NUR 352 EXAM 1 | COMPREHENSIVE NURSING STUDY GUIDE, PRACTICE
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS 2026/2027
The nurse is teaching a patient how a medication works to treat an illness. To do this, the nurse will rely
on knowledge of which topic? - ANS ✔✔Pharmacotherapeutics
What is a desired outcome when a drug is described as easy to administer? - ANS ✔✔It enhances patient
adherence to the drug regimen.
A patient has been receiving intravenous penicillin for pneumonia for several days and begins to
complain of generalized itching. The nurse auscultates bilateral wheezing and notes a temperature of
38.5°C (101°F). Which is the correct action by the nurse? - ANS ✔✔Hold the next dose and notify the
prescriber of the symptoms.
A patient tells the nurse that the oral drug that has been prescribed has caused a lot of stomach
discomfort in the past. What will the nurse ask the prescriber? - ANS ✔✔Whether an enteric-coated
form of the drug is available
A patient receives a drug that has a narrow therapeutic range. The nurse administering this medication
will expect to do what? - ANS ✔✔Monitor plasma drug levels.
A nurse is giving an enteral (oral) medication. The patient asks why this method is preferable for this
drug. How will the nurse reply? - ANS ✔✔"This route is safer, less expensive, and more convenient."
A nurse is explaining drug metabolism to a nursing student who asks about glucuronidation. The nurse
knows that this is a process that allows drugs to be: - ANS ✔✔recycled via the enterohepatic
recirculation to remain in the body longer.
A patient is receiving intravenous gentamicin. A serum drug test reveals toxic levels. The dosing is
correct, and this medication has been tolerated by this patient in the past. Which could be a probable
cause of the test result? - ANS ✔✔The patient is taking another medication that binds to serum albumin.
A patient reports becoming "immune" to a medication because it no longer works to alleviate symptoms.
The nurse recognizes that this decreased effectiveness is likely caused by: - ANS ✔✔desensitization of
receptor sites by continual exposure to the drug.
What occurs when a drug binds to a receptor in the body? - ANS ✔✔It increases or decreases the
activity of that receptor.
The nurse administers naloxone [Narcan] to a patient who has received a toxic dose of morphine sulfate.
The nurse understands that the naloxone is effective because of which action? - ANS ✔✔Preventing
activation of opioid receptors through antagonist actions
The nurse is teaching a patient about taking warfarin and asks if the patient takes aspirin. This
assessment by the nurse reflects a knowledge of which type of drug interaction? - ANS ✔✔Potentiative
effects
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS 2026/2027
The nurse is teaching a patient how a medication works to treat an illness. To do this, the nurse will rely
on knowledge of which topic? - ANS ✔✔Pharmacotherapeutics
What is a desired outcome when a drug is described as easy to administer? - ANS ✔✔It enhances patient
adherence to the drug regimen.
A patient has been receiving intravenous penicillin for pneumonia for several days and begins to
complain of generalized itching. The nurse auscultates bilateral wheezing and notes a temperature of
38.5°C (101°F). Which is the correct action by the nurse? - ANS ✔✔Hold the next dose and notify the
prescriber of the symptoms.
A patient tells the nurse that the oral drug that has been prescribed has caused a lot of stomach
discomfort in the past. What will the nurse ask the prescriber? - ANS ✔✔Whether an enteric-coated
form of the drug is available
A patient receives a drug that has a narrow therapeutic range. The nurse administering this medication
will expect to do what? - ANS ✔✔Monitor plasma drug levels.
A nurse is giving an enteral (oral) medication. The patient asks why this method is preferable for this
drug. How will the nurse reply? - ANS ✔✔"This route is safer, less expensive, and more convenient."
A nurse is explaining drug metabolism to a nursing student who asks about glucuronidation. The nurse
knows that this is a process that allows drugs to be: - ANS ✔✔recycled via the enterohepatic
recirculation to remain in the body longer.
A patient is receiving intravenous gentamicin. A serum drug test reveals toxic levels. The dosing is
correct, and this medication has been tolerated by this patient in the past. Which could be a probable
cause of the test result? - ANS ✔✔The patient is taking another medication that binds to serum albumin.
A patient reports becoming "immune" to a medication because it no longer works to alleviate symptoms.
The nurse recognizes that this decreased effectiveness is likely caused by: - ANS ✔✔desensitization of
receptor sites by continual exposure to the drug.
What occurs when a drug binds to a receptor in the body? - ANS ✔✔It increases or decreases the
activity of that receptor.
The nurse administers naloxone [Narcan] to a patient who has received a toxic dose of morphine sulfate.
The nurse understands that the naloxone is effective because of which action? - ANS ✔✔Preventing
activation of opioid receptors through antagonist actions
The nurse is teaching a patient about taking warfarin and asks if the patient takes aspirin. This
assessment by the nurse reflects a knowledge of which type of drug interaction? - ANS ✔✔Potentiative
effects
