pharmacotherapeutics for advanced practice nurse prescribers 5th edition woo robinson

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Chapter




1. The Role of the Nurse Practitioner
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s2 Multiple Choice s2




Identify the choice that best completes the statement orqanswers theqquestion.
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s2 1. Nurse practitioner prescriptive authority is regulated by:
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1. The National Council of State Boards of Nursing
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2. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
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3. The State Board of Nursing for each state
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4. The State Board of Pharmacy
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2. The benefits to the patient of having an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN)
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prescriber include:
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1. Nurses know more about Pharmacology than other prescribers because they take
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it both in their basic nursing program and in their APRN program.
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2. Nurses care for the patient from a holistic approach and include the patient in
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decision makingqregarding their care.
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3. APRNs are less likely to prescribe narcotics and other controlled substances.
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4. APRNs are able to prescribe independently in all states, whereas a
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physician’s assistant needs to haveqa physician supervising their practice.
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s2 3. Clinical judgment in prescribing includes:
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1. Factoring in the cost to the patient of the medication prescribed
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2. Always prescribing the newest medication available for the disease process
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3. Handing out drug samples to poor patients
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4. Prescribing all generic medications to cut costs
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s2 4. Criteria for choosing an effective drug for a disorder include:
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1. Asking the patient what drugqthey thinkqwould work best forqthem
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2. Consulting nationally recognized guidelines for disease management
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3. Prescribing medications that are available as samples before writing a prescription
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4. Following U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration guidelines for prescribing
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s2 5. Nurse practitioner practice may thrive under health-care reform because of:
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1. The demonstrated ability of nurse practitioners to control costs and
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improveqpatient outcomes
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2. The fact that nurse practitioners will be able to practice independently
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3. The fact that nurse practitioners will have full reimbursement under
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health- care reform
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4. The ability to shift accountability for Medicaid to the state level
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Chapter 1. The Role of the Nurse Practitioner
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Answer Section
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MULTIPLE CHOICE s2




1. s2 ANS: 3 PTS: 1
2. s2 ANS: 2 PTS: 1
3. s2 ANS: 1 PTS: 1
4. s2 ANS: 2 PTS: 1
5. s2 ANS: 1 PTS: 1

Chapter 2. Review of Basic Principles of Pharmacology Mul
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s2 tiple Choice
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Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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1. A patient’s nutritional intake and laboratory results reflect hypoalbuminemia. This is critical
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to prescribing because:
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1. Distribution of drugs to target tissue may be affected. s2 s2 s2 s2 s2 s2 s2 s2


2. The solubility of the drug will not match the site of absorption.
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3. There will be less free drug available to generate an effect.
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4. Drugs bound to albumin are readily excreted by the kidneys. s2 s2 s2 s2 s2 s2 s2 s2 s2




s2 2. Drugs that have a significant first-pass effect:
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1. Must beqgiven by the enteral (oral) route only s2 s2 s2 s2 s2 s2 s2


2. Bypass the hepatic circulation s2 s2 s2


3. Are rapidly metabolized by the liver and may have little if any desired action
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4. Are converted by the liver to more active and fat-solubleqforms
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s2 3. The route of excretion of a volatile drug will likely be the:
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1. Kidneys
2. Lungs
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4. Skin

4. Medroxyprogesterone (Depo Provera) is prescribed intramuscularly (IM) to create a
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storage reservoir of the drug. Storage reservoirs:
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1. Assure that the drug will reach its intended target tissue s2 s2 s2 s2 s2 s2 s2 s2 s2


2. Are the reason for giving loadingqdoses s2 s2 s2 s2 s2


3. Increase the length of time a drugqis available and active s2 s2 s2 s2 s2 s2 s2 s2 s2


4. Are most common in collagen tissues s2 s2 s2 s2 s2




s2 5. The NP chooses to give cephalexin every 8 hours based on knowledge of the drug’s:
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1. Propensity to go to the target receptor s2 s2 s2 s2 s2 s2


2. Biological half-life s2


3. Pharmacodynamics
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