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Pharmacotherapeutics for Advanced
Practice Nurse Prescribers 5th Edition
Woo Robinson Test Bank ( ALL
CHAPTERS COVERED)(2025)
Medroxyprogesterone (Depo Provera) is prescribed intramuscularly (IM) to
create a storage reservoir of the drug. Storage reservoirs:
1. Assure that the drug will reach its intended target tissue
2. Are the reason for giving loading doses
3. Increase the length of time a drug is available and active
4. Are most common in collagen tissues - (answers)3. Increase the length of time
a drug is available and active
Azithromycin dosing requires that the first day's dosage be twice those of the
other
4 days of the prescription. This is considered a loading dose. A loading dose:
1. Rapidly achieves drug levels in the therapeutic range
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2. Requires four- to five-half-lives to attain
3. Is influenced by renal function
4. Is directly related to the drug circulating to the target tissues - (answers)1.
Rapidly achieves drug levels in the therapeutic range
The ailment that generates the greatest over-the-counter annual drug sales is:
1. Constipation
2. Cough and colds
3. Heartburn
4. Acute and chronic pain - (answers)2. Cough and colds
The Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act, which is part of the 2006 U.S.
Patriot Act:
1. Requires all providers to screen their patients for methamphetamine use
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2. Restricts the prescribing of amphetamines to U.S. citizens
3. Requires a prescription be written for all methamphetamine precursors in all
states
4. Restricts the sales of drugs that contain methamphetamine precursors,
including a daily and 30-day limit on sales - (answers)4. Restricts the sales of drugs
that contain methamphetamine precursors, including a daily and 30-day limit on
sales
When prescribing a tetracycline or quinolone antibiotic it is critical to instruct the
patient:
1. Not to take their regularly prescribed medications while on these antibiotics
2. Regarding the need for lots of acidic foods and juices, such as orange juice, to
enhance absorption
3. Not to take antacids while on these medications, as the antacid decreases
absorption
4. That there are no drug interactions with these antibiotics - (answers)3. Not to
take antacids while on these medications, as the antacid decreases absorption
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Factors that place a patient at risk of developing an antimicrobial-resistant
organism include:
1. Age over 50 years
2. School attendance
3. Travel within the U.S.
4. Inappropriate use of antimicrobials - (answers)4. Inappropriate use of
antimicrobials
Infants and young children are at higher risk of developing antibiotic-resistant
infections due to:
1. Developmental differences in pharmacokinetics of the antibiotics in children
2. The fact that children this age are more likely to be in daycare and exposed to
pathogens from other children
3. Parents of young children insisting on preventive antibiotics so they don't miss
work when their child is sick
Pharmacotherapeutics for Advanced
Practice Nurse Prescribers 5th Edition
Woo Robinson Test Bank ( ALL
CHAPTERS COVERED)(2025)
Medroxyprogesterone (Depo Provera) is prescribed intramuscularly (IM) to
create a storage reservoir of the drug. Storage reservoirs:
1. Assure that the drug will reach its intended target tissue
2. Are the reason for giving loading doses
3. Increase the length of time a drug is available and active
4. Are most common in collagen tissues - (answers)3. Increase the length of time
a drug is available and active
Azithromycin dosing requires that the first day's dosage be twice those of the
other
4 days of the prescription. This is considered a loading dose. A loading dose:
1. Rapidly achieves drug levels in the therapeutic range
, 2
2. Requires four- to five-half-lives to attain
3. Is influenced by renal function
4. Is directly related to the drug circulating to the target tissues - (answers)1.
Rapidly achieves drug levels in the therapeutic range
The ailment that generates the greatest over-the-counter annual drug sales is:
1. Constipation
2. Cough and colds
3. Heartburn
4. Acute and chronic pain - (answers)2. Cough and colds
The Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act, which is part of the 2006 U.S.
Patriot Act:
1. Requires all providers to screen their patients for methamphetamine use
, 3
2. Restricts the prescribing of amphetamines to U.S. citizens
3. Requires a prescription be written for all methamphetamine precursors in all
states
4. Restricts the sales of drugs that contain methamphetamine precursors,
including a daily and 30-day limit on sales - (answers)4. Restricts the sales of drugs
that contain methamphetamine precursors, including a daily and 30-day limit on
sales
When prescribing a tetracycline or quinolone antibiotic it is critical to instruct the
patient:
1. Not to take their regularly prescribed medications while on these antibiotics
2. Regarding the need for lots of acidic foods and juices, such as orange juice, to
enhance absorption
3. Not to take antacids while on these medications, as the antacid decreases
absorption
4. That there are no drug interactions with these antibiotics - (answers)3. Not to
take antacids while on these medications, as the antacid decreases absorption
, 4
Factors that place a patient at risk of developing an antimicrobial-resistant
organism include:
1. Age over 50 years
2. School attendance
3. Travel within the U.S.
4. Inappropriate use of antimicrobials - (answers)4. Inappropriate use of
antimicrobials
Infants and young children are at higher risk of developing antibiotic-resistant
infections due to:
1. Developmental differences in pharmacokinetics of the antibiotics in children
2. The fact that children this age are more likely to be in daycare and exposed to
pathogens from other children
3. Parents of young children insisting on preventive antibiotics so they don't miss
work when their child is sick
