Liley's Pharmacology for Canadian
Health Care Practice 4th edition Exam
Questions and Answers
In which step of the nursing process does the nurse determine the outcome of
medication administration?
a. Planning
b. Assessment
c. Evaluation
d. Implementation - Correct answer-c. Evaluation
The nurse plans care for a male patient who is 80 years of age. The nursing
diagnosis is nonadherence with the medication regimen related to living alone, as
evidenced by uncontrolled blood pressure. What should the nurse do next?
a. Assess the impact of home self-management of medications.
b. Collaborate with the health care provider on a new medication regimen.
c. Enlist the help of a home care nurse for pharmacotherapy.
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,d. Examine the results of nursing help with the medications. - Correct answer-c.
Enlist the help of a home care nurse for pharmacotherapy.
Which statement is an example of objective data? (Select all that apply.)
a. The patient says that she has felt tired for almost a week.
b. The patient says that she feels like someone is touching her arm.
c. The patient has had a fever for 5 days.
d. The patient has clear urine.
e. The patient states that she has a headache. - Correct answer-c. The patient has
had a fever for 5 days.
d. The patient has clear urine.
What should the nurse check when reviewing a prescription with a patient? (Select
all that apply.)
a. The patient's emergency contact
b. The patient's home address
c. The route of administration
d. The age of the patient
e. The signature of the prescriber - Correct answer-c. The route of administration
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,e. The signature of the prescriber
What information should the nurse chart when documenting medication
administration? (Select all that apply.)
a. The dosage of medication administered
b. The time of administration
c. Information about an "incident report" in the patient's chart
d. The patient's age
e. The route of administration - Correct answer-a. The dosage of medication
administered
b. The time of administration
e. The route of administration
What is the study of physiochemical properties of drugs and how drugs influence
the body called?
a. Pharmacology
b. Pharmacodynamics
c. Pharmacokinetics
d. Pharmacotherapeutics - Correct answer-b. Pharmacodynamics
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, Which statement best describes pharmacokinetics?
a. Adverse effects and toxic reactions to medications
b. Conversion of medication into its active chemical substance
c. What the body does to the drug after it is administered
d. Physiologic interaction between a drug and body cells - Correct answer-c. What
the body does to the drug after it is administered
What is another term for biotransformation of a drug?
a. Metabolism
b. Absorption
c. Excretion
d. Dilution - Correct answer-a. Metabolism
A drug given by which route is altered by the first-pass effect?
a. Oral
b. Sublingual
c. Intravenous (IV)
d. Subcutaneous - Correct answer-a. Oral
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Health Care Practice 4th edition Exam
Questions and Answers
In which step of the nursing process does the nurse determine the outcome of
medication administration?
a. Planning
b. Assessment
c. Evaluation
d. Implementation - Correct answer-c. Evaluation
The nurse plans care for a male patient who is 80 years of age. The nursing
diagnosis is nonadherence with the medication regimen related to living alone, as
evidenced by uncontrolled blood pressure. What should the nurse do next?
a. Assess the impact of home self-management of medications.
b. Collaborate with the health care provider on a new medication regimen.
c. Enlist the help of a home care nurse for pharmacotherapy.
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,d. Examine the results of nursing help with the medications. - Correct answer-c.
Enlist the help of a home care nurse for pharmacotherapy.
Which statement is an example of objective data? (Select all that apply.)
a. The patient says that she has felt tired for almost a week.
b. The patient says that she feels like someone is touching her arm.
c. The patient has had a fever for 5 days.
d. The patient has clear urine.
e. The patient states that she has a headache. - Correct answer-c. The patient has
had a fever for 5 days.
d. The patient has clear urine.
What should the nurse check when reviewing a prescription with a patient? (Select
all that apply.)
a. The patient's emergency contact
b. The patient's home address
c. The route of administration
d. The age of the patient
e. The signature of the prescriber - Correct answer-c. The route of administration
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,e. The signature of the prescriber
What information should the nurse chart when documenting medication
administration? (Select all that apply.)
a. The dosage of medication administered
b. The time of administration
c. Information about an "incident report" in the patient's chart
d. The patient's age
e. The route of administration - Correct answer-a. The dosage of medication
administered
b. The time of administration
e. The route of administration
What is the study of physiochemical properties of drugs and how drugs influence
the body called?
a. Pharmacology
b. Pharmacodynamics
c. Pharmacokinetics
d. Pharmacotherapeutics - Correct answer-b. Pharmacodynamics
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, Which statement best describes pharmacokinetics?
a. Adverse effects and toxic reactions to medications
b. Conversion of medication into its active chemical substance
c. What the body does to the drug after it is administered
d. Physiologic interaction between a drug and body cells - Correct answer-c. What
the body does to the drug after it is administered
What is another term for biotransformation of a drug?
a. Metabolism
b. Absorption
c. Excretion
d. Dilution - Correct answer-a. Metabolism
A drug given by which route is altered by the first-pass effect?
a. Oral
b. Sublingual
c. Intravenous (IV)
d. Subcutaneous - Correct answer-a. Oral
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