Pharmacology Study Guide - Part 1
exam with complete solutions 2024/2025
A nurse has been assigned to care for a 52-year-old attorney who has
hypertension and peptic ulcer disease. Before administering his medications, the
nurse must complete an initial assessment. Core patient variables will be
obtained from which of the following? (Select all that apply.)
A) The patient's interview
B) The patient's medical history
C) The patient's medical record
D) The patient's physical examination
E) The patient's health insurer - ANSWER-A
B
C
D
A 68-year-old female patient who was diagnosed with hypertension 2 weeks ago
and was prescribed a new hypertension medication has returned to the clinic for
a follow-up visit. The nurse notes that the patient's blood pressure is unchanged
from her last clinic visit. When the patient was asked if she was taking the new
medication on a regular basis, she stated, "I thought that I was supposed to take
the new drug when I had a pounding headache or was in a stressful situation, not
, all the time." An appropriate nursing diagnosis for this patient would be which of
the following?
A) Knowledge, deficient due to the lack of understanding of treatment regimen
B) Coping, ineffective due to forgetfulness
C) Confusion, acute concerning drug administration
D) Anxiety due to diagnosis of hypertension - ANSWER-A
In order to promote therapeutic drug effects, the nurse should always encourage
patients to
A) take their medication with meals.
B) take their medication at the prescribed times.
C) increase medication dosages if necessary.
D) use alternative therapy to increase the effects of their medications. - ANSWER-
B
A patient is treated with an antibiotic for an infection in his leg. After 2 days of
taking the antibiotic, the patient calls the clinic and reports that he has a rash all
over his body. The nurse is aware that a rash can be an adverse effect of an
antibiotic and can be either a biologic, chemical, or physiologic action of the
drug, which is an example of
A) pharmacotherapeutics.
B) pharmacokinetics.
C) pharmacodynamics.
D) pharmacogenetics. - ANSWER-C
A nurse has been assigned the task of preparing educational materials for
patients with diabetes. The nurse has included the drug name, the reason the
drug was prescribed, the intended effect of the drug, along with important
adverse effects that should be reported to the nurse or the health care provider.
exam with complete solutions 2024/2025
A nurse has been assigned to care for a 52-year-old attorney who has
hypertension and peptic ulcer disease. Before administering his medications, the
nurse must complete an initial assessment. Core patient variables will be
obtained from which of the following? (Select all that apply.)
A) The patient's interview
B) The patient's medical history
C) The patient's medical record
D) The patient's physical examination
E) The patient's health insurer - ANSWER-A
B
C
D
A 68-year-old female patient who was diagnosed with hypertension 2 weeks ago
and was prescribed a new hypertension medication has returned to the clinic for
a follow-up visit. The nurse notes that the patient's blood pressure is unchanged
from her last clinic visit. When the patient was asked if she was taking the new
medication on a regular basis, she stated, "I thought that I was supposed to take
the new drug when I had a pounding headache or was in a stressful situation, not
, all the time." An appropriate nursing diagnosis for this patient would be which of
the following?
A) Knowledge, deficient due to the lack of understanding of treatment regimen
B) Coping, ineffective due to forgetfulness
C) Confusion, acute concerning drug administration
D) Anxiety due to diagnosis of hypertension - ANSWER-A
In order to promote therapeutic drug effects, the nurse should always encourage
patients to
A) take their medication with meals.
B) take their medication at the prescribed times.
C) increase medication dosages if necessary.
D) use alternative therapy to increase the effects of their medications. - ANSWER-
B
A patient is treated with an antibiotic for an infection in his leg. After 2 days of
taking the antibiotic, the patient calls the clinic and reports that he has a rash all
over his body. The nurse is aware that a rash can be an adverse effect of an
antibiotic and can be either a biologic, chemical, or physiologic action of the
drug, which is an example of
A) pharmacotherapeutics.
B) pharmacokinetics.
C) pharmacodynamics.
D) pharmacogenetics. - ANSWER-C
A nurse has been assigned the task of preparing educational materials for
patients with diabetes. The nurse has included the drug name, the reason the
drug was prescribed, the intended effect of the drug, along with important
adverse effects that should be reported to the nurse or the health care provider.
