Advanced Pharmacology Exam 1 140+ (Latest Edition) 100% Verified Q&A + Answer Key Solutions

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,Question 1
Once you graduate from an NP program, in order to prescribe you'll need:
Correct Answer
-Advanced nurse prescriber license
-DEA #

Question 2
What is the purpose of a DEA #?
Correct Answer
Needed to prescribed scheduled drugs

Question 3
Rules for prescribing Schedule II drugs:
Correct Answer
-Written script needed
-1 month supply only
-No refills

Question 4
What is the PDMP?
Correct Answer
Prescription Drug Monitoring Program

Used to effectively track patient's controlled substance uses across different health facilities (in the same state)

Question 5
What are clinical practice guidelines?
Correct Answer
Recommendations that are intended to optimize patient care that are informed by a systematic review of the
evidence and an assessment of the benefits/harms of alternative care practices

Ex: sepsis, CAP

Question 6
Common causes of medication errors:
Correct Answer
-Illegible writing
-Drug names that sound alike
-Medications that look alike
-Administering a drug with the wrong route




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,Question 7
What is pharmacokinetics? What are its 4 categories?
Correct Answer
What the body does to the drug

1. Absorption
2. Metabolism
3. Distribution
4. Excretion

Question 8
Quickest route of absorption? Slowest?
Correct Answer
IV = quickest
IM = slowest

Question 9
What is the most common way drugs pass through cell membranes?
Correct Answer
Passive diffusion

Question 10
What characteristics of a drug allow it to pass most quickly through cell membranes (usually through passive
diffusion)?
Correct Answer
Small, uncharged (unionized), lipid soluble--pass through membrane without any energy

Question 11
What does it mean when a drug is ionized?
Correct Answer
It means that the drug is stuck in the compartment it was ionized in and has to be moved to the next compartment
(cannot be absorbed into the bloodstream)

Question 12
Where do weak acids absorb?
Correct Answer
Stomach




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, Question 13
Where do weak bases absorb?
Correct Answer
Small intestine

Question 14
pH of stomach:
Correct Answer
2-4


Question 15
pH of small intestine:
Correct Answer
6-7

Question 16
pH of large intestine:
Correct Answer
6-7

Question 17
pH of bloodstream:
Correct Answer
7.35-7.45

Question 18
pH of bladder:
Correct Answer
5-8


Question 19
pH of breastmilk:
Correct Answer
7.1

Question 20
Where will a drug absorb if it is a weak base that ionizes at a pH of 4 and lower?
Correct Answer
In the small intestine (since the stomach has a pH of 2-4, so the drug will become ionized and move to the small
intestine where it will be able to absorb into the bloodstream)

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