Lehne’s aPharmacotherapeutics afor aAdvanced aPractice aNurses aand aPhysician aAssistants
a2nd aEdition aRosenthal aTest aBank 1
LEHNE’S aPHARMACOTHERAPEUTICS aFOR aADVANCED
aPRACTICE aNURSES aAND aPHYSICIAN aASSISTANTS a2ND
aEDITION aROSENTHAL aTEST aBANK
,Lehne’s aPharmacotherapeutics afor aAdvanced aPractice aNurses aand aPhysician aAssistants
a2nd aEdition aRosenthal aTest aBank 2
Chapter a1: aPrescriptive aAuthority aTest aBank
aMultiple aChoice
1. An aAPRN aworks ain aa aurology aclinic aunder athe asupervision aof aa aphysician awho
adoes anot arestrict athe atypes aof amedications athe aAPRN ais aallowed ato aprescribe. aState alaw
adoes anot arequire athe aAPRN ato apractice aunder aphysician asupervision. aHow awould athe
aAPRN‘s aprescriptive aauthority abe adescribed?
a. Full aauthority
b. Independent
c. Without alimitation
d. Limited aauthority
ANS: aB
The aAPRN ahas aindependent aprescriptive aauthority abecause athe aregulating abody adoes anot
arequire athat athe aAPRN awork aunder aphysician asupervision. aFull aprescriptive aauthority
agives athe aprovider athe aright ato aprescribe aindependently aand awithout alimitation. aLimited
aauthority aplaces arestrictions aon athe atypes aof adrugs athat acan abe aprescribed a.DIF: aCognitive
aLevel: aComprehension aREF: ap.
1TOP: aNursing aProcess: aI aMSC: aNCLEX aClient aNeeds aCategory: aPhysiologic
aIntegrity: aPharmacologic aand aParenteral aTherapies
2. Which afactors aincrease athe aneed afor aAPRNs ato ahave afull aprescriptive aauthority?
a. More apatients awill ahave aaccess ato ahealth acare.
b. Enrollment ain amedical aschools ais apredicted ato adecrease.
c. Physician‘s aassistants aare abeing autilized aless aoften.
d. APRN aeducation ais amore acomplex athan aeducation afor aphysicians.
ANS: aA
Implementation aof athe aAffordable aCare aAct ahas aincreased athe anumber aof aindividuals awith
ahealth acare acoverage, aand athus athe anumber awho ahave aaccess ato ahealth acare aservices. aThe
aincrease ain athe anumber aof apatients acreates athe aneed afor amore aproviders awith aprescriptive
aauthority. aAPRNs acan afill athis apractice agap. aDIF: aCognitive aLevel: aComprehension aREF:
ap. a2TOP: aNursing aProcess: aImplementation aMSC: aNCLEX aClient aNeeds aCategory:
aPhysiologic aIntegrity: aPharmacologic aand aParenteral aTherapies
,Lehne’s aPharmacotherapeutics afor aAdvanced aPractice aNurses aand aPhysician aAssistants
a2nd aEdition aRosenthal aTest aBank 3
3. Which afactors acould abe aattributed ato alimited aprescriptive aauthority afor aAPRNs?
aSelect aall athat aapply.
a. Inaccessibility aof apatient a care
b. Higher ahealth acare acosts
c. Higher aquality amedical atreatment
d. Improved acollaborative acare
e. Enhanced ahealth aliteracy
ANS: aA a, aB
Limiting aprescriptive aauthority afor aAPRNs acan acreate abarriers ato aquality, aaffordable, aand
aaccessible apatient acare. aIt amay aalso alead ato apoor acollaboration aamong aproviders aand ahigher
ahealth acare acosts. aIt awould anot adirectly aimpact apatient‘s ahealth aliteracy.DIF: aCognitive
aLevel: aComprehensionREF:
p. a2TOP: aNursing aProcess: aImplementation aMSC: aNCLEX aClient aNeeds aCategory:
aPhysiologic aIntegrity: aPharmacologic aand aParenteral aTherapies
4. Which aaspects asupport athe aAPRN‘s aprovision afor afull aprescriptive aauthority?
aSelect aall athat aapply.
a. Clinical aeducation aincludes aprescription aof amedications aand adisease aprocesses.
b. Federal aregulations asupport athe aprovision aof afull aauthority afor aAPRNs.
c. National aexaminations aprovide avalidation aof athe aAPRN‘s aability ato aprovide asafecare.
d. Licensure aensures acompliance awith ahealth acare aand asafety astandards.
e. Limiting aprovision acan adecrease ahealth acare aaffordability.
