NURS 251 PHARMACOLOGY-PORTAGE LEARNING MODULE 1-10 EXAMS 2025/2026 LATEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (GENEVA COLLEGE)|WELL STRUCTURED| 100% PASS|

NURS 251 PHARMACOLOGY -PORTAGE LEARNING MODULE 1-
10 EXAMS 2025/2026 LATEST QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS(GENEVA COLLEGE)|WELL STRUCTURED| 100%
PASS|


Table of content
NURS 251 Pharmacology -Portage Learning Module 1………….. 1

NURS 251 Pharmacology -Portage Learning Module 2…………..8

NURS 251 Pharmacology -Portage Learning Module 3………….58

NURS 251 Pharmacology -Portage Learning Module 4 …………74

NURS 251 Pharmacology -Portage Learning Module 5……..…100

NURS 251 Pharmacology -Portage Learning Module 6……… 123

NURS 251 Pharmacology -Portage Learning Module 7……….144

NURS 251 Pharmacology -Portage Learning Module 8……… 163

NURS 251 Pharmacology -Portage Learning Module 9………. 178

NURS 251 Pharmacology -Portage Learning Module 10……….190

, NURS 251 PHAMACOLOGY MODULE 1/ NURS 251 PORTAGE LEARNING
EXAM 1|GENEVA COLLEGE| 100% PASS
QUESTIONS ANSWERS
A patient recently started taking a new
medication; he mentions to his doctor at
his next appointment that he has noticed
his mouth is extremely dry since starting
the medication to the point where he is
adverse effect
not able to eat. He has tried managing it
with lozenges and increased liquids and
nothing seems to work. What drug effect
best describes the dry mouth this patient
is experiencing?
TRUE/FALSE: Discontinuing drug thera-
py is always the best course of action
false
whenever a patient experiences a harm-
ful
TRUE/FALSE: The site within a cell that
the drug binds to in order to exert its True
therapeutic effect is known as:
TRUE/FALSE: When a drug binds to a
cell exerting its effect leading to a de-
crease in that cell's physiologic response FALSE
that drug is acting as an agonist.
Matching the following:
1. Duration of Action - Length of time the
1. Duration of Action - Length of time the
drug produces its effect drug produces its effect
2. Onset of Action - Time from adminis-
2. Onset of Action - Time from adminis-
tration to first effect tration to first effect 3.Therapeutic Range
3. Therapeutic Range - Drug concentra-
- Drug concentration is above MEC and
tion is above MEC and below MTC below MTC
TRUE/FALSE: All drugs have both a
TRUE
trade name and a generic name
TRUE/FALSE: There can be multiple
generic names for the same chemical FALSE
compound.
Select the dosage form that is best de-
scribed as a flattened tablet that dis-
solves in the mouth:

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, NURS 251 PHAMACOLOGY MODULE 1/ NURS 251 PORTAGE LEARNING
EXAM 1|GENEVA COLLEGE| 100% PASS
QUESTIONS ANSWERS
Tablet
Capsule
Troche
Troche
Suppository
TRUE/FALSE: Tablets that are coated
with an acid-resistant substance to pre-
False
vent dissolution in the stomach are
called delayed release.
TRUE/FALSE: Suppositories are de-
TRUE
signed to melt at body temperature.
The two most common routes of admin- In general, the onset of action with par-
istration are oral and parenteral. Which enterally administered drugs is fairly im-
of the following is a true statement? mediate.
The study of how various dosage forms
influence the way in which drugs affect pharmaceutics
the body describe the term
TRUE/FALSE: Pharmacokinetics can
also be thought of as what the body does TRUE
to a drug.
How many components make up the
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pharmacokinetic phase of drug activity?
absorption, distribution, metabolism, ex-
List the four components of the pharma-
cretion
cokinetic phase of drug activity.
True/False: Metabolism is best defined
as the amount of drug that is absorbed
False
into the body.

What term best describes the amount of Bioavailability
drug that is absorbed into the body?
Name the primary factor that affects how
much drug is absorbed into the blood-
stream.
Route of administration
The primary factor that affects drug ab-
sorption is:

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, NURS 251 PHAMACOLOGY MODULE 1/ NURS 251 PORTAGE LEARNING
EXAM 1|GENEVA COLLEGE| 100% PASS
QUESTIONS ANSWERS
What is the name of the dosage form
that makes drug acid resistant to prevent Enteric coating
dissolution in the stomach?
Examples of parenteral routes of admin-
istration include each of the following EX- Oral
CEPT:
True/False Medications applied topically
have a very consistent and reliable ab- False
sorption into the bloodstream.
The term that refers to the transport of
drug by the bloodstream to the site of Distribution
action is called
Heart
Give an example of an organ that would
Liver
generally receive a drug first due to hav-
Kidney
ing a high blood supply
Brain
Name the part of the body that is the
Liver
primary site of drug metabolism
When a drug acts as an enzyme inducer
Which of the following statements re-
this leads to more drug being metabo-
garding drug metabolism is true
lized.
True/False The liver is the primary organ
responsible for the excretion of drugs
FALES
from the body.

Name the primary organ responsible for Kidney
the excretion of drugs from the body.
How many half-lives does it take for most
drugs to be effectively removed from the 5
body?
Drug A has a 24-hour half-life; drug B
has a 3-hour half-life. Based on this in-
formation which drug would take longer Drug A
to reach steady state?


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