache, abdominal colic
d) Bradycardia, hypotension and shock
23, Indicate the location of M2 cholinoreceptor type:
a) Heart
b) Glands
c) Smooth muscle
d) Endothelium
24, Bethanechol has all of the following properties EXCEPT:
a) It is extremely resistant to hydrolysis
b) Purely muscarinic in its action
c) It is used for abdominal urinary bladder distention
d) It exerts both nicotinic and muscarinic effects
25, Enteric coated acetylsalicylic acid has been prescribed for a patient to treat chronic arthritis. The patient calls the clinic nurse because of gagging and difficulty swallowing the tablets.
What response would the nurse give to the patient?
a. “Crush the tablets and mix with juice or food”
b. “I’ll notify the healthcare provider for a medication change”
c. “Open the tablet and mix the contents with food”
d. “Swallow the tablets with large amounts of water or milk''
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