ANS: aA a, aC a, aD
APRNs aare aeducated ato apractice aand aprescribe aindependently awithout asupervision. aNational
aexaminations avalidate athe aability ato aprovide asafe aand acompetent acare. aLicensure aensures
acompliance awith astandards ato apromote apublic ahealth aand asafety. aLimited aprescriptive
aauthority acreates anumerous abarriers ato aquality, aaffordable, aand aaccessible apatient acare.DIF:
aCognitive aLevel: aComprehensionREF: app. a1-2TOP: aNursing aProcess: aImplementation
aMSC: aNCLEX aClient aNeeds aCategory: aPhysiologic aIntegrity: aPharmacologic aand
aParenteral aTherapies
, Lehne’s aPharmacotherapeutics afor aAdvanced aPractice aNurses aand aPhysician aAssistants
a2nd aEdition aRosenthal aTest aBank 4
5. Which aaspects asupport athe aAPRN‘s aprovision afor afull aprescriptive aauthority?
aSelect aall athat aapply.
a. Clinical aeducation aincludes aprescription aof amedications aand adisease aprocesses.
b. Federal aregulations asupport athe aprovision aof afull aauthority afor aAPRNs.
c. National aexaminations aprovide avalidation aof athe aAPRN‘s aability ato aprovide asafecare.
d. Licensure aensures acompliance awith ahealth acare aand asafety astandards.
ANS: aA a, aC a, aD
APRNs aare aeducated ato apractice aand aprescribe aindependently awithout asupervision. aNational
aexaminations avalidate athe aability ato aprovide asafe aand acompetent acare. aLicensure aensures
acompliance awith astandards ato apromote apublic ahealth aand asafety. aLimited aprescriptive
aauthority acreates anumerous abarriers ato aquality, aaffordable, aand aaccessible apatient acare.DIF:
aCognitive aLevel:
Comprehension aREF: app. a 1-2TOP: aNursing aProcess: aImplementation MSC: aNCLEX
aClient aNeeds aCategory: aPhysiologic aIntegrity: aPharmacologic aand aParenteral aTherapies
6. A afamily anurse apractitioner apracticing ain aMaine ais ahired aat aa apractice aacross astate
alines ain aVirginia. aWhich aaspect aof apractice amay achange afor athe aAPRN?
a. The aAPRN awill ahave aless aprescriptive aauthority ain athe anew aposition.
b. The aAPRN awill ahave amore aprescriptive aauthority ain athe anew a position.
c. The aAPRN awill ahave aequal aprescriptive aauthority ain athe anew aposition.
d. The aAPRN‘s aauthority awill adepend aon afederal
aregulations. aANS: aA
Virginia aallows alimited aprescriptive aauthority, awhile aMaine agives afull aauthority ato acertified
anurse apractitioners. aThe afederal agovernment adoes anot aregulate aprescriptive aauthority.DIF:
aCognitive aLevel: aComprehensionREF: ap. a3TOP: aNursing aProcess: aImplementation aMSC:
aNCLEX aClient aNeeds aCategory: aPhysiologic aIntegrity: aPharmacologic aand aParenteral
aTherapies
a2nd aEdition aRosenthal aTest aBank 1
LEHNE’S aPHARMACOTHERAPEUTICS aFOR aADVANCED
aPRACTICE aNURSES aAND aPHYSICIAN aASSISTANTS a2ND
aEDITION aROSENTHAL aTEST aBANK
,Lehne’s aPharmacotherapeutics afor aAdvanced aPractice aNurses aand aPhysician aAssistants
a2nd aEdition aRosenthal aTest aBank 2
Chapter a1: aPrescriptive aAuthority aTest aBank
aMultiple aChoice
1. An aAPRN aworks ain aa aurology aclinic aunder athe asupervision aof aa aphysician awho
adoes anot arestrict athe atypes aof amedications athe aAPRN ais aallowed ato aprescribe. aState alaw
adoes anot arequire athe aAPRN ato apractice aunder aphysician asupervision. aHow awould athe
aAPRN‘s aprescriptive aauthority abe adescribed?
a. Full aauthority
b. Independent
c. Without alimitation
d. Limited aauthority
ANS: aB
The aAPRN ahas aindependent aprescriptive aauthority abecause athe aregulating abody adoes anot
arequire athat athe aAPRN awork aunder aphysician asupervision. aFull aprescriptive aauthority
agives athe aprovider athe aright ato aprescribe aindependently aand awithout alimitation. aLimited
aauthority aplaces arestrictions aon athe atypes aof adrugs athat acan abe aprescribed a.DIF: aCognitive
aLevel: aComprehension aREF: ap.
1TOP: aNursing aProcess: aI aMSC: aNCLEX aClient aNeeds aCategory: aPhysiologic
aIntegrity: aPharmacologic aand aParenteral aTherapies
2. Which afactors aincrease athe aneed afor aAPRNs ato ahave afull aprescriptive aauthority?
a. More apatients awill ahave aaccess ato ahealth acare.
b. Enrollment ain amedical aschools ais apredicted ato adecrease.
c. Physician‘s aassistants aare abeing autilized aless aoften.
d. APRN aeducation ais amore acomplex athan aeducation afor aphysicians.
