NURS 5334 Advanced Pharmacology
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Define Pharmacokinetics - CORRECT ANSWER - The impact of the body on drugs. How
much of an administered dose gets to its sites of action.
Four major pharmokinetic processes - CORRECT ANSWER - Drug absorption, drug
distribution, drug metabolism, and drug excretion.
Define Pharmacodynamics - CORRECT ANSWER - The impact of drugs on the body. The
nature and intensity of the response to the drug.
Two major areas in which you can apply pharmacologic knowledge. - CORRECT
ANSWER - Patient care and patient education.
Seven aspects of drug therapy. - CORRECT ANSWER - Pre administration assessment,
dosage and administration, evaluating and promoting therapeutic effects, minimizing adverse
effects, minimizing adverse reactions, making "as needed" (PRN) decisions, and managing
toxicity.
Pre administration assessment - CORRECT ANSWER - Three basic goals: collecting
baseline data needed to evaluate therapeutic and adverse responses, identifying high -risk
patients, and assessing the patient's capacity for self-care.
To help reduce adverse effects, you must know - CORRECT ANSWER - The major
adverse effects the drug can produce, when these reactions are likely to occur, early signs that an
adverse reaction is developing, and interventions that can minimize discomfort and harm.
PRN - CORRECT ANSWER - pro re nata, a Latin phrase meaning as needed
, Nursing process - CORRECT ANSWER - ADPIE - Assessment, analysis (diagnosis),
planning, implementation, and evaluation.
Complete nursing diagnosis - CORRECT ANSWER - A statement of the pt's actual or
potential health problem, a statement of the problem's probable cause or risk factors, and the
signs, symptoms, or other evidence of the problem. Statements are separated by the phrases
related to and as evidenced by
Objective of drug therapy - CORRECT ANSWER - Produce maximum benefit with
minimum harm
Pre administration assessment - CORRECT ANSWER - Establish the baseline data needed
to tailor drug therapy to the individual.
Pre administration assessment goals - CORRECT ANSWER - Collection of baseline data
needed to evaluate therapeutic effects, collection of baseline data needed to evaluate adverse
effects, identification of high-risk patients, and assessment of the pt's capacity for self-care.
Containdication - CORRECT ANSWER - A preexisting condition that precludes use of a
particular drug under all but the most critical of circumstances.
Precaution - CORRECT ANSWER - A preexisting condition that significantly increases
the risk of an adverse reaction to a particular drug, but not to s degree that is life threatening.
Pharmacokinetics - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Absorption 2. distribution 3. metabolism 4.
elimination
"Body affecting drugs"
Absorption - CORRECT ANSWER - Enteral route involves the GI system (oral)
Parenteral route = IV, IM
Transdermal = through the skin
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Define Pharmacokinetics - CORRECT ANSWER - The impact of the body on drugs. How
much of an administered dose gets to its sites of action.
Four major pharmokinetic processes - CORRECT ANSWER - Drug absorption, drug
distribution, drug metabolism, and drug excretion.
Define Pharmacodynamics - CORRECT ANSWER - The impact of drugs on the body. The
nature and intensity of the response to the drug.
Two major areas in which you can apply pharmacologic knowledge. - CORRECT
ANSWER - Patient care and patient education.
Seven aspects of drug therapy. - CORRECT ANSWER - Pre administration assessment,
dosage and administration, evaluating and promoting therapeutic effects, minimizing adverse
effects, minimizing adverse reactions, making "as needed" (PRN) decisions, and managing
toxicity.
Pre administration assessment - CORRECT ANSWER - Three basic goals: collecting
baseline data needed to evaluate therapeutic and adverse responses, identifying high -risk
patients, and assessing the patient's capacity for self-care.
To help reduce adverse effects, you must know - CORRECT ANSWER - The major
adverse effects the drug can produce, when these reactions are likely to occur, early signs that an
adverse reaction is developing, and interventions that can minimize discomfort and harm.
PRN - CORRECT ANSWER - pro re nata, a Latin phrase meaning as needed
, Nursing process - CORRECT ANSWER - ADPIE - Assessment, analysis (diagnosis),
planning, implementation, and evaluation.
Complete nursing diagnosis - CORRECT ANSWER - A statement of the pt's actual or
potential health problem, a statement of the problem's probable cause or risk factors, and the
signs, symptoms, or other evidence of the problem. Statements are separated by the phrases
related to and as evidenced by
Objective of drug therapy - CORRECT ANSWER - Produce maximum benefit with
minimum harm
Pre administration assessment - CORRECT ANSWER - Establish the baseline data needed
to tailor drug therapy to the individual.
Pre administration assessment goals - CORRECT ANSWER - Collection of baseline data
needed to evaluate therapeutic effects, collection of baseline data needed to evaluate adverse
effects, identification of high-risk patients, and assessment of the pt's capacity for self-care.
Containdication - CORRECT ANSWER - A preexisting condition that precludes use of a
particular drug under all but the most critical of circumstances.
Precaution - CORRECT ANSWER - A preexisting condition that significantly increases
the risk of an adverse reaction to a particular drug, but not to s degree that is life threatening.
Pharmacokinetics - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Absorption 2. distribution 3. metabolism 4.
elimination
"Body affecting drugs"
Absorption - CORRECT ANSWER - Enteral route involves the GI system (oral)
Parenteral route = IV, IM
Transdermal = through the skin
