NR 293
NR 293 PHARM EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Risks for injury - correct answer know that anything can be a
possible risk for patient injury
9 rights of medicine administration - correct answer right
patient, right dose, right medication, right time, right
documentation, right route, right reason, right response
what is a prototype - correct answer the first drug of a class
that all others are based from (ex- morphine)
what is pharmacokinetics - correct answer what the body does
to the drug
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what is pharmacodynamics - correct answer what the drug
does to the body
bioavailability - correct answer what portion of the drug that
entered the circulation can have an effect on the body
first pass effect - correct answer a drug enters the GI tract and
is filtered to the liver where some is destroyed
what enzymes work in the liver - correct answer P-450
enzymes
if a patient has cirrhosis of the liver, what will happen
when they take a medication? - correct answer When the
medication passes through the liver for the first pass,
there will be less P-450 enzymes so the bioavailability of
the medication will be higher and it will circulate in the
bloodstream longer.
half life - correct answer time required for 50% of the drug to
be removed from the body
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Pharmacotherapeutics - correct answer treatment of
conditions
enteral route - correct answer through the GI tract
parenteral tract - correct answer outside the GI tract
how is medication absorption different for neonates and
children? - correct answer they have less gastric acid to break
down medications and availability is higher
why do more drugs enter neonate and children's brains,
why are meds not as easily excreted/destroyed by liver
and kidneys ? - correct answer immature BBB, liver, and
kidneys
Polypharmacy - correct answer The use of multiple
medications on a regular basis
, NR 293
during which phase of the nursing process does a nurse
prioritize the nursing diagnoses? - correct answer planning
the nurse recognizes that drugs given by which route will
be altered by the first pass effect?
a. oral
b. sublingual
c. subcutaneous
d. IV
e. rectal - correct answer oral and rectal
the nurse is reviewing a list of a patient's medications and
notes one of the drugs has a low therapeutic index. what
does this mean? - correct answer the difference between a
therapeutic dose and a toxic dose are very close together
when drug A is an enzyme inhibitor of drug B, the nurse
will anticipate what result of drug B? - correct answer level of
drug B could rise to toxicity
NR 293 PHARM EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Risks for injury - correct answer know that anything can be a
possible risk for patient injury
9 rights of medicine administration - correct answer right
patient, right dose, right medication, right time, right
documentation, right route, right reason, right response
what is a prototype - correct answer the first drug of a class
that all others are based from (ex- morphine)
what is pharmacokinetics - correct answer what the body does
to the drug
,NR 293
what is pharmacodynamics - correct answer what the drug
does to the body
bioavailability - correct answer what portion of the drug that
entered the circulation can have an effect on the body
first pass effect - correct answer a drug enters the GI tract and
is filtered to the liver where some is destroyed
what enzymes work in the liver - correct answer P-450
enzymes
if a patient has cirrhosis of the liver, what will happen
when they take a medication? - correct answer When the
medication passes through the liver for the first pass,
there will be less P-450 enzymes so the bioavailability of
the medication will be higher and it will circulate in the
bloodstream longer.
half life - correct answer time required for 50% of the drug to
be removed from the body
,NR 293
Pharmacotherapeutics - correct answer treatment of
conditions
enteral route - correct answer through the GI tract
parenteral tract - correct answer outside the GI tract
how is medication absorption different for neonates and
children? - correct answer they have less gastric acid to break
down medications and availability is higher
why do more drugs enter neonate and children's brains,
why are meds not as easily excreted/destroyed by liver
and kidneys ? - correct answer immature BBB, liver, and
kidneys
Polypharmacy - correct answer The use of multiple
medications on a regular basis
, NR 293
during which phase of the nursing process does a nurse
prioritize the nursing diagnoses? - correct answer planning
the nurse recognizes that drugs given by which route will
be altered by the first pass effect?
a. oral
b. sublingual
c. subcutaneous
d. IV
e. rectal - correct answer oral and rectal
the nurse is reviewing a list of a patient's medications and
notes one of the drugs has a low therapeutic index. what
does this mean? - correct answer the difference between a
therapeutic dose and a toxic dose are very close together
when drug A is an enzyme inhibitor of drug B, the nurse
will anticipate what result of drug B? - correct answer level of
drug B could rise to toxicity
