NSG 318 EXAM 1 2026 FINAL PAPER SOLVED
QUESTIONS ANSWER KEY APLUS
◉ drug.
Answer: Chemical that affects physiologic process of a living
organism
◉ Nursing Implications.
Answer: The concepts that a nurse must include when they are
safely administering medication
◉ Identify the various routes of medication administration.
Answer: Sublingual (buccal), oral, transdermal (topical creams/
lotions), instillation (eye drops/sprays), inhalation, nasogastric and
gastrostomy tubes, suppositories, parenteral
◉ 6 rights of administration.
Answer: 1. Right patient
2. Right drug
3. Right dose
4. Right route
5. Right time and frequency
,6. Right documentation
◉ List the components of a drug label.
Answer: Chemical Name: structure of the drug
Generic name: the official drug name
Brand/ trade name: the easier proprietary name
Active and inactive ingredients
Warning/ possible side effects
Directions on use as well as what the drug is used for/ what it helps
treat
◉ normal vital signs (BP).
Answer: 120/80
◉ Pharmacokinetics.
Answer: what the body does to the drug
◉ pharmacokinetic phases.
Answer: -absorption (drug movement from GI tract into
bloodstream)
-distribution (protein binding, free drugs, BBB)
-metabolism (1/2 life, loading dose; liver)
, -excretion (elimination, kidneys, creatinine clearance, BUN, GFR
◉ factors that affect drug excretion.
Answer: -drugs that affect renal excretion/decrease CO
-diuretic use
-drugs that use same excretion method
-change of urine pH
-pt. with decreased renal or hepatic function
◉ 1/2 life (T 1/2).
Answer: Time it takes to get rid of half of the drug; gives us good
time to administer rest of the dose and when we can expect to see
side effects
◉ Loading dose.
Answer: use of a higher dose than what is usually used for treatment
to allow the drug to reach the critical concentration sooner
◉ photosensitivity.
Answer: - sensitivity to light
- ranges from the ability to orient to the sun to the ability to see
QUESTIONS ANSWER KEY APLUS
◉ drug.
Answer: Chemical that affects physiologic process of a living
organism
◉ Nursing Implications.
Answer: The concepts that a nurse must include when they are
safely administering medication
◉ Identify the various routes of medication administration.
Answer: Sublingual (buccal), oral, transdermal (topical creams/
lotions), instillation (eye drops/sprays), inhalation, nasogastric and
gastrostomy tubes, suppositories, parenteral
◉ 6 rights of administration.
Answer: 1. Right patient
2. Right drug
3. Right dose
4. Right route
5. Right time and frequency
,6. Right documentation
◉ List the components of a drug label.
Answer: Chemical Name: structure of the drug
Generic name: the official drug name
Brand/ trade name: the easier proprietary name
Active and inactive ingredients
Warning/ possible side effects
Directions on use as well as what the drug is used for/ what it helps
treat
◉ normal vital signs (BP).
Answer: 120/80
◉ Pharmacokinetics.
Answer: what the body does to the drug
◉ pharmacokinetic phases.
Answer: -absorption (drug movement from GI tract into
bloodstream)
-distribution (protein binding, free drugs, BBB)
-metabolism (1/2 life, loading dose; liver)
, -excretion (elimination, kidneys, creatinine clearance, BUN, GFR
◉ factors that affect drug excretion.
Answer: -drugs that affect renal excretion/decrease CO
-diuretic use
-drugs that use same excretion method
-change of urine pH
-pt. with decreased renal or hepatic function
◉ 1/2 life (T 1/2).
Answer: Time it takes to get rid of half of the drug; gives us good
time to administer rest of the dose and when we can expect to see
side effects
◉ Loading dose.
Answer: use of a higher dose than what is usually used for treatment
to allow the drug to reach the critical concentration sooner
◉ photosensitivity.
Answer: - sensitivity to light
- ranges from the ability to orient to the sun to the ability to see
