NURS170 W2 EXAM QUESTIONS AND
COMPLETE ANSWERS
What are three ways to avoid medication errors? - answer 1. Pracitce the rights of
medication administration
2. Perform medication reconciliation
3. Understand medication interactions and pharmacokinetics
What's the prescribed quantity of a medication consisting of the dose and the frequency
? - answer Dosage
Pharmacokinetics is the study of what three things? - answer 1. Absorption
2. Distribution
3. Metabolism
4. Excretion
What is defined as the movement of a medication from where it was administered to the
circulatory system ? - answer Absorption
What are factors that affect the rate of absorption ? - answer 1. Route of administration
2. Ionization
3. Dissolution
4. Blood flow
5. Lipid solubility
6. Surface area of the absorptive site
7. Client-specific factors
What affects the degree of a spit on and the rate at which the drug permeates the cell
membranes which ultimately impacts the distribution of a medication - answer Ionization
What is the process where a gaseous, liquid, or solid phase dissolves in a solvent to
form a solution - answer Dissolution
What's a drug form that rapidly dissolves on the tongue or oral cavity - answer Orally
disintegrating tablets
,True or false: a medication will be absorbed more rapidly if it is lipid soluble - answer
True
What are medications administered via the mouth, stomach, or intestines - answer
Enteral route
What is the process of medication delivery to the target organ or tissues following
absorption into the circulatory system - answer Distribution
What it's he chemical process of converting a medications structure - answer
Metabolism
Where are medications mostly metabolized - answer In the liver (kidneys and sections of
the small intestine also play a role)
What is the adverse effect in which the body is unable to metabolize or excrete a
medication and can cause irreversible damage to organs - answer Toxicity
What contain inactive chemicals that are activated through metabolism to exert their
therapeutic effects - answer Prodrugs
What is the desired effect of a medication - answer Therapeutic effect
What is the passage of oral medications from the small intestine to the hepatic
circulation via the mesenteric and portal veins flowing into he liver before reaching
systemic circulation - answer First-pass effect
What is the process by which a medication is removed from the body - answer Excretion
What is the primary organ responsible for medication excretion - answer Kidneys
What is the study of how a medication works, its relationship to medication
concentrations and how the body responds - answer Pharmacodynamics
What is the method used by health care providers to monitor drug concentrations to
determine therapeutic dose and avoid toxicity - answer Therapeutic range
What is used by health care providers to monitor drug level concentrations - answer
Therapeutic drug monitoring
What is the highest level of a drug in the bloodstream without being at a toxic level -
answer Peak blood level
What is the lowest concentration of a medication in the system circulation - answer
Trough blood level
What is the time it takes for the drug to fall to half its strength through exertion - answer
Half-life
A medication that activates receptors to initiate a preferred response is known as an
, ______ whereas a medication that prevents the activation of a receptor is known as an
______. - answer Agonist, antagonist
What are unwanted and non-therapeutic effects of the medication. They can range from
mild to severe - answer Adverse drug reactions (ADR)
What is an injury caused from a medical intervention that is linked to a medication -
answer Adverse drug event
What is an unforeseeable or unintended physical condition, injury, or disorder caused
by a treatment or procedure - answer Iatrogenic
What is a reaction resulting from a hypersensitivity to an antigen or foreign substance
such as medication - answer Allergic reaction
What is an acute allergic reaction to an antigen that may result in life-threatening shock,
producing vasodilation, bronchospasm, and laryngeal edema - answer Anaphylaxis
What are medications that can cause fetal defects, pregnancy loss, prematurity or
developmental disabilities - answer Teratogenic
What are multiple medications that one person is taking - answer Polypharmacy
What are the rights of medication administration - answer 1. Right client
2. Right medication
3. Right dose
4. Right route
5. Right time
6. Right assessment
7. Right documentation
8. Right to refuse
9. Right education
10. Right evaluation
COMPLETE ANSWERS
What are three ways to avoid medication errors? - answer 1. Pracitce the rights of
medication administration
2. Perform medication reconciliation
3. Understand medication interactions and pharmacokinetics
What's the prescribed quantity of a medication consisting of the dose and the frequency
? - answer Dosage
Pharmacokinetics is the study of what three things? - answer 1. Absorption
2. Distribution
3. Metabolism
4. Excretion
What is defined as the movement of a medication from where it was administered to the
circulatory system ? - answer Absorption
What are factors that affect the rate of absorption ? - answer 1. Route of administration
2. Ionization
3. Dissolution
4. Blood flow
5. Lipid solubility
6. Surface area of the absorptive site
7. Client-specific factors
What affects the degree of a spit on and the rate at which the drug permeates the cell
membranes which ultimately impacts the distribution of a medication - answer Ionization
What is the process where a gaseous, liquid, or solid phase dissolves in a solvent to
form a solution - answer Dissolution
What's a drug form that rapidly dissolves on the tongue or oral cavity - answer Orally
disintegrating tablets
,True or false: a medication will be absorbed more rapidly if it is lipid soluble - answer
True
What are medications administered via the mouth, stomach, or intestines - answer
Enteral route
What is the process of medication delivery to the target organ or tissues following
absorption into the circulatory system - answer Distribution
What it's he chemical process of converting a medications structure - answer
Metabolism
Where are medications mostly metabolized - answer In the liver (kidneys and sections of
the small intestine also play a role)
What is the adverse effect in which the body is unable to metabolize or excrete a
medication and can cause irreversible damage to organs - answer Toxicity
What contain inactive chemicals that are activated through metabolism to exert their
therapeutic effects - answer Prodrugs
What is the desired effect of a medication - answer Therapeutic effect
What is the passage of oral medications from the small intestine to the hepatic
circulation via the mesenteric and portal veins flowing into he liver before reaching
systemic circulation - answer First-pass effect
What is the process by which a medication is removed from the body - answer Excretion
What is the primary organ responsible for medication excretion - answer Kidneys
What is the study of how a medication works, its relationship to medication
concentrations and how the body responds - answer Pharmacodynamics
What is the method used by health care providers to monitor drug concentrations to
determine therapeutic dose and avoid toxicity - answer Therapeutic range
What is used by health care providers to monitor drug level concentrations - answer
Therapeutic drug monitoring
What is the highest level of a drug in the bloodstream without being at a toxic level -
answer Peak blood level
What is the lowest concentration of a medication in the system circulation - answer
Trough blood level
What is the time it takes for the drug to fall to half its strength through exertion - answer
Half-life
A medication that activates receptors to initiate a preferred response is known as an
, ______ whereas a medication that prevents the activation of a receptor is known as an
______. - answer Agonist, antagonist
What are unwanted and non-therapeutic effects of the medication. They can range from
mild to severe - answer Adverse drug reactions (ADR)
What is an injury caused from a medical intervention that is linked to a medication -
answer Adverse drug event
What is an unforeseeable or unintended physical condition, injury, or disorder caused
by a treatment or procedure - answer Iatrogenic
What is a reaction resulting from a hypersensitivity to an antigen or foreign substance
such as medication - answer Allergic reaction
What is an acute allergic reaction to an antigen that may result in life-threatening shock,
producing vasodilation, bronchospasm, and laryngeal edema - answer Anaphylaxis
What are medications that can cause fetal defects, pregnancy loss, prematurity or
developmental disabilities - answer Teratogenic
What are multiple medications that one person is taking - answer Polypharmacy
What are the rights of medication administration - answer 1. Right client
2. Right medication
3. Right dose
4. Right route
5. Right time
6. Right assessment
7. Right documentation
8. Right to refuse
9. Right education
10. Right evaluation
