PHARMACOLOGY TEST 1 QUESTIONS COMPLETE WITH 100% VERIFIED ANSWERS

PHARMACOLOGY TEST 1 QUESTIONS COMPLETE WITH 100% VERIFIED ANSWERS .The nurse recognizes that the administration of a drug influences cell physiology. What is the term for this concept? - ANSWERS-Pharmacodynamics .Which statement best indicates that the nurse understands the meaning of pharmacokinetics? - ANSWERS-It explains the distribution of drug between various body compartments .The nurse is administering an injection to a patient and wants the medication to take effect as quickly as possible. Which injection site will the nurse select? - ANSWERS-Deltoid .The pharmacist states that the patient's biotransformation of a drug was altered. The nurse interprets this to mean that - ANSWERS-Metabolism has affected the drug .The nurse realizes that a drug administered by which route will require the most immediate evaluation of therapeutic effect? - ANSWERS-IV .The nurse reads that the half life of the medication begin administered is 12 hours. What interpretation will guide the nurses care of this patient? - ANSWERS-This medication will be 50% eliminated in 12 hours, so the dosing will be spread apart .The nurse administers 650 mg of aspirin at 7 PM. The drug has a half-life of 3 hours. The nurse interprets this information to mean that 325 mg of the medication will have been eliminated from the patient's system by what time? - ANSWERS-10 pm .A nurse is administering two highly protein-bound drugs to the patient. Which is the safest course of action for the nurse to take? - ANSWERS-Assess the patient frequently for the risk of drug-drug interactions .A patient is complaining of pain rated "10" on a scale of 1 to 10. The nurse has several choices of pain medication to administer. Which order is the best for the nurse to administer at this time? - ANSWERS-Morphine sulfate 1mg IV .The nurse is administering medications to a patient with chronic renal failure. What is the nurse's priority action? - ANSWERS-Assess the patient for toxicity to the medications .The patient is scheduled to receive an enteric coated tablet immediately after a meal. The nurse will choose which food to include as part of the patients meal? - ANSWERS-Skim milk .The nurse has administered several oral medications to the patient. Which factors will influence the absorption of these medications?(Select all that apply.) - ANSWERS--Presence of food in the stomach -pH of the stomach -Form of drug preparation -pain .Which components of pharmacokinetics does the nurse need to understand before administering a drug? - ANSWERS--Patients with kidney disease may have fewer protein binding sites and are at risk for drug toxicity -when the drug metabolism rate is decreased, excess drug accumulation can occur, which can cause toxicity .the nurse will question the health care provider if a drug with a half life of more than 24 hours is ordered to be given more than how often - ANSWERS-once daily