SECTION 04 PHARM EXAM QUESTIONS & ANSWERS 100%CORRECT/VERIFIED 2022/2023

Chapter 01: Drug Development and Ethical Considerations MULTIPLE CHOICE • Which law(s) govern all drug administration by nurses? • Drug Regulation and Reform Act • FDA Amendments Act • Nurse Practice Acts • The Controlled Substances ActANS: C Each states Nurse Practice Act identifies how nurses administer medications. The other acts govern how drugs are marketed and tested. DIF: COGNITIVE LEVEL: Understanding (Comprehension)TOP: NURSING PROCESS: N/A MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity: Pharmacological and Parenteral Therapies • The nurse administers a drug and miscalculates the dose by placing the decimal place onespace to the right, resulting in a 10-fold overdose and the death of the patient. What offense does this represent? • Malfeasance • Malpractice • Misfeasance • Nonfeas anceANS: C Misfeasance is negligence in giving either the wrong drug or the wrong dose, resulting in the death of the patient. DIF: COGNITIVE LEVEL: Understanding (Comprehension)TOP: NURSING PROCESS: N/A MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity: Pharmacological and Parenteral Therapies • The nurse is busy and neglects to give a drug to a patient resulting in the patient’s death.What offense does this represent? • Malfeasance • Malpractice • Misfeasance • Nonfeas anceANS: D Nonfeasance is omitting a drug dose, resulting in the patient’s death.DIF: COGNITIVE LEVEL: Understanding (Comprehension) TOP: NURSING PROCESS: N/A MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity: Pharmacological and Parenteral Therapies • A patient is taking methadone as part of a heroin withdrawal program. The nurse understands that, in this instance, methadone is classified as which drug schedule? • C-I • C-II • C-III • C -V AN S: B Methadone is a category II drug, with a high potential for drug abuse. DIF: COGNITIVE LEVEL: Understanding (Comprehension) TOP: NURSING PROCESS: N/A MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity: Pharmacological and Parenteral Therapies • The nurse is preparing to administer a combination drug containing acetaminophen and codeine. The nurse knows that this drug is classified as which drug schedule? • C-II • C-III • C-IV • C -V AN S: B Codeine is normally a category II drug, except when it is part of a combination product such as with acetaminophen, making it a category