NUR 274 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | NUR 274 EXAM
1 STUDY GUIDE & PRACTICE TEST 2026/2027
Oral (p.o.) - Correct answer ✔✔ by mouth
sublingual (SL) - Correct answer ✔✔ Medication dissolved under the tongue and absorbed
through the blood vessels
SR, XL, DR - Correct answer ✔✔ sustained-release, extended-release, delayed-release
enteric coated - Correct answer ✔✔ special coating on drug that prevents absorption until drug
reaches the small intestine
Buccal - Correct answer ✔✔ placed between the cheek and gum to dissolve in the cheek
mucous membrane
Parenteral - Correct answer ✔✔ taken into the body or administered in a manner other than
through the digestive tract - IV, IM, subcut, or ID
IV - Correct answer ✔✔ intravenous
IM - Correct answer ✔✔ intramuscular
subcut - Correct answer ✔✔ subcutaneous
ID - Correct answer ✔✔ intradermal
1 STUDY GUIDE & PRACTICE TEST 2026/2027
Oral (p.o.) - Correct answer ✔✔ by mouth
sublingual (SL) - Correct answer ✔✔ Medication dissolved under the tongue and absorbed
through the blood vessels
SR, XL, DR - Correct answer ✔✔ sustained-release, extended-release, delayed-release
enteric coated - Correct answer ✔✔ special coating on drug that prevents absorption until drug
reaches the small intestine
Buccal - Correct answer ✔✔ placed between the cheek and gum to dissolve in the cheek
mucous membrane
Parenteral - Correct answer ✔✔ taken into the body or administered in a manner other than
through the digestive tract - IV, IM, subcut, or ID
IV - Correct answer ✔✔ intravenous
IM - Correct answer ✔✔ intramuscular
subcut - Correct answer ✔✔ subcutaneous
ID - Correct answer ✔✔ intradermal