Pharmacotherapeutics for Advanced
Practice Nurse Prescribers 2024/2025
Exam Questions Marking Scheme New
Update | A+ Rated
Nurse practitioner prescriptive authority is regulated by who? - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔The State Board of Nursing for Each State
What is the benefits of having an APRN prescriber? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔APRN's care
for patients more holistically and include patients in making decisions regarding
their care
What does clinical judgement in prescribing include? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Factoring
in the cost of the particular
What is included in the criteria for choosing and effective drug for a disorder? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔Consulting nationally recognized guidelines for disease
management
NP's thrive under the new health-care reform because of what? - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔NP's have the ability to control care cost and improve patient outcome
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,Nutritional intake and lab results reflect hypoalbuminemia; why is this
important for prescribers? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The Distribution of drugs to target
tissues may be affected
Drugs that have an significant first-pass effect what? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔they are
rapidly metabolized by the liver and may have little if any desired action
The route of excretion of a volatile drug will likely be? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Lungs
Medroxyprogesterone (Depo Provera) is prescribed IM to create storage
reservoir of the drug. What are storage reserviors> - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Increased
the length of time a drug is available and active
Why is Cephalexin given every 8 hours? What knowledge of the drug does the
NP know? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Half Life
Azithromycin doing requires that the first day's doing be twice those of the
other four day; This is considered a loading does. What is a loading dose? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔Rapidly actives drug levels in the therapeutic range
The point in time on the drug concentration curve that indicates the first sign of
a therapeutic effect is the: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Onset of action
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, Phenytoin required that a trough level be drawn. When and why are peak and
trough levels are done - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔To determine if a d rug is in the
therapeutic range
Drugs that are receptor agonists may demonstrate what property? - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔Concentrations will produce an adverse effect
Factors that affect gastric drug absorption include - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Lipid
solubility of the drug
Drugs that are receptors antagonists, such as beta-blockers, may cause what? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔An exaggerated response if abrupt discontinues
Drug administration via IV:
1) need to be lipid soluble in order to absorb easily
2) Begin distribution in the body immediately
3) Are easily absorbed if they are nonionized
4) May use pinocytosis to be absorbed - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Are easily absorbed if
they are nonionized
What is the combination effect when a medication is added to a regimen for a
synergistic effect? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Greater than the sum of the effects of each
drug individually
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Practice Nurse Prescribers 2024/2025
Exam Questions Marking Scheme New
Update | A+ Rated
Nurse practitioner prescriptive authority is regulated by who? - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔The State Board of Nursing for Each State
What is the benefits of having an APRN prescriber? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔APRN's care
for patients more holistically and include patients in making decisions regarding
their care
What does clinical judgement in prescribing include? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Factoring
in the cost of the particular
What is included in the criteria for choosing and effective drug for a disorder? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔Consulting nationally recognized guidelines for disease
management
NP's thrive under the new health-care reform because of what? - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔NP's have the ability to control care cost and improve patient outcome
Page 1 of 18
COPYRIGHT©JOSHCLAY 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER:
619652435. TERMS OF USE. PRIVACY STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
,Nutritional intake and lab results reflect hypoalbuminemia; why is this
important for prescribers? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The Distribution of drugs to target
tissues may be affected
Drugs that have an significant first-pass effect what? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔they are
rapidly metabolized by the liver and may have little if any desired action
The route of excretion of a volatile drug will likely be? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Lungs
Medroxyprogesterone (Depo Provera) is prescribed IM to create storage
reservoir of the drug. What are storage reserviors> - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Increased
the length of time a drug is available and active
Why is Cephalexin given every 8 hours? What knowledge of the drug does the
NP know? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Half Life
Azithromycin doing requires that the first day's doing be twice those of the
other four day; This is considered a loading does. What is a loading dose? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔Rapidly actives drug levels in the therapeutic range
The point in time on the drug concentration curve that indicates the first sign of
a therapeutic effect is the: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Onset of action
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619652435. TERMS OF USE. PRIVACY STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
, Phenytoin required that a trough level be drawn. When and why are peak and
trough levels are done - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔To determine if a d rug is in the
therapeutic range
Drugs that are receptor agonists may demonstrate what property? - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔Concentrations will produce an adverse effect
Factors that affect gastric drug absorption include - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Lipid
solubility of the drug
Drugs that are receptors antagonists, such as beta-blockers, may cause what? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔An exaggerated response if abrupt discontinues
Drug administration via IV:
1) need to be lipid soluble in order to absorb easily
2) Begin distribution in the body immediately
3) Are easily absorbed if they are nonionized
4) May use pinocytosis to be absorbed - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Are easily absorbed if
they are nonionized
What is the combination effect when a medication is added to a regimen for a
synergistic effect? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Greater than the sum of the effects of each
drug individually
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