NUR651 FINAL BRADLEY UNIVERSITY
2025/2026 EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS | 100% PASS
Which of the types of chemical bonding between drugs and their receptors
is the least common? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Covalent
Which type of drug classification is most important to the practitioner? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔Therapeutic
Mechanism of Action - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The manner in which molecular
targets are affected by the drug
Adverse Drug Reaction (ADR) can lead the patient to - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔stop
taking the drug
,Half-life is defined as - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The time required for the plasma
concentration of a drug to be reduced by 50 percent
When one drug is more efficacious than another, it has... - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔A greater ability to initiate a response
What is bioavailability? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The fraction of unchanged drug
that reaches the systemic circulation following administration by any route
Absorption is defined as: - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The transfer of a drug from its
site of administration to the blood
How can Competitive antagonism be overcome? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔by
adding more agonist
How is children's dosing most often calculated? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔MG/KG
A patient complains of pain from a migraine. How would the practitioner
classify this type of pain? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Central Neuropathic Pain
What stage of nociception is occurring when neurotransmitters in the dorsal
horn directly or indirectly depolarize the second-order neurons? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔Trasmission
, What are the four processes of Nociception - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔transduction,
transmission, modulation, and perception
A practitioner conducting a pain assessment asks the patient, "Is the pain
consistent or intermittent?" What character of pain is the practitioner
assessing? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Temporal pattern
What is the maximum dose of acetaminophen in 24 hours? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔4 grams
Etodolac is in the same drug class as ibuprofen. What is its mechanism of
action? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔It inhibits the cyclooxygenase enzyme.
What kind of drug is Naloxone (Narcan) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔opioid antagonist
Acetaminophen and alcohol have a complex relationship in the liver. Why?
(3 reasons) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔1. They are both metabolized by the same
liver enzyme.
2. Alcohol inhibits the enzyme that metabolizes acetaminophen.
3. The enzyme that metabolizes acetaminophen is induced by alcohol.
What is a contraindication of ibuprofen? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Ulcers
An adverse effect of opiates in elders is... - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Bone fractures
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2025/2026 EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS | 100% PASS
Which of the types of chemical bonding between drugs and their receptors
is the least common? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Covalent
Which type of drug classification is most important to the practitioner? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔Therapeutic
Mechanism of Action - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The manner in which molecular
targets are affected by the drug
Adverse Drug Reaction (ADR) can lead the patient to - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔stop
taking the drug
,Half-life is defined as - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The time required for the plasma
concentration of a drug to be reduced by 50 percent
When one drug is more efficacious than another, it has... - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔A greater ability to initiate a response
What is bioavailability? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The fraction of unchanged drug
that reaches the systemic circulation following administration by any route
Absorption is defined as: - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The transfer of a drug from its
site of administration to the blood
How can Competitive antagonism be overcome? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔by
adding more agonist
How is children's dosing most often calculated? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔MG/KG
A patient complains of pain from a migraine. How would the practitioner
classify this type of pain? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Central Neuropathic Pain
What stage of nociception is occurring when neurotransmitters in the dorsal
horn directly or indirectly depolarize the second-order neurons? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔Trasmission
, What are the four processes of Nociception - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔transduction,
transmission, modulation, and perception
A practitioner conducting a pain assessment asks the patient, "Is the pain
consistent or intermittent?" What character of pain is the practitioner
assessing? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Temporal pattern
What is the maximum dose of acetaminophen in 24 hours? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔4 grams
Etodolac is in the same drug class as ibuprofen. What is its mechanism of
action? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔It inhibits the cyclooxygenase enzyme.
What kind of drug is Naloxone (Narcan) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔opioid antagonist
Acetaminophen and alcohol have a complex relationship in the liver. Why?
(3 reasons) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔1. They are both metabolized by the same
liver enzyme.
2. Alcohol inhibits the enzyme that metabolizes acetaminophen.
3. The enzyme that metabolizes acetaminophen is induced by alcohol.
What is a contraindication of ibuprofen? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Ulcers
An adverse effect of opiates in elders is... - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Bone fractures
COPYRIGHT©NINJANERD 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE. PRIVACY
STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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