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NSG 2271 Exam 1 (2025/2026) – 100+ Verified Questions & A+ Answers | Pharmacology, Medication Safety, Drug Metabolism, Pediatric & Geriatric Dosing

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This NSG 2271 Exam 1 document contains over 100 verified and correct questions and answers for the 2025/2026 academic year, graded A+. It focuses on foundational pharmacology concepts including pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, drug metabolism, half-life, agonists vs antagonists, and safe medication practices. Special attention is given to pediatric and geriatric dosing considerations, high-alert drugs, therapeutic index, polypharmacy, and nurse responsibilities in preventing adverse effects. Designed for BSN, ADN, RN-to-BSN, and NCLEX-prep students in pharmacology and clinical medication courses. Keywords: pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, drug metabolism, absorption, excretion, agonist, antagonist, half-life, therapeutic index, peak and trough, pediatric dosing, geriatric pharmacology, polypharmacy, adverse drug reactions, high-alert medications, 6 rights of medication, nursing responsibilities, medication safety, black box warning, BEERS criteria

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NSG 2271 Exam 1 2025/2026 Exam
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The concept of object relations is important in understanding how an abused child,

under certain circumstances, becomes the adult abuser. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔True


The theories of Harry Stack Sullivan focus on the importance of individual

relationships in personality development as opposed to instincts and drives. - 🧠

ANSWER ✔✔True


B. F. Skinner designed the developmental theory most often used in nursing. - 🧠

ANSWER ✔✔False


Providing family therapy is an appropriate role for a generalist psychiatric--mental

health nurse. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔False


Hildegard Peplau's model of anxiety is no longer useful in contemporary

psychiatric nursing practice. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔False

,A person's sense of his or her ability to deal effectively with the environment is

called______________________. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Self-efficacy


Carol Gilligan's model concludes that female development depends

on______________________________ and not separation as the primary goal of

human development. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Relationships


Family systems models are used to help nurses form____________________

relationships with clients and families dealing with health problems. - 🧠 ANSWER

✔✔Collaborative


Many group interventions, as well as milieu therapy, are based on

_______________________ theories. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Sociocultural


The______________ model is used extensively in psychiatric--mental health

nursing because it emphasizes the promotion of independence and self-care

activities. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Orem's


The biopsychosocial framework is an organizing framework for understanding the

interactive domains of an individual's mental health and matching interventions

with their needs. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔True


Neurobiologic theories serve as a basis for understanding and administering

medications. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔True

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,Knowledge of the social domain is important because psychiatric disorders are

caused by social factors. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔False. Psychiatric disorders are not

caused by social factors, but their manifestations and treatment can be significantly

affected by the society in which the patient lives.

Psychiatric nursing care is considered to be separate from medical nursing. - 🧠

ANSWER ✔✔False


Another name for collaboration in mental health care is the interdisciplinary

approach. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔True


Mental disorders are often manifested in ____________________ symptoms and

physical changes. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔psychological


The practice of psychiatric nursing is regulated by law but guided by

_________________________ of practice. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Scope and Standards


The nurse--client relationship is paramount in psychiatric nursing because the most

important tool of psychiatric nursing is the ___________________. - 🧠 ANSWER

✔✔Self




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, In clinical situations, there are often conflicts between two fundamental principles,

autonomy and _____________________________. - 🧠 ANSWER

✔✔Benefiencence


Because client records are now readily available and easily accessed, maintaining

_______________ is a challenge faced by psychiatric nurses. - 🧠 ANSWER

✔✔Patient Confidentiality


When a person with a mental illness shares the public's negative view of mental

illness, self-stigma occurs. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔True


Culture-bound syndromes meet the criteria for some of the DSM-5 disorders. - 🧠

ANSWER ✔✔False, There is little research on the syndromes, but ataque de

nervios and susto are well documents.

Epidemiology is important in understanding the distribution of mental illness and

determinants of health within a given population. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔True


The recovery process focuses on illness. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔False, the recovery

process focuses on improved health and wellness.

A mental disorder can disrupt mental health and result in one of the most common

causes of disability. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔False



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