FITZGERALD TEST BANK UPDATED
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS FULL
SOLUTION
●● The permanent and/or substantial injury resulting from an act of
malpractice is known as
Answer: Damages
●● The plaintiff's establishment of a relationship between the breach and
the injuries is known as
Answer: Proximate cause
●● Which of the following statements regarding damages and
negligence is correct?
Answer: Damages require proof of physical or emotional harm
●● Which of the following is the basis for an APRNs prescriptive
authority?
Answer: Nurse practice Act
●● Malpractice requires all of the following except
Answer: Damages
,●● When writing a prescription, the APRN must do all of the following
except:
Answer: Consider whether the selected medication is available in
generic form
●● The legal scope of practice for an APRN is determined by
Answer: legislation at the state level
●● When prescribing an off level drug, the APRN should:
Answer: Document the reason for the prescription
●● According to the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP),
which of the following abbreviations is frequently misinterpreted and
involved in harmful medications errors
Answer: µg
●● A drug's mechanism of action is part of its:
Answer: Pharmacodynamics
●● The process of absorption, distribution, metabolism, and elimination
of a drug is known as:
Answer: Pharmacokinetics
,●● Which of the following would best describe a pharmacodynamic
study
Answer: Determining the effect of a specific medication dose in treating
a disease
●● Cmax is best described as:
Answer: Maximum or peak concentration of a drug observed after its
administration
●● When counseling a 56 year old woman with type 2 diabetes mellitus,
the NP mentions which of the following regarding the use of
semuglutide?
Answer: The oral dose of the medication needed is quite high compared
to the injectable for due to issues with GI absorption
●● Tmax is best defined as:
Answer: Time to maximum drug level observed
●● In the development, testing, and approval of a new medication,
which of the following best describes the question that is being asked in
phase 3 testing?
Answer: Does the medication appear to have a clinical effect when
subjected to a double blind clinical trial?
, ●● Age related changes in the elder include all of the following except:
Answer: Increase in serum albumin
●● When considering the movement of drugs throughout the body, it is
important to consider that the most common form of drug absorption is
via:
Answer: Passive diffusion
●● The safety and pharmacokinetics of a new drug are best determined
in which phase of clinical trials?
Answer: Phase I
●● Bioavailability is defined as the:
Answer: Fraction of the administered drug that reaches systemic
circulation.
●● A nursing mother is taking a medication with a 2-hour half-life and is
concerned about her infant ingesting some of the drug through
breastmilk. The NP knows that <10% of the original drug dose will
remain in the body after how many hours following her dose?
Answer: 8
●● Drugs that are antagonists exhibit clinical action primarily by:
Answer: NEED
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS FULL
SOLUTION
●● The permanent and/or substantial injury resulting from an act of
malpractice is known as
Answer: Damages
●● The plaintiff's establishment of a relationship between the breach and
the injuries is known as
Answer: Proximate cause
●● Which of the following statements regarding damages and
negligence is correct?
Answer: Damages require proof of physical or emotional harm
●● Which of the following is the basis for an APRNs prescriptive
authority?
Answer: Nurse practice Act
●● Malpractice requires all of the following except
Answer: Damages
,●● When writing a prescription, the APRN must do all of the following
except:
Answer: Consider whether the selected medication is available in
generic form
●● The legal scope of practice for an APRN is determined by
Answer: legislation at the state level
●● When prescribing an off level drug, the APRN should:
Answer: Document the reason for the prescription
●● According to the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP),
which of the following abbreviations is frequently misinterpreted and
involved in harmful medications errors
Answer: µg
●● A drug's mechanism of action is part of its:
Answer: Pharmacodynamics
●● The process of absorption, distribution, metabolism, and elimination
of a drug is known as:
Answer: Pharmacokinetics
,●● Which of the following would best describe a pharmacodynamic
study
Answer: Determining the effect of a specific medication dose in treating
a disease
●● Cmax is best described as:
Answer: Maximum or peak concentration of a drug observed after its
administration
●● When counseling a 56 year old woman with type 2 diabetes mellitus,
the NP mentions which of the following regarding the use of
semuglutide?
Answer: The oral dose of the medication needed is quite high compared
to the injectable for due to issues with GI absorption
●● Tmax is best defined as:
Answer: Time to maximum drug level observed
●● In the development, testing, and approval of a new medication,
which of the following best describes the question that is being asked in
phase 3 testing?
Answer: Does the medication appear to have a clinical effect when
subjected to a double blind clinical trial?
, ●● Age related changes in the elder include all of the following except:
Answer: Increase in serum albumin
●● When considering the movement of drugs throughout the body, it is
important to consider that the most common form of drug absorption is
via:
Answer: Passive diffusion
●● The safety and pharmacokinetics of a new drug are best determined
in which phase of clinical trials?
Answer: Phase I
●● Bioavailability is defined as the:
Answer: Fraction of the administered drug that reaches systemic
circulation.
●● A nursing mother is taking a medication with a 2-hour half-life and is
concerned about her infant ingesting some of the drug through
breastmilk. The NP knows that <10% of the original drug dose will
remain in the body after how many hours following her dose?
Answer: 8
●● Drugs that are antagonists exhibit clinical action primarily by:
Answer: NEED
