Nur 600 - Exam 1 Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
Nurse practitioner prescriptive authority is regulated by:
A. The National Council of State Boards of Nursing
B. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
C. The State Board of Nursing for each state
D. The State Board of Pharmacy -
correct answer ✅C. The State Board of Nursing for each state
Physician Assistant (PA) prescriptive authority is regulated by:
A. The National Council of State Boards of Nursing
B. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
C. The State Board of Nursing
D. The State Board of Medical Examiners -
correct answer ✅D. The State Board of Medical Examiners
Clinical judgment in prescribing includes:
A. Factoring in the cost to the patient of the medication prescribed
B. Always prescribing the newest medication available for the
disease process C. Handing out drug samples to poor patients
D. Prescribing all generic medications to cut costs -
correct answer ✅A. Factoring in the cost to the patient of the
medication prescribed
,Nur 600 - Exam 1 Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
Criteria for choosing an effective drug for a disorder include:
A. Asking the patient what drug they think would work best for
them
B. Consulting nationally recognized guidelines for disease
management
C. Prescribing medications that are available as samples before
writing a prescription
D. Following U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) guidelines
for prescribing -
correct answer ✅B. Consulting nationally recognized guidelines for
disease management
Nurse practitioner practice may thrive under health-care reform
due to:
A. The demonstrated ability of nurse practitioners to control costs
and improve patient outcomes
B. The fact that nurse practitioners will be able to practice
independently
C. The fact that nurse practitioners will have full reimbursement
under health-care reform
,Nur 600 - Exam 1 Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
D. The ability to shift accountability for Medicaid to the state level -
correct answer ✅A. The demonstrated ability of nurse
practitioners to control costs and improve patient outcomes
A patient's nutritional intake and lab work reflects
hypoalbuminemia. This is critical to prescribing because:
A. Distribution of drugs to target tissue may be affected
B. The solubility of the drug will not match the site of absorption
C. There will be less free drug available to generate an effect
D. Drugs bound to albumin are readily excreted by the kidney -
correct answer ✅A. Distribution of drugs to target tissue may be
affected
Drugs that have a significant first-pass effect: A. Must be given by
the enteral (oral) route only
B. Bypass the hepatic circulation
C. Are rapidly metabolized by the liver and may have little if any
desired action
D. Are converted by the liver to more active and fat-soluble forms -
correct answer ✅C. Are rapidly metabolized by the liver and may
have little if any desired action
, Nur 600 - Exam 1 Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
The route of excretion of a volatile drug will likely be:
A. The kidneys
B. The lungs
C. The bile and feces
D. The skin -
correct answer ✅B. The lungs
Medroxyprogesterone (Depo Provera) is prescribed IM to create a
storage reservoir of the drug. Storage reservoirs:
A. Assure that the drug will reach its intended target tissue
B. Are the reason for giving loading doses
C. Increase the length of time a drug is available and active
D. Are most common in collagen tissues -
correct answer ✅C. Increase the length of time a drug is available
and active
The NP chooses to give cephalexin every 8 hours based on
knowledge of the drug's:
A. Propensity to go to the target receptor
B. Biological half-life
C. Pharmacodynamics
(Grade A+)
Nurse practitioner prescriptive authority is regulated by:
A. The National Council of State Boards of Nursing
B. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
C. The State Board of Nursing for each state
D. The State Board of Pharmacy -
correct answer ✅C. The State Board of Nursing for each state
Physician Assistant (PA) prescriptive authority is regulated by:
A. The National Council of State Boards of Nursing
B. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
C. The State Board of Nursing
D. The State Board of Medical Examiners -
correct answer ✅D. The State Board of Medical Examiners
Clinical judgment in prescribing includes:
A. Factoring in the cost to the patient of the medication prescribed
B. Always prescribing the newest medication available for the
disease process C. Handing out drug samples to poor patients
D. Prescribing all generic medications to cut costs -
correct answer ✅A. Factoring in the cost to the patient of the
medication prescribed
,Nur 600 - Exam 1 Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
Criteria for choosing an effective drug for a disorder include:
A. Asking the patient what drug they think would work best for
them
B. Consulting nationally recognized guidelines for disease
management
C. Prescribing medications that are available as samples before
writing a prescription
D. Following U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) guidelines
for prescribing -
correct answer ✅B. Consulting nationally recognized guidelines for
disease management
Nurse practitioner practice may thrive under health-care reform
due to:
A. The demonstrated ability of nurse practitioners to control costs
and improve patient outcomes
B. The fact that nurse practitioners will be able to practice
independently
C. The fact that nurse practitioners will have full reimbursement
under health-care reform
,Nur 600 - Exam 1 Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
D. The ability to shift accountability for Medicaid to the state level -
correct answer ✅A. The demonstrated ability of nurse
practitioners to control costs and improve patient outcomes
A patient's nutritional intake and lab work reflects
hypoalbuminemia. This is critical to prescribing because:
A. Distribution of drugs to target tissue may be affected
B. The solubility of the drug will not match the site of absorption
C. There will be less free drug available to generate an effect
D. Drugs bound to albumin are readily excreted by the kidney -
correct answer ✅A. Distribution of drugs to target tissue may be
affected
Drugs that have a significant first-pass effect: A. Must be given by
the enteral (oral) route only
B. Bypass the hepatic circulation
C. Are rapidly metabolized by the liver and may have little if any
desired action
D. Are converted by the liver to more active and fat-soluble forms -
correct answer ✅C. Are rapidly metabolized by the liver and may
have little if any desired action
, Nur 600 - Exam 1 Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
The route of excretion of a volatile drug will likely be:
A. The kidneys
B. The lungs
C. The bile and feces
D. The skin -
correct answer ✅B. The lungs
Medroxyprogesterone (Depo Provera) is prescribed IM to create a
storage reservoir of the drug. Storage reservoirs:
A. Assure that the drug will reach its intended target tissue
B. Are the reason for giving loading doses
C. Increase the length of time a drug is available and active
D. Are most common in collagen tissues -
correct answer ✅C. Increase the length of time a drug is available
and active
The NP chooses to give cephalexin every 8 hours based on
knowledge of the drug's:
A. Propensity to go to the target receptor
B. Biological half-life
C. Pharmacodynamics
