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1. Which name(s) of a drug should Answer: B
the nurse use when teaching a Rationale: Drug prescriptions may be filled with a
patient with a new prescription? trade-name drug or a generic equivalent. If the nurse
A. Trade teaches only one name, it may lead to confusion for the
B. Generic and trade patient when he or she receives a drug with a different
C. Generic and chemical name.
D. Official
2. Which source of information is Answer: D
best for the nurse to obtain drug Rationale: All can be sources of drug information,
information? but keeping information current is extremely impor-
A. Physicians' Desk Reference tant. Reliable electronic databases can provide the most
(PDR) up-to-date information to health care providers, unlike
B. Nursing journals printed resources that are published only periodically.
C. United States Pharmacopeia
(USP) and National
Formulary (NF)
D. Electronic databases
3. Which entity is responsible for Answer: C
monitoring drug safety in the Rationale: The FDA is responsible for overseeing drug and
United States? cosmetic manufacture and promotion to determine their
A. Drug Enforcement Agency safety before allowing them to be released to the public.
(DEA)
B. Department of Justice (DOJ)
C. U.S. Food and Drug Administra-
tion (FDA)
D. World Health Organization
(WHO)
4. Which drug schedule indicates Answer: A
drugs with the highest risk for Rationale: Schedule I drugs have the highest potential for
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abuse? abuse. They are not currently accepted for medical use in
A. Schedule I the United States.
B. Schedule II
C. Schedule III
D. Schedule IV
E. Schedule V
5. How many years on average does Answer: C
it take for a drug to be brought to Rationale: It takes 8 to 15 years and can cost up to $1
market from the time of its con- billion to get a drug to market. This amount of time and
ception? money is necessary to adequately test the drug for safety
A. 2 to 3 before releasing it to the general population.
B. 4 to 7
C. 8 to 15
D. 12 to 18
6. All drugs are processed in the Answer: A
body through pharmacokinetics. Rationale: All drugs go through four stages after admin-
What is the correct order that istration, which can be remembered with the acronym
drugs pass through the body? ADME.
A. Absorption, distribution, me-
tabolism, excretion
B. Distribution, metabolism, ab-
sorption, excretion
C. Biotransformation, distribu-
tion, absorption, excretion
D. Excretion, distribution, absorp-
tion, metabolism
7. Which route of administration Answer: D
has the fastest rate of distribu- Rationale: The IV route places the drug directly into the
tion?
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A. Subcutaneous bloodstream and isn't slowed down by the need to first
B. Intramuscular travel from the GI tract into the bloodstream.
C. Transcutaneous
D. Intravenous
8. When the nurse administers a Answer: D
50-mg dose of a drug with a Rationale: The half-life of a drug is the time required for
half-life of 6 hours, how many mil- 50% of the drug to be eliminated from the body. In this
ligrams will remain in the body at example at 24 hours, 6.25% or 3.13 mg of the drug would
24 hours? remain in the body.
A. 25 mg
B. 12.5 mg
C. 6.25 mg
D. 3.13 mg
E. 1.56 mg
9. A patient is being started on a Answer: C
new drug that has been used Rationale: Because the drug was a known safe drug and
safely by many people for years. the patient had no known reason not to receive it, the
The patient has no known aller- response to the drug in this case was totally unexpected,
gies, and the nurse administers or idiosyncratic. An allergic response is typically preceded
the drug correctly. Suddenly the by such reactions as rash, hives, tingling, or swelling.
patient experiences a cardiac ar-
rest. What is this type of reaction
called?
A. Allergic
B. Mutagenic
C. Idiosyncratic
D. Therapeutic
10. A patient reports postoperative Answer: B
pain, and the nurse administers Rationale: The morphine had a greater-than-desired ef-
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morphine (a narcotic analgesic) fect on the patient. Because the drug was given intra-
intravenously to ease the pain. venously, it is impossible to remove the drug from the
Fifteen minutes later, the nurse patient's bloodstream. Therefore, the nurse does the next
notes that the patient is very best thing and administers another drug that interferes
drowsy, respirations are slow and with the action of the first, otherwise known as an antag-
shallow, and oxygen saturation is onistic effect. The result is a decrease in the action of the
low. The nurse administers an- original drug. The second drug is sometimes referred to
other drug that decreases the ac- as the antidote to the first
tion of the morphine. What is this
effect called?
A. Displacement
B. Antagonistic
C. Interference
D. Synergistic
11. Which patient has the greatest Answer: C
percentage of body water? Rationale: An infant has a total body water percentage
A. Older adult of 74%, whereas a premature infant has an even higher
B. Middle-aged person percentage at 83%. As we age, our total percentage of
C. Infant body water decreases and our percentage of total body
D. Toddler fat increases.
12. Which type of topical drug is Answer: B
more readily absorbed by in- Rationale: Topical administration with percutaneous ab-
