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PHARMACOTHERAPEUTICS FOR ADVANCED
PRACTICE NURSE PRESCRIBERS 5TH EDITION
WOO ROBINSON | 2025 NEWEST UPDATED
VERSION. FULL CHAPTERS
1. Principles of prescribing for older adults include:
1. Avoiding prescribing any newer high-cost
medications2. Starting at a low dose and
increasing the dose slowly
3. Keeping the total dose at a lower therapeutic range
4. All of the above
2. Sadie is a 90-year-old patient who requires a new prescription.
What changes in drugdistribution with aging would influence
prescribing for Sadie?
1. Increased volume of distribution
, 2. Decreased lipid
solubility
3. Decreased plasma proteins
4. Increased muscle-to-fat ratio
3. Glen is an 82-year-old patient who needs to be prescribed a new
drug. What changes in elimination should be taken into
consideration when prescribing for Glen?
1. Increased glomerular filtration rate (GFR) will require
higher doses ofsome renally excreted drugs.
2. Decreased tubular secretion of medication will require dosage adjustments.
3. Thin skin will cause increased elimination via sweat.
4. Decreased lung capacity will lead to measurable
decreases in lungexcretion of drugs.
4. A medication review of an elderly person’s medications involves:
1. Asking the patient to bring a list of current prescription medications to the visit
2. Having the patient bring all of their prescription, over-
the-counter, andherbal medications to the visit
3. Asking what other providers are writing
prescriptions forthem 4. All of the above
5. Steps to avoid polypharmacy include:
, 1. Prescribing two or fewer drugs from each drug class
2. Reviewing a complete drug history every 12 to 18 months
3. Encouraging the elderly patient to coordinate their care
with all of their providers 4. Evaluating for duplications in
drug therapy and discontinuing anyduplications
6. Robert is a 72-year-old patient who has hypertension and
angina. He is at riskfor common medication practices seen in
the elderly including:
, 1. Use of another person’s medications
2. Hoarding medications
3. Changing his medication regimen without
telling hisprovider 4. All of the above
7. To improve positive outcomes when prescribing for the elderly the nurse
practitioner should:
1. Assess cognitive functioning in the elder
2. Encourage the patient to take a weekly “drug holiday” to keep drug costs down
3. Encourage the patient to cut drugs in half with a knife to lower costs
4. All of the above
8. When an elderly diabetic patient is constipated the best treatment options include:
1. Mineral oil
2. Bulk-forming laxatives such as psyllium
3. Stimulant laxatives such
as senna4. Stool softeners
such as docusate
9. Delta is an 88-year-old patient who has mild low-back pain. What
PHARMACOTHERAPEUTICS FOR ADVANCED
PRACTICE NURSE PRESCRIBERS 5TH EDITION
WOO ROBINSON | 2025 NEWEST UPDATED
VERSION. FULL CHAPTERS
1. Principles of prescribing for older adults include:
1. Avoiding prescribing any newer high-cost
medications2. Starting at a low dose and
increasing the dose slowly
3. Keeping the total dose at a lower therapeutic range
4. All of the above
2. Sadie is a 90-year-old patient who requires a new prescription.
What changes in drugdistribution with aging would influence
prescribing for Sadie?
1. Increased volume of distribution
, 2. Decreased lipid
solubility
3. Decreased plasma proteins
4. Increased muscle-to-fat ratio
3. Glen is an 82-year-old patient who needs to be prescribed a new
drug. What changes in elimination should be taken into
consideration when prescribing for Glen?
1. Increased glomerular filtration rate (GFR) will require
higher doses ofsome renally excreted drugs.
2. Decreased tubular secretion of medication will require dosage adjustments.
3. Thin skin will cause increased elimination via sweat.
4. Decreased lung capacity will lead to measurable
decreases in lungexcretion of drugs.
4. A medication review of an elderly person’s medications involves:
1. Asking the patient to bring a list of current prescription medications to the visit
2. Having the patient bring all of their prescription, over-
the-counter, andherbal medications to the visit
3. Asking what other providers are writing
prescriptions forthem 4. All of the above
5. Steps to avoid polypharmacy include:
, 1. Prescribing two or fewer drugs from each drug class
2. Reviewing a complete drug history every 12 to 18 months
3. Encouraging the elderly patient to coordinate their care
with all of their providers 4. Evaluating for duplications in
drug therapy and discontinuing anyduplications
6. Robert is a 72-year-old patient who has hypertension and
angina. He is at riskfor common medication practices seen in
the elderly including:
, 1. Use of another person’s medications
2. Hoarding medications
3. Changing his medication regimen without
telling hisprovider 4. All of the above
7. To improve positive outcomes when prescribing for the elderly the nurse
practitioner should:
1. Assess cognitive functioning in the elder
2. Encourage the patient to take a weekly “drug holiday” to keep drug costs down
3. Encourage the patient to cut drugs in half with a knife to lower costs
4. All of the above
8. When an elderly diabetic patient is constipated the best treatment options include:
1. Mineral oil
2. Bulk-forming laxatives such as psyllium
3. Stimulant laxatives such
as senna4. Stool softeners
such as docusate
9. Delta is an 88-year-old patient who has mild low-back pain. What
