NURS 615 PHARM EXAM 1 MARYVILLE TESTED
QUESTIONS 2025/2026 STUDY GUIDE WITH
VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
SOLUTIONS FOR GUARANTEED PASS
◍ WHO 6-Step Model of Rational Prescribing. Answer: 1. Define
patient's problem (diagnose)
2. Specify the therapeutic objective (goal)
3. Choose treatment
4. Start treatment
5. Educate the patient
6. Monitor the effectiveness
◍ Criteria for choosing an effective drug
"I Can PresCribe A Drug" Mnemonic. Answer: I=indication
C=contraindication
P=precautions
C=cost/compliance
E=efficacy
A=adverse effects
,D=dose/duration/direction
◍ Role of FDA. Answer: Ensures the safety, efficacy, and security of
human and veterinary drugs, biological products, and medical devices.
As well as food, cosmetics, and products that emit radiation.
◍ What is the role of the FDA in regard to supplements and vitamins?.
Answer: Does NOT protect or ensure the safety of supplements and
vitamins. They have certain rules, but they aren't as stringent like they
are for drugs.
◍ What can St. John's wort interact with?. Answer: SSRI, CNS drugs,
MAOI, SSNRI, steroids, caffeine, and anticoagulants.
◍ Off-label prescribing. Answer: medication is being used in a manner
not specified in the FDAs approved packaging label/insert.
*different route, dose, or indication
◍ Pharmacotherapeutics. Answer: study of therapeutic uses and effects
of drugs. Beneficial and adverse drug reactions.
◍ Pharmacodynamics. Answer: what the drug does to the body
, ◍ Agonist. Answer: binds to a receptor & produces a
response/stimulates (full activation)
◍ Antagonist. Answer: Binds & blocks activity (no activation)
◍ Can a drug be an agonist and antagonist?. Answer: Yes. In this case,
they do both actions to have less activation, versus full or no activation.
◍ Pharmacokinetics. Answer: what the body does to the drug (ADME)
◍ What is ADME in pharmacokinetics?. Answer: absorption,
distribution, metabolism, excretion
◍ Absorption. Answer: first step, occurs after medication administration
◍ What does absorption depend on?. Answer: routes of administration,
pH and membrane penetration
◍ What percentage of rectal drugs go through first-pass metabolism?.
Answer: 50%
◍ Membrane penetration involves what?. Answer: lipid solubility and
ionization
QUESTIONS 2025/2026 STUDY GUIDE WITH
VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
SOLUTIONS FOR GUARANTEED PASS
◍ WHO 6-Step Model of Rational Prescribing. Answer: 1. Define
patient's problem (diagnose)
2. Specify the therapeutic objective (goal)
3. Choose treatment
4. Start treatment
5. Educate the patient
6. Monitor the effectiveness
◍ Criteria for choosing an effective drug
"I Can PresCribe A Drug" Mnemonic. Answer: I=indication
C=contraindication
P=precautions
C=cost/compliance
E=efficacy
A=adverse effects
,D=dose/duration/direction
◍ Role of FDA. Answer: Ensures the safety, efficacy, and security of
human and veterinary drugs, biological products, and medical devices.
As well as food, cosmetics, and products that emit radiation.
◍ What is the role of the FDA in regard to supplements and vitamins?.
Answer: Does NOT protect or ensure the safety of supplements and
vitamins. They have certain rules, but they aren't as stringent like they
are for drugs.
◍ What can St. John's wort interact with?. Answer: SSRI, CNS drugs,
MAOI, SSNRI, steroids, caffeine, and anticoagulants.
◍ Off-label prescribing. Answer: medication is being used in a manner
not specified in the FDAs approved packaging label/insert.
*different route, dose, or indication
◍ Pharmacotherapeutics. Answer: study of therapeutic uses and effects
of drugs. Beneficial and adverse drug reactions.
◍ Pharmacodynamics. Answer: what the drug does to the body
, ◍ Agonist. Answer: binds to a receptor & produces a
response/stimulates (full activation)
◍ Antagonist. Answer: Binds & blocks activity (no activation)
◍ Can a drug be an agonist and antagonist?. Answer: Yes. In this case,
they do both actions to have less activation, versus full or no activation.
◍ Pharmacokinetics. Answer: what the body does to the drug (ADME)
◍ What is ADME in pharmacokinetics?. Answer: absorption,
distribution, metabolism, excretion
◍ Absorption. Answer: first step, occurs after medication administration
◍ What does absorption depend on?. Answer: routes of administration,
pH and membrane penetration
◍ What percentage of rectal drugs go through first-pass metabolism?.
Answer: 50%
◍ Membrane penetration involves what?. Answer: lipid solubility and
ionization
