NR 508 Week 1 Questions and Answers Correctly
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7. When the costs of a specific treatment or intervention are calculated and then compared with the dollar
value of the benefit received it is referred to as:
1. Cost-minimization analysis
2. Cost-of-illness analysis
3. Cost-effectiveness analysis
4. Cost-benefit analysis - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -4. Cost-benefit analysis
A 24-year-old male received multiple fractures in a motor vehicle accident that required significant
amounts of opioid medication to treat his pain. He is at risk for a _____ adverse drug reaction when he no
longer requires the opioids.
1. Rapid
2. First-dose
3. Late
4. Delayed - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -3. Late
A client asks the NP about the differences in drug effects between men and women. What is known about
the differences between the pharmacokinetics of men and women?
1. Body temperature varies between men and women.
2. Muscle mass is greater in women.
,3. Percentage of fat differs between genders.
4. Proven subjective factors exist between the genders. - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -3. Percentage of fat
differs between genders.
A comprehensive assessment of a patient should be holistic when trying to determine competence in drug
administration. Which of the following factors would the NP omit from this type of assessment?
1. Financial status
2. Mobility
3. Social support
4. Sexual practices - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -4. Sexual practices
A laboratory result indicates that the peak level for a drug is above the minimum toxic concentration. This
means that the:
1. Concentration will produce therapeutic effects
2. Concentration will produce an adverse response
3. Time between doses must be shortened
4. Duration of action of the drug is too long - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -2. Concentration will produce
an adverse response
,A low-carbohydrate, high-protein diet may:
1. Increase drug-metabolizing enzymes
2. Decrease drug absorption from the GI tract
3. Alter drug binding to plasma proteins
4. Enhance drug elimination - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -1. Increase drug-metabolizing enzymes
A patient may develop neutropenia from using topical Silvadene for burns. Neutropenia is a(n):
1. Cytotoxic hypersensitivity reaction
2. Immune complex hypersensitivity
3. Immediate hypersensitivity reaction
4. Delayed hypersensitivity reaction - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -1.Cytotoxic hypersensitivity reaction
A patient with a new onset of systolic ejection murmur should be assessed for which nutritional
deficiency?
1. Vitamin B12
2. Vitamin C
3. Folate
4. Niacine - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -3. Folate
A patient's nutritional intake and laboratory results reflect hypoalbuminemia. This is critical to
prescribing because:
1. Distribution of the drugs to the target tissue may be affected
, 2. The solubility of the drug will not match the site of absorption
3. There will be less free drug available to generate an effect.
4. Drugs bound to albumin are readily excreted by the kidneys - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -1.
Distribution of drugs to target tissue may be affected.
A prescription needs to be written for:
1. Legend drugs
2. Most controlled drugs
3. Medical devices
4. All of the above - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -4. All of the above
According to the 2003-2006 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey study of dietary intake,
the group at highest risk for inadequate calcium intake was:
1. The elderly (over age 60 years)
2. Teenage females
3. Teenage males
4. Preschoolers - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -2. Teenage females
According to the National Standards of Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services, an interpreter
for health care:
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7. When the costs of a specific treatment or intervention are calculated and then compared with the dollar
value of the benefit received it is referred to as:
1. Cost-minimization analysis
2. Cost-of-illness analysis
3. Cost-effectiveness analysis
4. Cost-benefit analysis - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -4. Cost-benefit analysis
A 24-year-old male received multiple fractures in a motor vehicle accident that required significant
amounts of opioid medication to treat his pain. He is at risk for a _____ adverse drug reaction when he no
longer requires the opioids.
1. Rapid
2. First-dose
3. Late
4. Delayed - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -3. Late
A client asks the NP about the differences in drug effects between men and women. What is known about
the differences between the pharmacokinetics of men and women?
1. Body temperature varies between men and women.
2. Muscle mass is greater in women.
,3. Percentage of fat differs between genders.
4. Proven subjective factors exist between the genders. - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -3. Percentage of fat
differs between genders.
A comprehensive assessment of a patient should be holistic when trying to determine competence in drug
administration. Which of the following factors would the NP omit from this type of assessment?
1. Financial status
2. Mobility
3. Social support
4. Sexual practices - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -4. Sexual practices
A laboratory result indicates that the peak level for a drug is above the minimum toxic concentration. This
means that the:
1. Concentration will produce therapeutic effects
2. Concentration will produce an adverse response
3. Time between doses must be shortened
4. Duration of action of the drug is too long - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -2. Concentration will produce
an adverse response
,A low-carbohydrate, high-protein diet may:
1. Increase drug-metabolizing enzymes
2. Decrease drug absorption from the GI tract
3. Alter drug binding to plasma proteins
4. Enhance drug elimination - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -1. Increase drug-metabolizing enzymes
A patient may develop neutropenia from using topical Silvadene for burns. Neutropenia is a(n):
1. Cytotoxic hypersensitivity reaction
2. Immune complex hypersensitivity
3. Immediate hypersensitivity reaction
4. Delayed hypersensitivity reaction - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -1.Cytotoxic hypersensitivity reaction
A patient with a new onset of systolic ejection murmur should be assessed for which nutritional
deficiency?
1. Vitamin B12
2. Vitamin C
3. Folate
4. Niacine - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -3. Folate
A patient's nutritional intake and laboratory results reflect hypoalbuminemia. This is critical to
prescribing because:
1. Distribution of the drugs to the target tissue may be affected
, 2. The solubility of the drug will not match the site of absorption
3. There will be less free drug available to generate an effect.
4. Drugs bound to albumin are readily excreted by the kidneys - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -1.
Distribution of drugs to target tissue may be affected.
A prescription needs to be written for:
1. Legend drugs
2. Most controlled drugs
3. Medical devices
4. All of the above - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -4. All of the above
According to the 2003-2006 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey study of dietary intake,
the group at highest risk for inadequate calcium intake was:
1. The elderly (over age 60 years)
2. Teenage females
3. Teenage males
4. Preschoolers - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -2. Teenage females
According to the National Standards of Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services, an interpreter
for health care:
