NSG 6005 Week 7 Assignment 2 Quiz

1 .Question :

A twenty-two-year-old woman receives a prescription for oral contraceptives .Education for this patient includes:

Counseling regarding decreasing or not smoking while taking oral contraceptives
Advising a monthly pregnancy test for the first three months she is taking the contraceptive
Advising that she may miss two pills in a row and not be concerned about pregnancy
Informing her that her next follow-up visit is in one year for a refill and “annual exam”

Question 2 .

Sallie has been diagnosed with osteoporosis and is asking about the once-a-month pill to treat her condition .How do bisphosphonates treat osteoporosis?

By selectively activating estrogen pathways in the bone
By reducing bone resorption by inhibiting PTH
By reducing bone resorption and inhibiting osteoclastic activity
By increasing PTH production

Question 3 .

Elderly patients who are started on levothyroxine for thyroid replacement should be monitored for:

Excessive sedation
Tachycardia and angina
Weight gain
Cold intolerance

Question 4 .

Intranasal calcitonin is used in the treatment of osteoporosis .For which patient is Calcitonin therapy appropriate?

Thin, Caucasian perimenopausal women
Men over the age of sixty-five years with osteoporosis
Women over the age of sixty-five years with osteopenia
Women over the age of sixty-five years with severe osteoporosis

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Question 5 .

The ongoing monitoring of patients over the age sixty-five years taking alendronate (Fosamax) or any other bisphosphonate is:

Annual dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) scans
Annual vitamin D level
Annual renal function evaluation
Electrolytes every three months