PHARMACOLOGY AND THE NURSING
PROCESS 9TH EDITION ASSESSMENT TEST
2026 TESTED QUESTIONS WITH FULL
SOLUTION GRADED A+
◉ Pharmadynamics. Answer: what the drug does to the body
◉ Off-label prescribing. Answer: A drug is prescribed to treat
conditions other than those approved by the FDA.
◉ What oral drugs usually absorb more quickly. Answer: Oral drugs
that are liquid are already disolved and are usually absorbed more
quickly than solid doage forms
◉ Enteric coated tablets have coating that prevents them from
breaking down in the __________, instead they break down in the
____________.. Answer: Stomach, intestine.
◉ What type of drug must never be crushed. Answer: extended
release.
◉ first pass effect. Answer: reduces the bioavailability of the drug to
less than 100%
,◉ Drugs taken orally have a bioavailibily of ____________, whereas IV
routes have an ___________ biovailabilty.. Answer: less than 100, 100%
◉ Areas of rapid distribution. Answer: heart, liver, kidneys, brain
◉ Albumin. Answer: the most common blood protein and carries the
majority of protein-bound drug molecules
◉ unbound proteins. Answer: Considered a Free drug
◉ drug-drug interactions. Answer: When the presence of one drug
decreases or increases the action of another
◉ Hydrophilic. Answer: water soluble
◉ lipophilic. Answer: fat soluble
◉ Metabolism. Answer: biotransformation
◉ The organ the drug is most responsible for is the. Answer: liver
, ◉ Organs responsible for drug elimination. Answer: kidneys, liver
and bowel.
◉ half-life. Answer: time required for 50% of the drug to be removed
from the body
Is a measure of the rate the drug is eliminated
◉ How many half lives until the drug is considered removed from
the body. Answer: 5
◉ steady state. Answer: The physiologic state in which the amount
of drug removed via elimination is equal to the amount of drug
absorbed with each dose.
◉ Onset of action. Answer: The time required for a drug to elicit a
therapeutic response after dosing.
◉ Peak effect. Answer: the time required for a drug to reach its
maximum therapeutic response in the body
◉ duration of action. Answer: The length of time the concentration
of a drug in the blood or tissues is sufficient to elicit a response.
PROCESS 9TH EDITION ASSESSMENT TEST
2026 TESTED QUESTIONS WITH FULL
SOLUTION GRADED A+
◉ Pharmadynamics. Answer: what the drug does to the body
◉ Off-label prescribing. Answer: A drug is prescribed to treat
conditions other than those approved by the FDA.
◉ What oral drugs usually absorb more quickly. Answer: Oral drugs
that are liquid are already disolved and are usually absorbed more
quickly than solid doage forms
◉ Enteric coated tablets have coating that prevents them from
breaking down in the __________, instead they break down in the
____________.. Answer: Stomach, intestine.
◉ What type of drug must never be crushed. Answer: extended
release.
◉ first pass effect. Answer: reduces the bioavailability of the drug to
less than 100%
,◉ Drugs taken orally have a bioavailibily of ____________, whereas IV
routes have an ___________ biovailabilty.. Answer: less than 100, 100%
◉ Areas of rapid distribution. Answer: heart, liver, kidneys, brain
◉ Albumin. Answer: the most common blood protein and carries the
majority of protein-bound drug molecules
◉ unbound proteins. Answer: Considered a Free drug
◉ drug-drug interactions. Answer: When the presence of one drug
decreases or increases the action of another
◉ Hydrophilic. Answer: water soluble
◉ lipophilic. Answer: fat soluble
◉ Metabolism. Answer: biotransformation
◉ The organ the drug is most responsible for is the. Answer: liver
, ◉ Organs responsible for drug elimination. Answer: kidneys, liver
and bowel.
◉ half-life. Answer: time required for 50% of the drug to be removed
from the body
Is a measure of the rate the drug is eliminated
◉ How many half lives until the drug is considered removed from
the body. Answer: 5
◉ steady state. Answer: The physiologic state in which the amount
of drug removed via elimination is equal to the amount of drug
absorbed with each dose.
◉ Onset of action. Answer: The time required for a drug to elicit a
therapeutic response after dosing.
◉ Peak effect. Answer: the time required for a drug to reach its
maximum therapeutic response in the body
◉ duration of action. Answer: The length of time the concentration
of a drug in the blood or tissues is sufficient to elicit a response.
