Chap 1: Principles of Pharmacotherapy
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Illustrations Given
1. The nurses plan to teach a safety class to parents of toddlers about
household exposure to medication. What will the best plan of the nurse
include? (Select all that apply) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a. Keep all medications
locked up and stored out of reach of the toddler
b. Call the poison control center for guidance with any medication ingested
2. A nurse is planning to administer an intramuscular injection to a 3-
month-old infant. Which of the following sites should the nurse choose for
the injection? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a. Vastus lateralis
3. A prototype drug is a single drug in a class and can be compared with all
other medications in the class. The benefit of studying the prototype drug is
that the nurse would be able to predict characteristics of other drugs in the
same class, including (Select all that apply) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a. Their
therapeutic indication
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,b. Their adverse effects
c. Their actions
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4. The nurse assesses the patient with diabetes mellitus prior to
administering medications. Which questions are important to ask the
patient? (Select all that apply) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a. "Are you taking any
herbal or over the counter medication"
b. "Are you allergic to any medication?"
c. "what other medications are you currently taking?"
d. "will you please tell me about the kind of diet you follow"
5. The nursing instructor teaches the student nurses about how medication
errors can occur. What information will the nursing instructor include in the
presentation? (Select all that apply) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a. The nurse
miscalculates the medication dose
b. The nurse misinterprets a physician's order
c. The nurse administers the incorrect drug
d. The nurse does not check the patient's identification band
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, 6. A health care professional is speaking to a patient who is taking
carbamazepine and who reports drinking grapefruit juice. The health care
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professional explains the grapefruit juice inhibits an enzyme in the liver that
is used to metabolize certain drugs such as carbamazepine. The health
care professional should recognize the patient's risk for which of the
following? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a. Drug toxicity
7. Which of the following are good patient identifiers for medication
administration in an adult patient who can verbally communicate and is
neurologically intact? (moderate, comprehension) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a.
Patients name and date of birth
8. Which organ is most responsible for the first pass effect? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔liver
9. A nurse is preparing to administer medication to a 4-month-old infant.
Which of the following pharmacokinetics principles should the nurse
consider when administrating medication to his client? (Select all that
apply) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a. Infants have immature liver function
b. Infants have an increased ability to absorb topical medications
c. Infants blood- brain barrier is poorly developed
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2025/2026 Exam All Answers and
1
Illustrations Given
1. The nurses plan to teach a safety class to parents of toddlers about
household exposure to medication. What will the best plan of the nurse
include? (Select all that apply) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a. Keep all medications
locked up and stored out of reach of the toddler
b. Call the poison control center for guidance with any medication ingested
2. A nurse is planning to administer an intramuscular injection to a 3-
month-old infant. Which of the following sites should the nurse choose for
the injection? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a. Vastus lateralis
3. A prototype drug is a single drug in a class and can be compared with all
other medications in the class. The benefit of studying the prototype drug is
that the nurse would be able to predict characteristics of other drugs in the
same class, including (Select all that apply) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a. Their
therapeutic indication
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,b. Their adverse effects
c. Their actions
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4. The nurse assesses the patient with diabetes mellitus prior to
administering medications. Which questions are important to ask the
patient? (Select all that apply) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a. "Are you taking any
herbal or over the counter medication"
b. "Are you allergic to any medication?"
c. "what other medications are you currently taking?"
d. "will you please tell me about the kind of diet you follow"
5. The nursing instructor teaches the student nurses about how medication
errors can occur. What information will the nursing instructor include in the
presentation? (Select all that apply) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a. The nurse
miscalculates the medication dose
b. The nurse misinterprets a physician's order
c. The nurse administers the incorrect drug
d. The nurse does not check the patient's identification band
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, 6. A health care professional is speaking to a patient who is taking
carbamazepine and who reports drinking grapefruit juice. The health care
3
professional explains the grapefruit juice inhibits an enzyme in the liver that
is used to metabolize certain drugs such as carbamazepine. The health
care professional should recognize the patient's risk for which of the
following? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a. Drug toxicity
7. Which of the following are good patient identifiers for medication
administration in an adult patient who can verbally communicate and is
neurologically intact? (moderate, comprehension) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a.
Patients name and date of birth
8. Which organ is most responsible for the first pass effect? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔liver
9. A nurse is preparing to administer medication to a 4-month-old infant.
Which of the following pharmacokinetics principles should the nurse
consider when administrating medication to his client? (Select all that
apply) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a. Infants have immature liver function
b. Infants have an increased ability to absorb topical medications
c. Infants blood- brain barrier is poorly developed
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