NURSING MSN 571 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS
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In which step of the nursing process does the nurse determine the outcome of medication
administration?
a. Planning
b. Assessment
c. Evaluation
d. Implementation
Correct Answer: c.
The nurse plans care for a male patient who is 80 years of age. The nursing diagnosis is
nonadherence with the medication regimen related to living alone, as evidenced by
uncontrolled blood pressure. What should the nurse do next?
a. Assess the impact of home self-management of medications.
b. Collaborate with the health care provider on a new medication regimen.
c. Enlist the help of a home care nurse for pharmacotherapy.
d. Examine the results of nursing help with the medications.
Correct Answer: c.
Which statement is an example of objective data? (Select all that apply.)
a. The patient says that she has felt tired for almost a week.
b. The patient says that she feels like someone is touching her arm.
c. The patient has had a fever for 5 days.
d. The patient has clear urine.
,e. The patient states that she has a headache.
Correct Answer: c, d.
What should the nurse check when reviewing a prescription with a patient? (Select all that
apply.)
a. The patient's emergency contact
b. The patient's home address
c. The route of administration
d. The age of the patient
e. The signature of the prescriber
Correct Answer: c, e.
What information should the nurse chart when documenting medication administration?
(Select all that apply.)
a. The dosage of medication administered
b. The time of administration
c. Information about an "incident report" in the patient's chart
d. The patient's age
e. The route of administration
Correct Answer: a, b, e.
What is the study of physiochemical properties of drugs and how drugs influence the body
called?
a. Pharmacology
b. Pharmacodynamics
c. Pharmacokinetics
d. Pharmacotherapeutics
,Correct Answer: b.
What is another term for biotransformation of a drug?
a. Metabolism
b. Absorption
c. Excretion
d. Dilution
Correct Answer: a.
Drug's half-life is defined as the amount of time required for 50% of a drug to
a. be absorbed by the body.
b. reach a therapeutic level.
c. exert a response.
d. be eliminated by the body.
Correct Answer: d.
Patients with renal failure would most likely have problems with which pharmacokinetic
process?
a. Excretion
b. Absorption
c. Distribution
d. Metabolism
Correct Answer: a.
The nurse understands that drugs exert their actions on the body by what process? (Select all
that apply.)
a. Making the cell perform a new function
, b. Interacting with receptors
c. Inhibiting the action of a specific enzyme
d. Altering metabolic chemical processes
Correct Answer: b, c, d.
The nurse knows that which factors will affect the absorption of orally administered
medications? (Select all that apply.)
a. pH of the stomach
b. Form of drug preparation
c. Patient in high Fowler's position
d. Time of day
e. Presence of food in the stomach
Correct Answer: a, b, d, e.
Which statement best describes pharmacokinetics?
a. Adverse effects and toxic reactions to medications
b. Conversion of medication into its active chemical substance
c. What the body does to the drug after it is administered
d. Physiologic interaction between a drug and body cells
Correct Answer: c.
A drug given by which route is altered by the first-pass effect?
a. Oral
b. Sublingual
c. Intravenous (IV)
d. Subcutaneous
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In which step of the nursing process does the nurse determine the outcome of medication
administration?
a. Planning
b. Assessment
c. Evaluation
d. Implementation
Correct Answer: c.
The nurse plans care for a male patient who is 80 years of age. The nursing diagnosis is
nonadherence with the medication regimen related to living alone, as evidenced by
uncontrolled blood pressure. What should the nurse do next?
a. Assess the impact of home self-management of medications.
b. Collaborate with the health care provider on a new medication regimen.
c. Enlist the help of a home care nurse for pharmacotherapy.
d. Examine the results of nursing help with the medications.
Correct Answer: c.
Which statement is an example of objective data? (Select all that apply.)
a. The patient says that she has felt tired for almost a week.
b. The patient says that she feels like someone is touching her arm.
c. The patient has had a fever for 5 days.
d. The patient has clear urine.
,e. The patient states that she has a headache.
Correct Answer: c, d.
What should the nurse check when reviewing a prescription with a patient? (Select all that
apply.)
a. The patient's emergency contact
b. The patient's home address
c. The route of administration
d. The age of the patient
e. The signature of the prescriber
Correct Answer: c, e.
What information should the nurse chart when documenting medication administration?
(Select all that apply.)
a. The dosage of medication administered
b. The time of administration
c. Information about an "incident report" in the patient's chart
d. The patient's age
e. The route of administration
Correct Answer: a, b, e.
What is the study of physiochemical properties of drugs and how drugs influence the body
called?
a. Pharmacology
b. Pharmacodynamics
c. Pharmacokinetics
d. Pharmacotherapeutics
,Correct Answer: b.
What is another term for biotransformation of a drug?
a. Metabolism
b. Absorption
c. Excretion
d. Dilution
Correct Answer: a.
Drug's half-life is defined as the amount of time required for 50% of a drug to
a. be absorbed by the body.
b. reach a therapeutic level.
c. exert a response.
d. be eliminated by the body.
Correct Answer: d.
Patients with renal failure would most likely have problems with which pharmacokinetic
process?
a. Excretion
b. Absorption
c. Distribution
d. Metabolism
Correct Answer: a.
The nurse understands that drugs exert their actions on the body by what process? (Select all
that apply.)
a. Making the cell perform a new function
, b. Interacting with receptors
c. Inhibiting the action of a specific enzyme
d. Altering metabolic chemical processes
Correct Answer: b, c, d.
The nurse knows that which factors will affect the absorption of orally administered
medications? (Select all that apply.)
a. pH of the stomach
b. Form of drug preparation
c. Patient in high Fowler's position
d. Time of day
e. Presence of food in the stomach
Correct Answer: a, b, d, e.
Which statement best describes pharmacokinetics?
a. Adverse effects and toxic reactions to medications
b. Conversion of medication into its active chemical substance
c. What the body does to the drug after it is administered
d. Physiologic interaction between a drug and body cells
Correct Answer: c.
A drug given by which route is altered by the first-pass effect?
a. Oral
b. Sublingual
c. Intravenous (IV)
d. Subcutaneous
