LPN PHARMACOLOGY TEST PAPER QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔Generic Name - ✔✔Longer name for the same drug
✔✔Stat - ✔✔Immediately. Number one priority
✔✔Now - ✔✔Give now. Number two priority.
✔✔Prn - ✔✔Give as necessary using nurses judgment.
✔✔Six Rights - ✔✔Medication
Dose
Time
Route
Patient
Documentation
✔✔Enteral - ✔✔Via the GI tract. Powders, pills, tablets.
✔✔First-Pass Metabolism - ✔✔Significantly metabolized by the liver prior to systemic
distribution.
✔✔Percutaneous - ✔✔Through skin or mucous membranes. Topical, installation,
inhalation.
✔✔Parental - ✔✔Needle route. IM, ID, IV
✔✔Intramuscular Route - ✔✔Hip, thigh. Drawback for blood prior to injection.
✔✔Sub Q - ✔✔Through 1st skin layer
, ✔✔Intradermal - ✔✔Barely under the skin. Ppd
✔✔Sublingual and Buccal - ✔✔Both routes allow the drug to bypass the liver, reducing
reaction time.
✔✔SULFONAMIDES - ✔✔Class: Antibiotics
Med action: Bactericidal
Uses: UTI's, burns, ear infection, malaria, meningitis, Crohns, Ulcerative Colitis,
Chlamydia
Adverse effects: rash, jaundice, PHOTOSENSITIVITY, Steven Johnson syndrome,
Diarrhea
Nursing considerations: allergy with any med SULFA, monitor skin and liver function
PT education: take with 8 oz H20 , avoid direct sunlight
✔✔Cephalosporin , Carbapenems, Glycopeptides - ✔✔CLASS: Beta- Lactam Abt's
BACTERICIDAL
USES: infections of the resp, GI, GU, skin, soft tissue, bones
ADVERSE EFFECTS: Gi distress + Skin irritation
Medication names: Penicillin, Ancef, Primaxin, Vancomycin
PT EDUCATION: avoid alcohol, if gi distress take with food, do not take with OJ or
acidic drinks
✔✔Tetracyclines - ✔✔CLASS: Antibiotics
MED ACTION: Bacteriostatic
Med NAMES: CYCLINE
USES: pt's w/ PCN allergy, Chlamydia, Ricketssial disease, Acne
ADVERSE E: Superinfection
Photosensitivity
Sore throat
DX: impaired comfort, increased fever, diarrhea
Pt education: take on empty stomach, full glass of water, not given w/ dairy
✔✔Aminoglycosides
AND ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔Generic Name - ✔✔Longer name for the same drug
✔✔Stat - ✔✔Immediately. Number one priority
✔✔Now - ✔✔Give now. Number two priority.
✔✔Prn - ✔✔Give as necessary using nurses judgment.
✔✔Six Rights - ✔✔Medication
Dose
Time
Route
Patient
Documentation
✔✔Enteral - ✔✔Via the GI tract. Powders, pills, tablets.
✔✔First-Pass Metabolism - ✔✔Significantly metabolized by the liver prior to systemic
distribution.
✔✔Percutaneous - ✔✔Through skin or mucous membranes. Topical, installation,
inhalation.
✔✔Parental - ✔✔Needle route. IM, ID, IV
✔✔Intramuscular Route - ✔✔Hip, thigh. Drawback for blood prior to injection.
✔✔Sub Q - ✔✔Through 1st skin layer
, ✔✔Intradermal - ✔✔Barely under the skin. Ppd
✔✔Sublingual and Buccal - ✔✔Both routes allow the drug to bypass the liver, reducing
reaction time.
✔✔SULFONAMIDES - ✔✔Class: Antibiotics
Med action: Bactericidal
Uses: UTI's, burns, ear infection, malaria, meningitis, Crohns, Ulcerative Colitis,
Chlamydia
Adverse effects: rash, jaundice, PHOTOSENSITIVITY, Steven Johnson syndrome,
Diarrhea
Nursing considerations: allergy with any med SULFA, monitor skin and liver function
PT education: take with 8 oz H20 , avoid direct sunlight
✔✔Cephalosporin , Carbapenems, Glycopeptides - ✔✔CLASS: Beta- Lactam Abt's
BACTERICIDAL
USES: infections of the resp, GI, GU, skin, soft tissue, bones
ADVERSE EFFECTS: Gi distress + Skin irritation
Medication names: Penicillin, Ancef, Primaxin, Vancomycin
PT EDUCATION: avoid alcohol, if gi distress take with food, do not take with OJ or
acidic drinks
✔✔Tetracyclines - ✔✔CLASS: Antibiotics
MED ACTION: Bacteriostatic
Med NAMES: CYCLINE
USES: pt's w/ PCN allergy, Chlamydia, Ricketssial disease, Acne
ADVERSE E: Superinfection
Photosensitivity
Sore throat
DX: impaired comfort, increased fever, diarrhea
Pt education: take on empty stomach, full glass of water, not given w/ dairy
✔✔Aminoglycosides
