NRSG 201: LAB 5 (MEDICATION
ADMINISTERATION) EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS 2026 VERIFIED.
What is The Nurses Role is Safe Medication Administration? - ANS *prescribe (Nurse
Practitioner)
*transcribe (taking a doctor's order and putting it into the MAR)
*dispense (giving the medication to a pt to use outside the hospital setting)
*administer medications to patients
Nurses are to assess the client and have *knowledge of the medications* they are given such as:
the *effect of the medication; interactions; potential side effects; how the drug works; the
onset, peak, and half life of the drug*
what are the 4 aspects of pharmacokinetics? - ANS 1) absorption
2) distribution
3) metabolism
4) excretion
absorption - ANS passage of medication molecules into the *blood from the medication's site
of administration*
*What can increase/ decrease the action?* -route of administration, ability of the med. to
dissolve, blood flow to the site of the administration, lipid solubility of a medication
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, distribution - ANS after a medication is absorbed by the body, it is *distributed to tissues and
organs and to its specific site of action* (rate & extent of distribution depend on the physical
and chemical properties of the med).
*What can increase/ decrease the action?* - circulation, membrane perm., protein binding
(meds bound to albumin cannot exert pharmacological activity).
metabolism - ANS after a medication reaches its site of action, it *metabolizes into a less
active or inactive form that is more easily excreted*.
-*Biotransformation* occurs when enzymes *detoxify, degrade (break down), and remove the
biologically active chemicals*(through the liver).
Therapeutic effect - ANS *expected or predictable physiological response* that a medication
causes.
Side effects - ANS the *unintended, secondary effects* that a medication predictably* will
cause.
Toxic effects - ANS develop after *prolonged intake of medication accumulates* in the blood
because of *impaired metabolism or excretion*.
Idiosyncratic reactions - ANS occurs when a *pt overreacts or underreacts* to a medication
or has a reaction *different from the normal rxn*
Allergic reactions - ANS *unpredicted rxn to a medication*
Some pt become *immunologically sensitized to the initial dose of a medication*. After
*repeated administration of the medication, the pt develops an allergic response* to the
medication, its chemical preservatives, or a metabolite.
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ADMINISTERATION) EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS 2026 VERIFIED.
What is The Nurses Role is Safe Medication Administration? - ANS *prescribe (Nurse
Practitioner)
*transcribe (taking a doctor's order and putting it into the MAR)
*dispense (giving the medication to a pt to use outside the hospital setting)
*administer medications to patients
Nurses are to assess the client and have *knowledge of the medications* they are given such as:
the *effect of the medication; interactions; potential side effects; how the drug works; the
onset, peak, and half life of the drug*
what are the 4 aspects of pharmacokinetics? - ANS 1) absorption
2) distribution
3) metabolism
4) excretion
absorption - ANS passage of medication molecules into the *blood from the medication's site
of administration*
*What can increase/ decrease the action?* -route of administration, ability of the med. to
dissolve, blood flow to the site of the administration, lipid solubility of a medication
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, distribution - ANS after a medication is absorbed by the body, it is *distributed to tissues and
organs and to its specific site of action* (rate & extent of distribution depend on the physical
and chemical properties of the med).
*What can increase/ decrease the action?* - circulation, membrane perm., protein binding
(meds bound to albumin cannot exert pharmacological activity).
metabolism - ANS after a medication reaches its site of action, it *metabolizes into a less
active or inactive form that is more easily excreted*.
-*Biotransformation* occurs when enzymes *detoxify, degrade (break down), and remove the
biologically active chemicals*(through the liver).
Therapeutic effect - ANS *expected or predictable physiological response* that a medication
causes.
Side effects - ANS the *unintended, secondary effects* that a medication predictably* will
cause.
Toxic effects - ANS develop after *prolonged intake of medication accumulates* in the blood
because of *impaired metabolism or excretion*.
Idiosyncratic reactions - ANS occurs when a *pt overreacts or underreacts* to a medication
or has a reaction *different from the normal rxn*
Allergic reactions - ANS *unpredicted rxn to a medication*
Some pt become *immunologically sensitized to the initial dose of a medication*. After
*repeated administration of the medication, the pt develops an allergic response* to the
medication, its chemical preservatives, or a metabolite.
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