Pharmacology Made Easy 5.0 Questions
and Answers | Latest Version | 2025/2026
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What should a nurse do first before administering a new medication to a patient?
✔✔Verify the patient's identity using two identifiers.
What is the primary function of antipyretic medications?
✔✔To reduce fever.
What is the main concern when a patient is prescribed multiple medications?
✔✔Increased risk of drug interactions.
What route of administration allows a drug to act the fastest?
✔✔Intravenous.
What is the expected action of an anticholinergic medication?
✔✔To block the parasympathetic nervous system.
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, What is the correct action if a nurse gives the wrong medication to a patient?
✔✔Report the error according to the facility's policy and monitor the patient.
Why is it important to complete the full course of antibiotics?
✔✔To fully eradicate the infection and prevent resistance.
What organ is most responsible for the excretion of drugs from the body?
✔✔The kidneys.
What is the purpose of an enteric-coated tablet?
✔✔To prevent the medication from dissolving in the stomach.
Why should a patient taking a corticosteroid avoid suddenly stopping the medication?
✔✔It can cause adrenal insufficiency.
What type of drug reaction occurs when the immune system reacts to a medication?
✔✔Allergic reaction.
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and Answers | Latest Version | 2025/2026
| Correct & Verified
What should a nurse do first before administering a new medication to a patient?
✔✔Verify the patient's identity using two identifiers.
What is the primary function of antipyretic medications?
✔✔To reduce fever.
What is the main concern when a patient is prescribed multiple medications?
✔✔Increased risk of drug interactions.
What route of administration allows a drug to act the fastest?
✔✔Intravenous.
What is the expected action of an anticholinergic medication?
✔✔To block the parasympathetic nervous system.
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, What is the correct action if a nurse gives the wrong medication to a patient?
✔✔Report the error according to the facility's policy and monitor the patient.
Why is it important to complete the full course of antibiotics?
✔✔To fully eradicate the infection and prevent resistance.
What organ is most responsible for the excretion of drugs from the body?
✔✔The kidneys.
What is the purpose of an enteric-coated tablet?
✔✔To prevent the medication from dissolving in the stomach.
Why should a patient taking a corticosteroid avoid suddenly stopping the medication?
✔✔It can cause adrenal insufficiency.
What type of drug reaction occurs when the immune system reacts to a medication?
✔✔Allergic reaction.
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