MN553 Unit 1 Quiz Exam
Questions and Answers
Nurse practitioner prescriptive authority is regulated by - -The state board of
nursing for each state
- The benefits to having an APRN prescriber include - -Nurses care for the
patient from a holistic approach and include the patient in decision making
regarding their care
- Clinical judgement in prescribing includes - -Factoring in the cost to the
patient of the medication prescribed
- Criteria for choosing an effective drug for a disorder include - -Consulting
nationally recognized guidelines for disease management
- NP practice may thrive under health-care reform because of - -The
demonstrated ability of nurse practitioners to control costs and improve
patient outcomes
- A patient's nutritional intake and laboratory results reflect
hypoalbuminemia . This is critical to prescribing because - -Distribution of
drugs to target tissue may be affected
- Drugs that have a significant first pass effect - -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 the - -Lungs
- Medroxyprogesterone (Depo Provera) is prescribed intramuscularly (IM) to
create a storage reservoir of the drug. Storage reservoirs - -Increase the
length of time the drug is available and active
- The NP chooses to give cephalexin every 8 hours based on knowledge of
the drug's - -Biological half life
- Azythromyacin dosing requires that the first day's dosage be twice those of
the other 4 days of the prescription. This is considered a loading dose: A
loading dose: - -Rapidly achieves drug levels in the therapeutic range
-
Questions and Answers
Nurse practitioner prescriptive authority is regulated by - -The state board of
nursing for each state
- The benefits to having an APRN prescriber include - -Nurses care for the
patient from a holistic approach and include the patient in decision making
regarding their care
- Clinical judgement in prescribing includes - -Factoring in the cost to the
patient of the medication prescribed
- Criteria for choosing an effective drug for a disorder include - -Consulting
nationally recognized guidelines for disease management
- NP practice may thrive under health-care reform because of - -The
demonstrated ability of nurse practitioners to control costs and improve
patient outcomes
- A patient's nutritional intake and laboratory results reflect
hypoalbuminemia . This is critical to prescribing because - -Distribution of
drugs to target tissue may be affected
- Drugs that have a significant first pass effect - -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 the - -Lungs
- Medroxyprogesterone (Depo Provera) is prescribed intramuscularly (IM) to
create a storage reservoir of the drug. Storage reservoirs - -Increase the
length of time the drug is available and active
- The NP chooses to give cephalexin every 8 hours based on knowledge of
the drug's - -Biological half life
- Azythromyacin dosing requires that the first day's dosage be twice those of
the other 4 days of the prescription. This is considered a loading dose: A
loading dose: - -Rapidly achieves drug levels in the therapeutic range
-