fants? sorption is usually quite effective in infants because the
A. Fat-soluble outer layer of skin is not fully developed. Because the skin
B. Water-soluble is more fully hydrated at this age, water-soluble drugs are
C. Emollient absorbed more readily.
D. Protective
13. Which form of medication is more Answer: D
easily administered for the tod- Rationale: Very small children are not able to swallow
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1. Which name(s) of a drug should Answer: B
the nurse use when teaching a Rationale: Drug prescriptions may be filled with a
patient with a new prescription? trade-name drug or a generic equivalent. If the nurse
A. Trade teaches only one name, it may lead to confusion for the
B. Generic and trade patient when he or she receives a drug with a different
C. Generic and chemical name.
D. Official
2. Which source of information is Answer: D
best for the nurse to obtain drug Rationale: All can be sources of drug information,
information? but keeping information current is extremely impor-
A. Physicians' Desk Reference tant. Reliable electronic databases can provide the most
(PDR) up-to-date information to health care providers, unlike
B. Nursing journals printed resources that are published only periodically.
C. United States Pharmacopeia
(USP) and National
Formulary (NF)
D. Electronic databases
3. Which entity is responsible for Answer: C
monitoring drug safety in the Rationale: The FDA is responsible for overseeing drug and
United States? cosmetic manufacture and promotion to determine their
A. Drug Enforcement Agency safety before allowing them to be released to the public.
(DEA)
B. Department of Justice (DOJ)
C. U.S. Food and Drug Administra-
tion (FDA)
D. World Health Organization
(WHO)
4. Which drug schedule indicates Answer: A
drugs with the highest risk for Rationale: Schedule I drugs have the highest potential for
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abuse? abuse. They are not currently accepted for medical use in
A. Schedule I the United States.
B. Schedule II
C. Schedule III
D. Schedule IV
E. Schedule V
5. How many years on average does Answer: C
it take for a drug to be brought to Rationale: It takes 8 to 15 years and can cost up to $1
market from the time of its con- billion to get a drug to market. This amount of time and
ception? money is necessary to adequately test the drug for safety
A. 2 to 3 before releasing it to the general population.
B. 4 to 7
C. 8 to 15
D. 12 to 18
6. All drugs are processed in the Answer: A
body through pharmacokinetics. Rationale: All drugs go through four stages after admin-
What is the correct order that istration, which can be remembered with the acronym
drugs pass through the body? ADME.
A. Absorption, distribution, me-
tabolism, excretion
B. Distribution, metabolism, ab-
sorption, excretion
C. Biotransformation, distribu-
tion, absorption, excretion
D. Excretion, distribution, absorp-
tion, metabolism
7. Which route of administration Answer: D
has the fastest rate of distribu- Rationale: The IV route places the drug directly into the
tion?
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A. Subcutaneous bloodstream and isn't slowed down by the need to first
B. Intramuscular travel from the GI tract into the bloodstream.
C. Transcutaneous
D. Intravenous
8. When the nurse administers a Answer: D
50-mg dose of a drug with a Rationale: The half-life of a drug is the time required for
half-life of 6 hours, how many mil- 50% of the drug to be eliminated from the body. In this
ligrams will remain in the body at example at 24 hours, 6.25% or 3.13 mg of the drug would
24 hours? remain in the body.
A. 25 mg
B. 12.5 mg
C. 6.25 mg
D. 3.13 mg
E. 1.56 mg
9. A patient is being started on a Answer: C
new drug that has been used Rationale: Because the drug was a known safe drug and
safely by many people for years. the patient had no known reason not to receive it, the
The patient has no known aller- response to the drug in this case was totally unexpected,
gies, and the nurse administers or idiosyncratic. An allergic response is typically preceded
the drug correctly. Suddenly the by such reactions as rash, hives, tingling, or swelling.
patient experiences a cardiac ar-
rest. What is this type of reaction
called?
A. Allergic
B. Mutagenic
C. Idiosyncratic
D. Therapeutic
10. A patient reports postoperative Answer: B
pain, and the nurse administers Rationale: The morphine had a greater-than-desired ef-
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morphine (a narcotic analgesic) fect on the patient. Because the drug was given intra-
intravenously to ease the pain. venously, it is impossible to remove the drug from the
Fifteen minutes later, the nurse patient's bloodstream. Therefore, the nurse does the next
notes that the patient is very best thing and administers another drug that interferes
drowsy, respirations are slow and with the action of the first, otherwise known as an antag-
shallow, and oxygen saturation is onistic effect. The result is a decrease in the action of the
low. The nurse administers an- original drug. The second drug is sometimes referred to
other drug that decreases the ac- as the antidote to the first
tion of the morphine. What is this
effect called?
A. Displacement
B. Antagonistic
C. Interference
D. Synergistic
11. Which patient has the greatest Answer: C
percentage of body water? Rationale: An infant has a total body water percentage
A. Older adult of 74%, whereas a premature infant has an even higher
B. Middle-aged person percentage at 83%. As we age, our total percentage of
C. Infant body water decreases and our percentage of total body
D. Toddler fat increases.
12. Which type of topical drug is Answer: B
more readily absorbed by in- Rationale: Topical administration with percutaneous ab-
fants? sorption is usually quite effective in infants because the
A. Fat-soluble outer layer of skin is not fully developed. Because the skin
B. Water-soluble is more fully hydrated at this age, water-soluble drugs are
C. Emollient absorbed more readily.
D. Protective
13. Which form of medication is more Answer: D
easily administered for the tod- Rationale: Very small children are not able to swallow