ANS: aA
Implementation aof athe aAffordable aCare aAct ahas aincreased athe anumber aof aindividuals awith
ahealth acare acoverage, aand athus athe anumber awho ahave aaccess ato ahealth acare aservices. aThe
aincrease ain athe anumber aof apatients acreates athe aneed afor amore aproviders awith aprescriptive
aauthority. aAPRNs acan afill athis apractice agap. aDIF: aCognitive aLevel: aComprehension aREF:
ap. a2TOP: aNursing aProcess: aImplementation aMSC: aNCLEX aClient aNeeds aCategory:
aPhysiologic aIntegrity: aPharmacologic aand aParenteral aTherapies
,Lehne’s aPharmacotherapeutics afor aAdvanced aPractice aNurses aand aPhysician aAssistants
a2nd aEdition aRosenthal aTest aBank 3
3. Which afactors acould abe aattributed ato alimited aprescriptive aauthority afor aAPRNs?
aSelect aall athat aapply.
a. Inaccessibility aof apatient a care
b. Higher ahealth acare acosts
c. Higher aquality amedical atreatment
d. Improved acollaborative acare
e. Enhanced ahealth aliteracy
ANS: aA a, aB
Limiting aprescriptive aauthority afor aAPRNs acan acreate abarriers ato aquality, aaffordable, aand
aaccessible apatient acare. aIt amay aalso alead ato apoor acollaboration aamong aproviders aand ahigher
ahealth acare acosts. aIt awould anot adirectly aimpact apatient‘s ahealth aliteracy.DIF: aCognitive
aLevel: aComprehensionREF:
p. a2TOP: aNursing aProcess: aImplementation aMSC: aNCLEX aClient aNeeds aCategory:
aPhysiologic aIntegrity: aPharmacologic aand aParenteral aTherapies
4. Which aaspects asupport athe aAPRN‘s aprovision afor afull aprescriptive aauthority?
aSelect aall athat aapply.
a. Clinical aeducation aincludes aprescription aof amedications aand adisease aprocesses.
b. Federal aregulations asupport athe aprovision aof afull aauthority afor aAPRNs.
c. National aexaminations aprovide avalidation aof athe aAPRN‘s aability ato aprovide asafecare.
d. Licensure aensures acompliance awith ahealth acare aand asafety astandards.
e. Limiting aprovision acan adecrease ahealth acare aaffordability.
ANS: aA a, aC a, aD
APRNs aare aeducated ato apractice aand aprescribe aindependently awithout asupervision. aNational
aexaminations avalidate athe aability ato aprovide asafe aand acompetent acare. aLicensure aensures
acompliance awith astandards ato apromote apublic ahealth aand asafety. aLimited aprescriptive
aauthority acreates anumerous abarriers ato aquality, aaffordable, aand aaccessible apatient acare.DIF:
aCognitive aLevel: aComprehensionREF: app. a1-2TOP: aNursing aProcess: aImplementation
aMSC: aNCLEX aClient aNeeds aCategory: aPhysiologic aIntegrity: aPharmacologic aand
aParenteral aTherapies
, Lehne’s aPharmacotherapeutics afor aAdvanced aPractice aNurses aand aPhysician aAssistants
a2nd aEdition aRosenthal aTest aBank 4
5. Which aaspects asupport athe aAPRN‘s aprovision afor afull aprescriptive aauthority?
aSelect aall athat aapply.
a. Clinical aeducation aincludes aprescription aof amedications aand adisease aprocesses.
b. Federal aregulations asupport athe aprovision aof afull aauthority afor aAPRNs.
c. National aexaminations aprovide avalidation aof athe aAPRN‘s aability ato aprovide asafecare.
d. Licensure aensures acompliance awith ahealth acare aand asafety astandards.
ANS: aA a, aC a, aD
APRNs aare aeducated ato apractice aand aprescribe aindependently awithout asupervision. aNational
aexaminations avalidate athe aability ato aprovide asafe aand acompetent acare. aLicensure aensures
acompliance awith astandards ato apromote apublic ahealth aand asafety. aLimited aprescriptive
aauthority acreates anumerous abarriers ato aquality, aaffordable, aand aaccessible apatient acare.DIF:
aCognitive aLevel:
Comprehension aREF: app. a 1-2TOP: aNursing aProcess: aImplementation MSC: aNCLEX
aClient aNeeds aCategory: aPhysiologic aIntegrity: aPharmacologic aand aParenteral aTherapies
6. A afamily anurse apractitioner apracticing ain aMaine ais ahired aat aa apractice aacross astate
alines ain aVirginia. aWhich aaspect aof apractice amay achange afor athe aAPRN?
a. The aAPRN awill ahave aless aprescriptive aauthority ain athe anew aposition.
b. The aAPRN awill ahave amore aprescriptive aauthority ain athe anew a position.
c. The aAPRN awill ahave aequal aprescriptive aauthority ain athe anew aposition.
d. The aAPRN‘s aauthority awill adepend aon afederal
aregulations. aANS: aA
Virginia aallows alimited aprescriptive aauthority, awhile aMaine agives afull aauthority ato acertified
anurse apractitioners. aThe afederal agovernment adoes anot aregulate aprescriptive aauthority.DIF:
aCognitive aLevel: aComprehensionREF: ap. a3TOP: aNursing aProcess: aImplementation aMSC:
aNCLEX aClient aNeeds aCategory: aPhysiologic aIntegrity: aPharmacologic aand aParenteral
aTherapies
