PHARMACOLOGY FOR CANADIAN HEALTH
CARE PRACTICE LILLEY ESSENTIAL STUDY
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
◉ What federal law governs the collection, use, and disclosure of
personal information?
a. Personal Health Information Protection Act
b. Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act
c. Privacy and Confidentiality Act
d. Personal Health Information Access and Protection of Privacy Act.
Answer: b. Personal Information Protection and Electronic
Documents Act
◉ There are multiple factors that the nurse must be respectful of
and unrestricted by when providing care. Which factors must the
nurse consider? (Select all that apply.)
a. Age
b. Sexual orientation
c. Disability
d. Colour
e. Social status
f. Culture
,g. Politics.
Answer: a. Age
b. Sexual orientation
c. Disability
e. Social status
f. Culture
g. Politics
◉ A pharmaceutical company is voluntarily conducting a
postmarketing study to obtain further proof of the therapeutic
effects of a new drug. What phase of drug study is this considered to
be?
a. Phase III
b. Phase I
c. Phase II
d. Phase IV.
Answer: d. Phase IV
◉ The nurse is teaching a pregnant patient about the effects of
medication on fetal development. The nurse understands that the
greatest risk for medication effects on the developing fetus occurs
during which time period?
a. First trimester
,b. Third trimester
c. Birthing process
d. Second trimester.
Answer: a. First trimester
◉ Knowing that the albumin in neonates and infants has a lower
binding capacity for medications, the nurse anticipates the health
care provider to perform which action to minimize the risk of
toxicity?
a. Increase the amount of drug given
b. Decrease the amount of drug given
c. Shorten the time interval between doses
d. Administer the medication intravenously.
Answer: b. Decrease the amount of drug given
◉ The physiological changes that normally occur in older adult
patients have which implication for drug response?
a. Drug elimination is faster.
b. Drug half-life is lengthened.
c. Protein binding is more efficient.
d. Drug metabolism is quicker..
Answer: b. Drug half-life is lengthened.
, ◉ While the nurse is taking a health history for an older adult
patient with heart failure, the patient tells the nurse, "I have chronic
constipation." The nurse suspects this gastrointestinal condition is
caused by which class of drugs?
a. Anticoagulants
b. Calcium channel blockers
c. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
d. Potassium-sparing diuretics.
Answer: b. Calcium channel blockers
◉ A nurse working with older adult patients is concerned about the
number of medications prescribed for each patient. Which older
adult assessment should be of highest priority in relation to
polypharmacy?
a. Nonadherence to drug regimen
b. Drug interactions
c. Schedule of medications
d. Cost of medications.
Answer: b. Drug interactions
◉ A hospital nurse is assessing a newly admitted patient's culture
and ethnicity. Which of the following concepts is important for the
nurse to understand regarding drug therapy as it relates to an
individual's race?
CARE PRACTICE LILLEY ESSENTIAL STUDY
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
◉ What federal law governs the collection, use, and disclosure of
personal information?
a. Personal Health Information Protection Act
b. Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act
c. Privacy and Confidentiality Act
d. Personal Health Information Access and Protection of Privacy Act.
Answer: b. Personal Information Protection and Electronic
Documents Act
◉ There are multiple factors that the nurse must be respectful of
and unrestricted by when providing care. Which factors must the
nurse consider? (Select all that apply.)
a. Age
b. Sexual orientation
c. Disability
d. Colour
e. Social status
f. Culture
,g. Politics.
Answer: a. Age
b. Sexual orientation
c. Disability
e. Social status
f. Culture
g. Politics
◉ A pharmaceutical company is voluntarily conducting a
postmarketing study to obtain further proof of the therapeutic
effects of a new drug. What phase of drug study is this considered to
be?
a. Phase III
b. Phase I
c. Phase II
d. Phase IV.
Answer: d. Phase IV
◉ The nurse is teaching a pregnant patient about the effects of
medication on fetal development. The nurse understands that the
greatest risk for medication effects on the developing fetus occurs
during which time period?
a. First trimester
,b. Third trimester
c. Birthing process
d. Second trimester.
Answer: a. First trimester
◉ Knowing that the albumin in neonates and infants has a lower
binding capacity for medications, the nurse anticipates the health
care provider to perform which action to minimize the risk of
toxicity?
a. Increase the amount of drug given
b. Decrease the amount of drug given
c. Shorten the time interval between doses
d. Administer the medication intravenously.
Answer: b. Decrease the amount of drug given
◉ The physiological changes that normally occur in older adult
patients have which implication for drug response?
a. Drug elimination is faster.
b. Drug half-life is lengthened.
c. Protein binding is more efficient.
d. Drug metabolism is quicker..
Answer: b. Drug half-life is lengthened.
, ◉ While the nurse is taking a health history for an older adult
patient with heart failure, the patient tells the nurse, "I have chronic
constipation." The nurse suspects this gastrointestinal condition is
caused by which class of drugs?
a. Anticoagulants
b. Calcium channel blockers
c. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
d. Potassium-sparing diuretics.
Answer: b. Calcium channel blockers
◉ A nurse working with older adult patients is concerned about the
number of medications prescribed for each patient. Which older
adult assessment should be of highest priority in relation to
polypharmacy?
a. Nonadherence to drug regimen
b. Drug interactions
c. Schedule of medications
d. Cost of medications.
Answer: b. Drug interactions
◉ A hospital nurse is assessing a newly admitted patient's culture
and ethnicity. Which of the following concepts is important for the
nurse to understand regarding drug therapy as it relates to an
individual's race?
