NURS 617 PHARM EXAM 1 UPDATED
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE
◉ 5 Steps of nursing process
Answer: Assessment
Diagnosis
Planning
Implementation
Evaluation
◉ The nurse answers a patient's call light and finds the patient
sitting up in bed and requesting pain medication. What will the
nurse do first?
Answer: ACCESS the pt's pain and pain level. (Assessment is ALWAYS
1st)
◉ The "Rights" of Medication Administration
Answer: Right drug, right dose, right patient, right route, right time,
right reason, right documentation
, ◉ A nurse makes an error when administering medications to a
patient. Which action by the nurse requires the supervising nurse to
intervene?
Answer: The nurse records completion of an INCIDENT REPORT in
the medical record.
◉ Drug definition
Answer: any chemical substance that is capable of affecting a
physiologic process through a mechanical process
◉ Chemical name
Generic name
Trade name
Answer: describes drug's chemical composition & molecular
structure
name given by the U.S Adopted Names Council
registered trademark (company drug name)
◉ Prototypical drugs
Answer: first drug in a class of drugs
◉ Pharmaceutics
Answer: HOW we get the drug into our body
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE
◉ 5 Steps of nursing process
Answer: Assessment
Diagnosis
Planning
Implementation
Evaluation
◉ The nurse answers a patient's call light and finds the patient
sitting up in bed and requesting pain medication. What will the
nurse do first?
Answer: ACCESS the pt's pain and pain level. (Assessment is ALWAYS
1st)
◉ The "Rights" of Medication Administration
Answer: Right drug, right dose, right patient, right route, right time,
right reason, right documentation
, ◉ A nurse makes an error when administering medications to a
patient. Which action by the nurse requires the supervising nurse to
intervene?
Answer: The nurse records completion of an INCIDENT REPORT in
the medical record.
◉ Drug definition
Answer: any chemical substance that is capable of affecting a
physiologic process through a mechanical process
◉ Chemical name
Generic name
Trade name
Answer: describes drug's chemical composition & molecular
structure
name given by the U.S Adopted Names Council
registered trademark (company drug name)
◉ Prototypical drugs
Answer: first drug in a class of drugs
◉ Pharmaceutics
Answer: HOW we get the drug into our body
