NURS 617 PHARM EXAM 1 COMPREHENSIVE
EXAM SCRIPT VERIFIED QUESTIONS
COMPLETE ANSWERS GRADED APLUS
◉ National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
(NCCAM)
Answer: ex) mindfulness meditation PLUS hypertension medication
◉ Clinical phases of investigational drug studies
Answer: Phase I- basic safety study (small group of people)
Phase II- ethicacy, does it work for its indication (small group of
people)
Phase III- is it better than other meds (2 times) (hundreds of people)
Phase IV- after drug has been put out, more data is collected (like
bad side effects that they didn't realize in past steps)
◉ Ethical terms
Answer: Autonomy- pt's freedom & right to choose , informed
consent
Beneficence- doing good and trying to benefit pt
Confidentiality- HIPAA
Justice- what pt is entitled to
, Nonmaleficence- doing no harm to pts
Veracity- truthfulness
◉ A nurse does not notice that a pt's IV site is swollen, red, painful,
and warm to touch nor that the IV has quit infusing properly. What
ethical principle does this involve?
Answer: Breach of duty
◉ Key to preventing errors
Answer: reporting errors, reporting of potential errors, non-punitive
approach to error reporting or "just culture", QSEN initiatives
◉ Drugs commonly involved in severe medication errors?
Answer: central nervous system drugs
◉ What is the most common point in the process at which
medications errors occur?
Answer: Prescribing
◉ "Near miss"
"Close call"
Answer: -did not produce injury, but only because of chance
EXAM SCRIPT VERIFIED QUESTIONS
COMPLETE ANSWERS GRADED APLUS
◉ National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
(NCCAM)
Answer: ex) mindfulness meditation PLUS hypertension medication
◉ Clinical phases of investigational drug studies
Answer: Phase I- basic safety study (small group of people)
Phase II- ethicacy, does it work for its indication (small group of
people)
Phase III- is it better than other meds (2 times) (hundreds of people)
Phase IV- after drug has been put out, more data is collected (like
bad side effects that they didn't realize in past steps)
◉ Ethical terms
Answer: Autonomy- pt's freedom & right to choose , informed
consent
Beneficence- doing good and trying to benefit pt
Confidentiality- HIPAA
Justice- what pt is entitled to
, Nonmaleficence- doing no harm to pts
Veracity- truthfulness
◉ A nurse does not notice that a pt's IV site is swollen, red, painful,
and warm to touch nor that the IV has quit infusing properly. What
ethical principle does this involve?
Answer: Breach of duty
◉ Key to preventing errors
Answer: reporting errors, reporting of potential errors, non-punitive
approach to error reporting or "just culture", QSEN initiatives
◉ Drugs commonly involved in severe medication errors?
Answer: central nervous system drugs
◉ What is the most common point in the process at which
medications errors occur?
Answer: Prescribing
◉ "Near miss"
"Close call"
Answer: -did not produce injury, but only because of chance
