Older Adults / Edition 2 TESTBANK_Kennedy-
Malone TestBank
Nurse practitioner prescriptive authority is regulated by
who? - ANSWER:The State Board of Nursing for Each
State
What is the benefits of having an APRN prescriber? -
ANSWER:APRN's care for patients more holistically and
include patients in making decisions regarding their care
What does clinical judgement in prescribing include? -
ANSWER:Factoring in the cost of the particular
What is included in the criteria for choosing and
effective drug for a disorder? - ANSWER:Consulting
nationally recognized guidelines for disease
management
NP's thrive under the new health-care reform because
of what? - ANSWER:NP's have the ability to control care
cost and improve patient outcome
,Nutritional intake and lab results reflect
hypoalbuminemia; why is this important for prescribers?
- ANSWER:The Distribution of drugs to target tissues
may be affected
Drugs that have an significant first-pass effect what? -
ANSWER:they are rapidly metabolized by the liver and
may have little if any desired action
The route of excretion of a volatile drug will likely be? -
ANSWER:Lungs
Medroxyprogesterone (Depo Provera) is prescribed IM
to create storage reservoir of the drug. What are
storage reserviors> - ANSWER:Increased the length of
time a drug is available and active
Why is Cephalexin given every 8 hours? What
knowledge of the drug does the NP know? -
ANSWER:Half Life
Azithromycin doing requires that the first day's doing be
twice those of the other four day; This is considered a
loading does. What is a loading dose? - ANSWER:Rapidly
actives drug levels in the therapeutic range
The point in time on the drug concentration curve that
indicates the first sign of a therapeutic effect is the: -
ANSWER:Onset of action
, Phenytoin required that a trough level be drawn. When
and why are peak and trough levels are done -
ANSWER:To determine if a d rug is in the therapeutic
range
Drugs that are receptor agonists may demonstrate what
property? - ANSWER:Concentrations will produce an
adverse effect
Factors that affect gastric drug absorption include -
ANSWER:Lipid solubility of the drug
Drugs that are receptors antagonists, such as beta-
blockers, may cause what? - ANSWER:An exaggerated
response if abrupt discontinues
Drug administration via IV:
1) need to be lipid soluble in order to absorb easily
2) Begin distribution in the body immediately
3) Are easily absorbed if they are nonionized
4) May use pinocytosis to be absorbed - ANSWER:Are
easily absorbed if they are nonionized
What is the combination effect when a medication is
added to a regimen for a synergistic effect? -
ANSWER:Greater than the sum of the effects of each
drug individually
Which of the following statements about bioavailability
is true?