Lilley's Pharmacology Study Guide
(Chapters 1-7, 10-11, 17)
Which phase of the nursing process requires the nurse to establish a comprehensive baseline
of data concerning ap articular patient?
A. Assessment
B. Planning
C. Implementation
D. Evaluation - ANSA. Assessment
The nurse monitors the fulfillment of goals, and may revise them, during which phase of the
nursing process?
A. Assessment
B. Planning
C. Implementation
D. Evaluation - ANSD. Evaluation
The nurse prepares and administers prescribed medications during which phase of the nursing
process?
A. Assessment
B. Planning
C. Implementation
D. Evaluation - ANSC. Implementation
When developing a plan of care, which nursing action ensures the goal statement is
patient-centered?
A. Considering family input
B. Involving the patient
C. Developing the goal first, and then sharing it with the patient
D. Including the physician - ANSB. Involving the patient
The nurse includes which information as part of a complete medication profile? (Select all that
apply.)
A. Use of "street" drugs
B. Current laboratory work
C. History of surgeries
,D. Use of alcohol
E. Use of herbal products
F. Family history - ANSA. Use of "street" drugs
D. Use of alcohol
E. Use of herbal products
During which phase of the nursing process does the nurse prioritize the nursing diagnoses?
A. Assessment
B. Planning
C. Implementation
D. Evaluation - ANSB. Planning
The nurse is preparing to adminsiter morning doses of medications to a patient and has just
checked the patient's name on the identification band. The patient has stated his name. Which
is the nurse's next appropriate action?
A. Administer the medications
B. Ask the patient's wife to verity the patient's identify
C. Ask the patient to verity his date of birth
D. Check the chart fo the patient's date of birth - ANSC. Ask the patient to verity his date of birth
When considering the various routes of drug elimination, the nurse is aware that elimination
occurs mainly by which routes?
A. Renal tubules and skin
B. Skin and lungs
C. Bowel and renal tubules
D. Lungs and gastrointestinal tract - ANSC. Bowel and renal tubules
The nurse is aware that excessive drug dosage, impaired metabolism, or inadequate excretion
may result in which drug effect?
A. Tolerance
B. Cumulative effect
C. Incompatibility
D. Antagonistic effect - ANSB. Cumulative effect
Drug half-life is defined as the amount of time required for 50% of a drug to:
A. be absorbed by the body
B. reach a therapeutic level
C. exert a response
D. be removed by the body - ANSD. be removed by the body
, The nurse recognizes that drugs given by which route will be altered by the first-pass effect?
(Select all that apply.)
A. Oral
B. Sublingual
C. Subcutaneous
D. Intravenous
E. Rectal - ANSA. Oral
E. Rectal
If a drug binds with an enzyme and thereby prevents the enzyme from binding to its normal
target cell, it will produce which effect?
A. Receptor interaction
B. Enzyme affinity
C. Enzyme interaction
D. Nonspecific interaction - ANSC. Enzyme interaction
The nurse is revieweing a list of a patient's medications, and notes that one of the drugs is
known to have a low therapeutic index. Which statement accurately explains this concept?
A. the difference between a therapeutic dose and toxic dose is large
B. The difference between a therapeutic dose and toxic dose is small
C. The dose needed to reach a therapeutic level is small
D. The drug has only a slight chance of being effective - ANSB. The difference between a
therapeutic dose and toxic dose is small
The nurse prepares to obtain a patient's blood sample from a central line for a drug level that is
to drawn JUST BEFORE THAT MEDICATION'S NEXT DOSE. What is the timing of this blood
draw known as?
A. Half-life
B. Therapeutic level
C. Peak level
D. Trough level - ANSD. Trough level
(Lowest level)
What is Pharmaceutics? - ANSThe science of preparing and dispensing drugs, including
dosage form design.
(Chapters 1-7, 10-11, 17)
Which phase of the nursing process requires the nurse to establish a comprehensive baseline
of data concerning ap articular patient?
A. Assessment
B. Planning
C. Implementation
D. Evaluation - ANSA. Assessment
The nurse monitors the fulfillment of goals, and may revise them, during which phase of the
nursing process?
A. Assessment
B. Planning
C. Implementation
D. Evaluation - ANSD. Evaluation
The nurse prepares and administers prescribed medications during which phase of the nursing
process?
A. Assessment
B. Planning
C. Implementation
D. Evaluation - ANSC. Implementation
When developing a plan of care, which nursing action ensures the goal statement is
patient-centered?
A. Considering family input
B. Involving the patient
C. Developing the goal first, and then sharing it with the patient
D. Including the physician - ANSB. Involving the patient
The nurse includes which information as part of a complete medication profile? (Select all that
apply.)
A. Use of "street" drugs
B. Current laboratory work
C. History of surgeries
,D. Use of alcohol
E. Use of herbal products
F. Family history - ANSA. Use of "street" drugs
D. Use of alcohol
E. Use of herbal products
During which phase of the nursing process does the nurse prioritize the nursing diagnoses?
A. Assessment
B. Planning
C. Implementation
D. Evaluation - ANSB. Planning
The nurse is preparing to adminsiter morning doses of medications to a patient and has just
checked the patient's name on the identification band. The patient has stated his name. Which
is the nurse's next appropriate action?
A. Administer the medications
B. Ask the patient's wife to verity the patient's identify
C. Ask the patient to verity his date of birth
D. Check the chart fo the patient's date of birth - ANSC. Ask the patient to verity his date of birth
When considering the various routes of drug elimination, the nurse is aware that elimination
occurs mainly by which routes?
A. Renal tubules and skin
B. Skin and lungs
C. Bowel and renal tubules
D. Lungs and gastrointestinal tract - ANSC. Bowel and renal tubules
The nurse is aware that excessive drug dosage, impaired metabolism, or inadequate excretion
may result in which drug effect?
A. Tolerance
B. Cumulative effect
C. Incompatibility
D. Antagonistic effect - ANSB. Cumulative effect
Drug half-life is defined as the amount of time required for 50% of a drug to:
A. be absorbed by the body
B. reach a therapeutic level
C. exert a response
D. be removed by the body - ANSD. be removed by the body
, The nurse recognizes that drugs given by which route will be altered by the first-pass effect?
(Select all that apply.)
A. Oral
B. Sublingual
C. Subcutaneous
D. Intravenous
E. Rectal - ANSA. Oral
E. Rectal
If a drug binds with an enzyme and thereby prevents the enzyme from binding to its normal
target cell, it will produce which effect?
A. Receptor interaction
B. Enzyme affinity
C. Enzyme interaction
D. Nonspecific interaction - ANSC. Enzyme interaction
The nurse is revieweing a list of a patient's medications, and notes that one of the drugs is
known to have a low therapeutic index. Which statement accurately explains this concept?
A. the difference between a therapeutic dose and toxic dose is large
B. The difference between a therapeutic dose and toxic dose is small
C. The dose needed to reach a therapeutic level is small
D. The drug has only a slight chance of being effective - ANSB. The difference between a
therapeutic dose and toxic dose is small
The nurse prepares to obtain a patient's blood sample from a central line for a drug level that is
to drawn JUST BEFORE THAT MEDICATION'S NEXT DOSE. What is the timing of this blood
draw known as?
A. Half-life
B. Therapeutic level
C. Peak level
D. Trough level - ANSD. Trough level
(Lowest level)
What is Pharmaceutics? - ANSThe science of preparing and dispensing drugs, including
dosage form design.
