PHARMACOLOGY A PATIENT CENTERED
NURSING PROCESS APPROACH 401 EXAM
PREP 2026 PRACTICE SOLUTION STUDY GUIDE
◉ What are the basic ethical principles? Answer: Protect individual
autonomy, protect clients and subjects from harm, avoid fraud and
duress in health care, encourage professionals to be thorough and
clear in communicating information, promote client-educated
decision making, promote self-determination of client.
◉ Who obtains informed consent? Answer: Health care provider.
◉ What is the purpose of human clinical experimentation? Answer:
Phase I: to determine human dosage range based on healthy
subjects and identify pharmacokinetics, Phase II: to demonstrate
safety and efficacy of drug in subjects with disease to be treated,
Phases III and IV: to demonstrate safety and efficacy of drug for well
client population; to include long-term data if a chronic regimen.
◉ What is the primary purpose of federal legislation in drug
standards? Answer: U. S. Standards and Legislation.
◉ What is the Controlled Substances Act of 1970? Answer: Schedule
I - no accepted medical use, Schedule II - opioids, amphetamines,
, (high potential for abuse), Schedule V - cough prep w/codeine
(limited potential for abuse).
◉ What act provides for the privacy of patient health information?
Answer: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.
◉ What is the Code of Ethics of the American Nurses Association?
Answer: A set of principles that guides the ethical conduct of nurses.
◉ What is the Code of Ethics for Nurses? Answer: A guide for
nursing responsibilities and ethical obligations.
◉ When was the Code of Ethics for Nurses adopted? Answer: 1950.
◉ When was the Code of Ethics for Nurses revised? Answer: 2015.
◉ What is the Nurse's role in clinical research? Answer: Responsible
for patient safety and integrity of research protocol.
◉ What are the ethical considerations for nurses? Answer: Code of
Ethics for Nurses by ANA.
◉ What is the nurse's primary commitment? Answer: To the patient.
NURSING PROCESS APPROACH 401 EXAM
PREP 2026 PRACTICE SOLUTION STUDY GUIDE
◉ What are the basic ethical principles? Answer: Protect individual
autonomy, protect clients and subjects from harm, avoid fraud and
duress in health care, encourage professionals to be thorough and
clear in communicating information, promote client-educated
decision making, promote self-determination of client.
◉ Who obtains informed consent? Answer: Health care provider.
◉ What is the purpose of human clinical experimentation? Answer:
Phase I: to determine human dosage range based on healthy
subjects and identify pharmacokinetics, Phase II: to demonstrate
safety and efficacy of drug in subjects with disease to be treated,
Phases III and IV: to demonstrate safety and efficacy of drug for well
client population; to include long-term data if a chronic regimen.
◉ What is the primary purpose of federal legislation in drug
standards? Answer: U. S. Standards and Legislation.
◉ What is the Controlled Substances Act of 1970? Answer: Schedule
I - no accepted medical use, Schedule II - opioids, amphetamines,
, (high potential for abuse), Schedule V - cough prep w/codeine
(limited potential for abuse).
◉ What act provides for the privacy of patient health information?
Answer: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.
◉ What is the Code of Ethics of the American Nurses Association?
Answer: A set of principles that guides the ethical conduct of nurses.
◉ What is the Code of Ethics for Nurses? Answer: A guide for
nursing responsibilities and ethical obligations.
◉ When was the Code of Ethics for Nurses adopted? Answer: 1950.
◉ When was the Code of Ethics for Nurses revised? Answer: 2015.
◉ What is the Nurse's role in clinical research? Answer: Responsible
for patient safety and integrity of research protocol.
◉ What are the ethical considerations for nurses? Answer: Code of
Ethics for Nurses by ANA.
◉ What is the nurse's primary commitment? Answer: To the patient.
