NURSING FOR WELLNESS IN OLDER
ADULTS NINTH EDITION PRACTICE TEST
CHAPTERS ONE TO TWENTY NINE 2026
QUESTIONS ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥pharmacokinetics.
Answer: how the drug is absorbed, distributed, metabolized, and
excreted;
what the body does to the drug
⩥pharmacodynamics.
Answer: how the body is effected at the cellular level;
what the drug does to the body
⩥elimination half time.
Answer: decrease the drug concentration by 1/2 of its original value
⩥clearance rate.
Answer: measures the volume of blood from which the drug is
eliminated per unit of time
⩥aspirin works like what herb.
,Answer: birch bark, willow bark, wintergreen, meadowsweet
⩥anticoagulants work like what herb.
Answer: dong quai, feverfew, garlic, ginko biloba, wintergreen
⩥caffeine works like what herb.
Answer: guarana, kola nut
⩥ephedrine works like what herb.
Answer: ephedra
⩥estrogen works like what herb.
Answer: black cohosh, fennel, red clover, stinging nettle
⩥lithium works like what herb.
Answer: thyme, purslane
⩥Monoamine oxidase inhibitors works like what herb.
Answer: ginseng, st. johns wart, yohimbe
⩥nicotine works like what herb.
Answer: lobelia
, ⩥calcium channel blockers work like what herb.
Answer: angelica
⩥medications most likely to react due to low serum albumin levels.
Answer: aspirin, digoxin, furosemide, NSAID, hypoglycemics,
phenytoin, sulfa
⩥beers criteria labels.
Answer: potentially inappropriate drugs for geriatric
⩥beers list 3 categories.
Answer: by organ system
drug effects that exasperate disease
caution with elderly
⩥prescribing cascade.
Answer: adverse drug reaction seen as a new illness;
when medication side effects are treated with another medication
⩥binding effect of medication.
ADULTS NINTH EDITION PRACTICE TEST
CHAPTERS ONE TO TWENTY NINE 2026
QUESTIONS ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥pharmacokinetics.
Answer: how the drug is absorbed, distributed, metabolized, and
excreted;
what the body does to the drug
⩥pharmacodynamics.
Answer: how the body is effected at the cellular level;
what the drug does to the body
⩥elimination half time.
Answer: decrease the drug concentration by 1/2 of its original value
⩥clearance rate.
Answer: measures the volume of blood from which the drug is
eliminated per unit of time
⩥aspirin works like what herb.
,Answer: birch bark, willow bark, wintergreen, meadowsweet
⩥anticoagulants work like what herb.
Answer: dong quai, feverfew, garlic, ginko biloba, wintergreen
⩥caffeine works like what herb.
Answer: guarana, kola nut
⩥ephedrine works like what herb.
Answer: ephedra
⩥estrogen works like what herb.
Answer: black cohosh, fennel, red clover, stinging nettle
⩥lithium works like what herb.
Answer: thyme, purslane
⩥Monoamine oxidase inhibitors works like what herb.
Answer: ginseng, st. johns wart, yohimbe
⩥nicotine works like what herb.
Answer: lobelia
, ⩥calcium channel blockers work like what herb.
Answer: angelica
⩥medications most likely to react due to low serum albumin levels.
Answer: aspirin, digoxin, furosemide, NSAID, hypoglycemics,
phenytoin, sulfa
⩥beers criteria labels.
Answer: potentially inappropriate drugs for geriatric
⩥beers list 3 categories.
Answer: by organ system
drug effects that exasperate disease
caution with elderly
⩥prescribing cascade.
Answer: adverse drug reaction seen as a new illness;
when medication side effects are treated with another medication
⩥binding effect of medication.
