PHARMACOTHERAPEUTICS FOR ADVANCED
PRACTICE NURSE PRESCRIBERS, 6TH EDITION
EXAM (2025) QUESTIONS AND (elaborated)
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
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Terms in this set (106)
Nurse practitioner The State Board of Nursing for Each State
prescriptive authority is
regulated by who?
What is the benefits of APRN's care for patients more holistically and include
having an APRN patients in making decisions regarding their care
prescriber?
What does clinical Factoring in the cost of the particular
judgement in prescribing
include?
What is included in the Consulting nationally recognized guidelines for
criteria for choosing and disease management
effective drug for a
disorder?
NP's thrive under the new NP's have the ability to control care cost and improve
health-care reform patient outcome
because of what?
,Nutritional intake and lab The Distribution of drugs to target tissues may be
results reflect affected
hypoalbuminemia; why is
this important for
prescribers?
Drugs that have an they are rapidly metabolized by the liver and may
significant first-pass effect have little if any desired action
what?
The route of excretion of a Lungs
volatile drug will likely be?
Medroxyprogesterone Increased the length of time a drug is available and
(Depo Provera) is active
prescribed IM to create
storage reservoir of the
drug. What are storage
reserviors>
Why is Cephalexin given Half Life
every 8 hours? What
knowledge of the drug
does the NP know?
Azithromycin doing Rapidly actives drug levels in the therapeutic range
requires that the first day's
doing be twice those of
the other four day; This is
considered a loading
does. What is a loading
dose?
The point in time on the Onset of action
drug concentration curve
that indicates the first sign
of a therapeutic effect is
the:
, Phenytoin required that a To determine if a d rug is in the therapeutic range
trough level be drawn.
When and why are peak
and trough levels are
done
Drugs that are receptor Concentrations will produce an adverse effect
agonists may demonstrate
what property?
Factors that affect gastric Lipid solubility of the drug
drug absorption include
Drugs that are receptors An exaggerated response if abrupt discontinues
antagonists, such as beta-
blockers, may cause
what?
Drug administration via IV: Are easily absorbed if they are nonionized
1) need to be lipid soluble
in order to absorb easily
2) Begin distribution in the
body immediately
3) Are easily absorbed if
they are nonionized
4) May use pinocytosis to
be absorbed
What is the combination Greater than the sum of the effects of each drug
effect when a medication individually
is added to a regimen for
a synergistic effect?
PRACTICE NURSE PRESCRIBERS, 6TH EDITION
EXAM (2025) QUESTIONS AND (elaborated)
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
Save
Terms in this set (106)
Nurse practitioner The State Board of Nursing for Each State
prescriptive authority is
regulated by who?
What is the benefits of APRN's care for patients more holistically and include
having an APRN patients in making decisions regarding their care
prescriber?
What does clinical Factoring in the cost of the particular
judgement in prescribing
include?
What is included in the Consulting nationally recognized guidelines for
criteria for choosing and disease management
effective drug for a
disorder?
NP's thrive under the new NP's have the ability to control care cost and improve
health-care reform patient outcome
because of what?
,Nutritional intake and lab The Distribution of drugs to target tissues may be
results reflect affected
hypoalbuminemia; why is
this important for
prescribers?
Drugs that have an they are rapidly metabolized by the liver and may
significant first-pass effect have little if any desired action
what?
The route of excretion of a Lungs
volatile drug will likely be?
Medroxyprogesterone Increased the length of time a drug is available and
(Depo Provera) is active
prescribed IM to create
storage reservoir of the
drug. What are storage
reserviors>
Why is Cephalexin given Half Life
every 8 hours? What
knowledge of the drug
does the NP know?
Azithromycin doing Rapidly actives drug levels in the therapeutic range
requires that the first day's
doing be twice those of
the other four day; This is
considered a loading
does. What is a loading
dose?
The point in time on the Onset of action
drug concentration curve
that indicates the first sign
of a therapeutic effect is
the:
, Phenytoin required that a To determine if a d rug is in the therapeutic range
trough level be drawn.
When and why are peak
and trough levels are
done
Drugs that are receptor Concentrations will produce an adverse effect
agonists may demonstrate
what property?
Factors that affect gastric Lipid solubility of the drug
drug absorption include
Drugs that are receptors An exaggerated response if abrupt discontinues
antagonists, such as beta-
blockers, may cause
what?
Drug administration via IV: Are easily absorbed if they are nonionized
1) need to be lipid soluble
in order to absorb easily
2) Begin distribution in the
body immediately
3) Are easily absorbed if
they are nonionized
4) May use pinocytosis to
be absorbed
What is the combination Greater than the sum of the effects of each drug
effect when a medication individually
is added to a regimen for
a synergistic effect?
