NU136 - EXAM 4 REVIEW QUESTIONS
& ANSWERS ALL PASSED 100%
3 key factors of drug therapy - correct answer ✔✔1. distribution: how drug distributes
throughout body
2. metabolism: what route is it (slow or fast)
3. excretion: how the pt is urinating; kidney function (older adults need less dosage)
Pharmacology in relation to nurses: - correct answer ✔✔-physicians, pharmacies, and nurses
are legally responsible for safe & therapeutic effects of drugs
-locate info about each drug
-calculate dose accurately
-6 rights
-recognize nursing interventions
-knowledgeable about possible drug interactions
If drug order isn't clear: - correct answer ✔✔clarify w/ doctor
Controlled substances: - correct answer ✔✔-must have another nurse count w/ you (incoming
& out coming nurse)
-any discrepancies need to be investigated
Differences of absorption - correct answer ✔✔1. slow absorption: skin, oral, SQ
2. quick absorption: sublingual, mucus membrane, respiratory
3. most rapid: IV
,High alert medication: - correct answer ✔✔-insulin
-requires a 2 nurse check
Schedule of controlled drugs - correct answer ✔✔Schedule I through V
schedule I - correct answer ✔✔drugs with no accepted medical use & high potential of abuse
i.e. heroin, LSD, weed
Drug standards - correct answer ✔✔purity, potency, bioavailability, efficacy, safety and toxicity
If there is a medication error: - correct answer ✔✔report it immediately; the purpose of the
report is so same mistake won't happen again
Schedule II - correct answer ✔✔drugs with medical use & high potential for abuse
i.e. cocaine, oxycodone, codeine
schedule III - correct answer ✔✔drugs that are medically use w/ less potential for abuse than
schedule II
i.e. testosterone, ketamine, miscellaneous depressants
schedule IV - correct answer ✔✔drugs that are medically useful w/ less potential for abuse than
schedule III
i.e. tranquilizers
, schedule V - correct answer ✔✔drugs with medical use, low potential for abuse and produce
less of a physical dependance
i.e. cough syrup
uses for drugs: - correct answer ✔✔Treatment, palliation, diagnosis, cure, and prevention of
disease
Pharmacokinetics - correct answer ✔✔how drugs enter body, metabolized, and excreted
Absorption - correct answer ✔✔-movement of a drug from its site of admin into bloodstream
-determined by weight, sex, age, disease & genetics; how drugs
distribution - correct answer ✔✔to tissues, & cellular site of action depending on the physical &
chemical properties
pharmacodynamics - correct answer ✔✔drugs effect on cellular physiology and biochem
onset - correct answer ✔✔begins when drug reaches minimum effective concentration level
peak - correct answer ✔✔occurs when high blood plasma concentration is achieved
duration - correct answer ✔✔length of time drug exerts a pharmacolic effect
agonists - correct answer ✔✔drugs that produce a response
& ANSWERS ALL PASSED 100%
3 key factors of drug therapy - correct answer ✔✔1. distribution: how drug distributes
throughout body
2. metabolism: what route is it (slow or fast)
3. excretion: how the pt is urinating; kidney function (older adults need less dosage)
Pharmacology in relation to nurses: - correct answer ✔✔-physicians, pharmacies, and nurses
are legally responsible for safe & therapeutic effects of drugs
-locate info about each drug
-calculate dose accurately
-6 rights
-recognize nursing interventions
-knowledgeable about possible drug interactions
If drug order isn't clear: - correct answer ✔✔clarify w/ doctor
Controlled substances: - correct answer ✔✔-must have another nurse count w/ you (incoming
& out coming nurse)
-any discrepancies need to be investigated
Differences of absorption - correct answer ✔✔1. slow absorption: skin, oral, SQ
2. quick absorption: sublingual, mucus membrane, respiratory
3. most rapid: IV
,High alert medication: - correct answer ✔✔-insulin
-requires a 2 nurse check
Schedule of controlled drugs - correct answer ✔✔Schedule I through V
schedule I - correct answer ✔✔drugs with no accepted medical use & high potential of abuse
i.e. heroin, LSD, weed
Drug standards - correct answer ✔✔purity, potency, bioavailability, efficacy, safety and toxicity
If there is a medication error: - correct answer ✔✔report it immediately; the purpose of the
report is so same mistake won't happen again
Schedule II - correct answer ✔✔drugs with medical use & high potential for abuse
i.e. cocaine, oxycodone, codeine
schedule III - correct answer ✔✔drugs that are medically use w/ less potential for abuse than
schedule II
i.e. testosterone, ketamine, miscellaneous depressants
schedule IV - correct answer ✔✔drugs that are medically useful w/ less potential for abuse than
schedule III
i.e. tranquilizers
, schedule V - correct answer ✔✔drugs with medical use, low potential for abuse and produce
less of a physical dependance
i.e. cough syrup
uses for drugs: - correct answer ✔✔Treatment, palliation, diagnosis, cure, and prevention of
disease
Pharmacokinetics - correct answer ✔✔how drugs enter body, metabolized, and excreted
Absorption - correct answer ✔✔-movement of a drug from its site of admin into bloodstream
-determined by weight, sex, age, disease & genetics; how drugs
distribution - correct answer ✔✔to tissues, & cellular site of action depending on the physical &
chemical properties
pharmacodynamics - correct answer ✔✔drugs effect on cellular physiology and biochem
onset - correct answer ✔✔begins when drug reaches minimum effective concentration level
peak - correct answer ✔✔occurs when high blood plasma concentration is achieved
duration - correct answer ✔✔length of time drug exerts a pharmacolic effect
agonists - correct answer ✔✔drugs that produce a response
