PHARMACOLOGY FOR CANADIAN HEALTH
CARE PRACTICE LILLEY COMPLETE COURSE
REVIEW GUIDE
◉ The nurse plans care for a male patient who is 80 years of age.
The nursing diagnosis is nonadherence with the medication regimen
related to living alone, as evidenced by uncontrolled blood pressure.
What should the nurse do next?
a. Assess the impact of home self-management of medications.
b. Collaborate with the health care provider on a new medication
regimen.
c. Enlist the help of a home care nurse for pharmacotherapy.
d. Examine the results of nursing help with the medications..
Answer: c. Enlist the help of a home care nurse for pharmacotherapy.
◉ Which statement is an example of objective data? (Select all that
apply.)
a. The patient says that she has felt tired for almost a week.
b. The patient says that she feels like someone is touching her arm.
c. The patient has had a fever for 5 days.
d. The patient has clear urine.
e. The patient states that she has a headache..
,Answer: c. The patient has had a fever for 5 days.
d. The patient has clear urine.
◉ What should the nurse check when reviewing a prescription with
a patient? (Select all that apply.)
a. The patient's emergency contact
b. The patient's home address
c. The route of administration
d. The age of the patient
e. The signature of the prescriber.
Answer: c. The route of administration
e. The signature of the prescriber
◉ What information should the nurse chart when documenting
medication administration? (Select all that apply.)
a. The dosage of medication administered
b. The time of administration
c. Information about an "incident report" in the patient's chart
d. The patient's age
e. The route of administration.
Answer: a. The dosage of medication administered
b. The time of administration
,e. The route of administration
◉ What is the study of physiochemical properties of drugs and how
drugs influence the body called?
a. Pharmacology
b. Pharmacodynamics
c. Pharmacokinetics
d. Pharmacotherapeutics.
Answer: b. Pharmacodynamics
◉ Which statement best describes pharmacokinetics?
a. Adverse effects and toxic reactions to medications
b. Conversion of medication into its active chemical substance
c. What the body does to the drug after it is administered
d. Physiologic interaction between a drug and body cells.
Answer: c. What the body does to the drug after it is administered
◉ What is another term for biotransformation of a drug?
a. Metabolism
b. Absorption
c. Excretion
d. Dilution.
, Answer: a. Metabolism
◉ A drug given by which route is altered by the first-pass effect?
a. Oral
b. Sublingual
c. Intravenous (IV)
d. Subcutaneous.
Answer: a. Oral
◉ Which nursing action will increase the absorption of a medication
administered intramuscularly?
a. Massaging the site after injection.
b. Lowering the extremity below the level of the heart.
c. Applying ice packs to the injection site.
d. Administering the medication via the Z-track method..
Answer: a. Massaging the site after injection.
◉ When administering two medications that are highly protein
bound, the nurse understands to monitor the patient carefully for
which effect?
a. A short duration of medication action
b. Immediate improvement in the patient's condition
CARE PRACTICE LILLEY COMPLETE COURSE
REVIEW GUIDE
◉ The nurse plans care for a male patient who is 80 years of age.
The nursing diagnosis is nonadherence with the medication regimen
related to living alone, as evidenced by uncontrolled blood pressure.
What should the nurse do next?
a. Assess the impact of home self-management of medications.
b. Collaborate with the health care provider on a new medication
regimen.
c. Enlist the help of a home care nurse for pharmacotherapy.
d. Examine the results of nursing help with the medications..
Answer: c. Enlist the help of a home care nurse for pharmacotherapy.
◉ Which statement is an example of objective data? (Select all that
apply.)
a. The patient says that she has felt tired for almost a week.
b. The patient says that she feels like someone is touching her arm.
c. The patient has had a fever for 5 days.
d. The patient has clear urine.
e. The patient states that she has a headache..
,Answer: c. The patient has had a fever for 5 days.
d. The patient has clear urine.
◉ What should the nurse check when reviewing a prescription with
a patient? (Select all that apply.)
a. The patient's emergency contact
b. The patient's home address
c. The route of administration
d. The age of the patient
e. The signature of the prescriber.
Answer: c. The route of administration
e. The signature of the prescriber
◉ What information should the nurse chart when documenting
medication administration? (Select all that apply.)
a. The dosage of medication administered
b. The time of administration
c. Information about an "incident report" in the patient's chart
d. The patient's age
e. The route of administration.
Answer: a. The dosage of medication administered
b. The time of administration
,e. The route of administration
◉ What is the study of physiochemical properties of drugs and how
drugs influence the body called?
a. Pharmacology
b. Pharmacodynamics
c. Pharmacokinetics
d. Pharmacotherapeutics.
Answer: b. Pharmacodynamics
◉ Which statement best describes pharmacokinetics?
a. Adverse effects and toxic reactions to medications
b. Conversion of medication into its active chemical substance
c. What the body does to the drug after it is administered
d. Physiologic interaction between a drug and body cells.
Answer: c. What the body does to the drug after it is administered
◉ What is another term for biotransformation of a drug?
a. Metabolism
b. Absorption
c. Excretion
d. Dilution.
, Answer: a. Metabolism
◉ A drug given by which route is altered by the first-pass effect?
a. Oral
b. Sublingual
c. Intravenous (IV)
d. Subcutaneous.
Answer: a. Oral
◉ Which nursing action will increase the absorption of a medication
administered intramuscularly?
a. Massaging the site after injection.
b. Lowering the extremity below the level of the heart.
c. Applying ice packs to the injection site.
d. Administering the medication via the Z-track method..
Answer: a. Massaging the site after injection.
◉ When administering two medications that are highly protein
bound, the nurse understands to monitor the patient carefully for
which effect?
a. A short duration of medication action
b. Immediate improvement in the patient's condition
