NURS 5334 MODULE 1 PRACTICE EXAM
QUESTIONS 100% ANSWERED 2025
, Nurse practitioner prescriptive authority - ANSWERThe authority to prescribe
medications granted to nurse practitioners by the State Board of Nursing for each state.
Physician Assistant (PA) prescriptive authority - ANSWERThe authority to prescribe
medications granted to physician assistants by the State Board of Medical Examiners.
Clinical judgment in prescribing - ANSWERThe process of making decisions about
medication prescribing, which includes considering the cost to the patient of the
medication prescribed.
Criteria for choosing an effective drug - ANSWERThe factors considered when selecting
a medication, including consulting nationally recognized guidelines for disease
management.
Nurse practitioner practice under health-care reform - ANSWERThe potential for nurse
practitioners to thrive in the changing healthcare landscape due to their demonstrated
ability to control costs and improve patient outcomes.
Patient's nutritional intake and lab work reflects hypoalbuminemia - ANSWERThe
condition of low albumin levels in the blood, which can affect the distribution of drugs to
target tissues.
Drugs with a significant first-pass effect - ANSWERMedications that are rapidly
metabolized by the liver and may have little or no desired action.
Route of excretion of a volatile drug - ANSWERThe likely pathway through which a
volatile drug is eliminated from the body, which is typically through the lungs.
Medroxyprogesterone (Depo Provera) prescribed IM - ANSWERThe administration of
medroxyprogesterone (Depo Provera) via intramuscular injection to create a storage
reservoir of the drug, increasing the length of time it is available and active.
Choice of cephalexin dosing every 8 hours - ANSWERThe selection of a dosing
schedule for cephalexin based on the drug's biological half-life.
Azithromycin dosing with a loading dose - ANSWERThe administration of an initial
higher dose of azithromycin to rapidly achieve drug levels in the therapeutic range.
First sign of a therapeutic effect on the drug concentration curve - ANSWERThe onset
of action, which indicates the initial positive response to a medication.
QUESTIONS 100% ANSWERED 2025
, Nurse practitioner prescriptive authority - ANSWERThe authority to prescribe
medications granted to nurse practitioners by the State Board of Nursing for each state.
Physician Assistant (PA) prescriptive authority - ANSWERThe authority to prescribe
medications granted to physician assistants by the State Board of Medical Examiners.
Clinical judgment in prescribing - ANSWERThe process of making decisions about
medication prescribing, which includes considering the cost to the patient of the
medication prescribed.
Criteria for choosing an effective drug - ANSWERThe factors considered when selecting
a medication, including consulting nationally recognized guidelines for disease
management.
Nurse practitioner practice under health-care reform - ANSWERThe potential for nurse
practitioners to thrive in the changing healthcare landscape due to their demonstrated
ability to control costs and improve patient outcomes.
Patient's nutritional intake and lab work reflects hypoalbuminemia - ANSWERThe
condition of low albumin levels in the blood, which can affect the distribution of drugs to
target tissues.
Drugs with a significant first-pass effect - ANSWERMedications that are rapidly
metabolized by the liver and may have little or no desired action.
Route of excretion of a volatile drug - ANSWERThe likely pathway through which a
volatile drug is eliminated from the body, which is typically through the lungs.
Medroxyprogesterone (Depo Provera) prescribed IM - ANSWERThe administration of
medroxyprogesterone (Depo Provera) via intramuscular injection to create a storage
reservoir of the drug, increasing the length of time it is available and active.
Choice of cephalexin dosing every 8 hours - ANSWERThe selection of a dosing
schedule for cephalexin based on the drug's biological half-life.
Azithromycin dosing with a loading dose - ANSWERThe administration of an initial
higher dose of azithromycin to rapidly achieve drug levels in the therapeutic range.
First sign of a therapeutic effect on the drug concentration curve - ANSWERThe onset
of action, which indicates the initial positive response to a medication.
