HNG 540 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
1. Q- Answers - A patient's nutritional intake and laboratory results reflect
hypoalbumine- mia. This is critical to prescribing because- Answers - A- Answers -
Distribution of drugs to target tissue may be attected.
2. Q- Answers - Drugs that have a significant first-pass effect- Answers - A- Answers - Are
rapidly metabolized by the liver and may have little if any desired action.
3. Q- Answers - The route of excretion of a volatile drug will likely be the-
Answers - A- Answers - Lungs.
4. Q- Answers - Medroxyprogesterone (Depo Provera) is prescribed
intramuscularly (IM) to create a storage reservoir of the drug. Storage reservoirs-
Answers - A- Answers - Increase the length of time a drug is available and active.
5. Q- Answers - The NP chooses to give cephalexin every 8 hours based on
knowledge of the drug's- Answers - A- Answers - Biological half-life.
6. Q- Answers - Azithromycin dosing requires that the first day's dosage be
twice those of the other 4 days of the prescription. This is considered a loading
dose. A loading dose- Answers - A- Answers - Rapidly achieves drug levels in the therapeutic range.
7. Q- Answers - The point in time on the drug concentration curve that
indicates the first sign of a therapeutic effect is the- Answers - A- Answers - Onset
of action.
8. Q- Answers - Phenytoin requires that a trough level be drawn. Peak and
trough levels are done- Answers - A- Answers - To determine if a drug is in the therapeutic range.
9. Q- Answers - A laboratory result indicates that the peak level for a drug is
above the minimum toxic concentration. This means that the- Answers - A- Answers -
Concentration will produce an adverse response.
10. Q- Answers - Drugs that are receptor agonists may demonstrate what
property?- Answers - A- Answers - Desensitization or downregulation with continuous use.
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, 11. Q- Answers - Drugs that are receptor antagonists- Answers - such as beta blockers, may
cause, A- Answers - An exaggerated response if abruptly discontinued.
12. Q- Answers - Factors that affect gastric drug absorption include- Answers - A-
Answers - Lipid solubility of the drug.
13. Q- Answers - Drugs administered via IV- Answers - A- Answers - Begin distribution into the
body immediately.
14. Q- Answers - When a medication is added to a regimen for a synergistic effect-
Answers - the combined ettect of the drugs is, A- Answers - Greater than the sum of the ettects of each drug
individually.
15. Q- Answers - Which of the following statements about bioavailability is true?-
Answers - A- Answers - Bioavail- ability issues are especially important for drugs with narrow
therapeutic ranges or sustained-release mechanisms.
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1. Q- Answers - A patient's nutritional intake and laboratory results reflect
hypoalbumine- mia. This is critical to prescribing because- Answers - A- Answers -
Distribution of drugs to target tissue may be attected.
2. Q- Answers - Drugs that have a significant first-pass effect- Answers - A- Answers - Are
rapidly metabolized by the liver and may have little if any desired action.
3. Q- Answers - The route of excretion of a volatile drug will likely be the-
Answers - A- Answers - Lungs.
4. Q- Answers - Medroxyprogesterone (Depo Provera) is prescribed
intramuscularly (IM) to create a storage reservoir of the drug. Storage reservoirs-
Answers - A- Answers - Increase the length of time a drug is available and active.
5. Q- Answers - The NP chooses to give cephalexin every 8 hours based on
knowledge of the drug's- Answers - A- Answers - Biological half-life.
6. Q- Answers - Azithromycin dosing requires that the first day's dosage be
twice those of the other 4 days of the prescription. This is considered a loading
dose. A loading dose- Answers - A- Answers - Rapidly achieves drug levels in the therapeutic range.
7. Q- Answers - The point in time on the drug concentration curve that
indicates the first sign of a therapeutic effect is the- Answers - A- Answers - Onset
of action.
8. Q- Answers - Phenytoin requires that a trough level be drawn. Peak and
trough levels are done- Answers - A- Answers - To determine if a drug is in the therapeutic range.
9. Q- Answers - A laboratory result indicates that the peak level for a drug is
above the minimum toxic concentration. This means that the- Answers - A- Answers -
Concentration will produce an adverse response.
10. Q- Answers - Drugs that are receptor agonists may demonstrate what
property?- Answers - A- Answers - Desensitization or downregulation with continuous use.
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13
, 11. Q- Answers - Drugs that are receptor antagonists- Answers - such as beta blockers, may
cause, A- Answers - An exaggerated response if abruptly discontinued.
12. Q- Answers - Factors that affect gastric drug absorption include- Answers - A-
Answers - Lipid solubility of the drug.
13. Q- Answers - Drugs administered via IV- Answers - A- Answers - Begin distribution into the
body immediately.
14. Q- Answers - When a medication is added to a regimen for a synergistic effect-
Answers - the combined ettect of the drugs is, A- Answers - Greater than the sum of the ettects of each drug
individually.
15. Q- Answers - Which of the following statements about bioavailability is true?-
Answers - A- Answers - Bioavail- ability issues are especially important for drugs with narrow
therapeutic ranges or sustained-release mechanisms.
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