2026/ 2027
UPDATE) PRINCIPLES OF
PHARMACOLOGY EXAM | QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS | 100% CORRECT
(VERIFIED SOLUTIONS) GRADE A |
GALEN./
Question:
A nursing student knows both and populations can be compromised
hosts due to age.
✔✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔
newborn and elderly
,Question:
T/F: Nutritional deficiencies can lead to higher susceptiblilty of infection.
✔✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔
True
Question:
T/F: A healthcare providers failure to adhere to infection and prevetion
control activities (PPE, infection control guidelines, etc.) can lead to patient
infection.
✔✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔
True
Question:
T/F: An individuals exposure to the healthcare system doesn't make them a
compromised host.
✔✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔
False
,Question:
T/F: A patient who has chronic coexisting medical conditions is a
compromised host.
✔✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔
True
Question:
T/F: Physiological Stress isn't a factor that leads to an individual becoming a
compromised host.
✔✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔
False
Question:
Antibotics that kill only a few bugs are known as a antibiotic.
✔✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔
narrow spectrum
, Question:
The antibiotic that kills everything, including normal body flora, is known as a
antibiotic.
✔✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔
broad spectrum
Question:
The nurse knows a patient will need antibiotics but doesn't have the results
from the culture yet. The nurse knows they should begin the patient on
spectrum antibiotics and then move to spectrum when the results come
back.
✔✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔
Broad, Narrow
Question:
A antibiotic kills bacteria by breaking open the cell wall of germs.