1.As an advanced practice nurse, you want to learn more about the CDC’s initiatives relative to asthma
care and management in order to advocate for
... [Show More] asthma sufferers at the state legislative level. Your goal is
to reduce medications costs to patients. Which CDC recommendation supports your goal?
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The CDC recommends that payers and employers promote healthy workspaces to decrease
environmental trigger exposures.
The CDC recommends that providers prescribe the most cost-efficient long-acting inhalers to lower
patient co-pays.
The CDC recommends that providers deviate from the stepwise approach to lessen the financial
impact to the patient.
The CDC recommends that co-pays be removed for inhaled corticosteroids and other prescribed
medications
2.What syndrome, characterized by an absent homologous X chromosome with only a single X
chromosome, exhibits features that include a short stature, total chromosome count of 45, webbed
neck, and a shield like chest?
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Cri du chat syndrome
Down syndrome
Klinefelter syndrome
Turner syndrome
3.A female patient has been recently diagnosed with invasive ductal carcinoma. As an advanced practice
nurse, you understand that she will be undergoing a multi-faceted treatment approach that will include
one or more medications. Which medication is considered the “gold standard” endocrine treatment for
breast cancer?
(0/1 Point)
Fulvestrant (Faslodex), an antiestrogen indicated for metastatic estrogen receptor-positive breast
cancer in post-menopausal women
Tamoxifen (Nolvadex), a prodrug that must be converted to active metabolites in order to block
estrogen receptors in breast tissue
Trastuzumab (Herceptin), a monoclonal antibody approved for HER2-positive metastatic breast
cancer
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Lapatinib (Tykerb), an oral inhibitor of HER2 tyrosine kinase and EGFR tyrosine kinase, resulting in
apoptosis and suppression of tumor cell growth
4.A patient with T2DM comes to the clinic after reading about metformin in a magazine. Which of the
following conditions that the patient also has would be a contraindication to taking metformin?
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Renal disease
Congestive heart failure
Rheumatoid arthritis
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