PHARMACOLOGY NURS 251 MODULE 4
COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION TEST 2026
FULL QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
◉ Extra Pyramidal Symptoms Answer: -tardive dyskinesia
-akathasia
-acute dystonia
◉ Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome Answer: -sudden high fever
-tachycardia
-blood pressure fluctuations
-altered mental status
-acute renal failure
◉ the ONLY non-sedating anti-anxiety medication is: Answer:
Buspar
◉ Typical antipsychotics may be prescribed for short term use why?
Answer: it is faster working
◉ Extra pyramidal side effects are most commonly seen in which
class of medications Answer: typical antipsychotics
,◉ How do you know if a neuroleptic is working Answer: behavior
decreases
◉ Inflammation Answer: -reddness
-swelling
-heat
-pain
-loss of function
◉ What do you need to teach with DMARDS Answer: good hygiene
◉ What is Pharmaceutics Answer: Pharmaceutics: applies only to
tablets or capsules given by mouth (PO). process in which the tablet
or capsule becomes a solution, so that it can cross the biologic
membrane, of the stomach or small intestine.
◉ Drugs generally disintegrate and are absorbed faster in what?
Answer: very acidic fluids.
◉ Very Old and very young people have less gastric acidity so... What
is the result? Answer: Lower/slower absorption > Drug in the
system longer
, ◉ If a drug is enteric coated and meant to be absorbed in where?
what would happen if you crushed it before taking it? Answer: Small
intestine, Absorbed in stomach
◉ Pharmacokinetic Phase: Answer: this is the process of drug
movement to achieve drug action. Sometimes referred to as what the
body does to the drug.
4 processes: Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism
(Biotransformation), Excretion (Elimination)
◉ Protein bound drugs are destroyed by? Answer: digestive
enzymes
◉ Insulin is a protein bound drug, so CANNOT be given by which
route? Answer: Oral
◉ Absorption- Drugs absorbed most easily are? Answer: Fat soluble
and Non-Ionized
◉ First Pass effect is what? Answer: The liver can inactivate or
change drugs into different forms.
◉ Bioavailability is what Answer: the percentage of the
administered dose that reaches systemic circulation
COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION TEST 2026
FULL QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
◉ Extra Pyramidal Symptoms Answer: -tardive dyskinesia
-akathasia
-acute dystonia
◉ Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome Answer: -sudden high fever
-tachycardia
-blood pressure fluctuations
-altered mental status
-acute renal failure
◉ the ONLY non-sedating anti-anxiety medication is: Answer:
Buspar
◉ Typical antipsychotics may be prescribed for short term use why?
Answer: it is faster working
◉ Extra pyramidal side effects are most commonly seen in which
class of medications Answer: typical antipsychotics
,◉ How do you know if a neuroleptic is working Answer: behavior
decreases
◉ Inflammation Answer: -reddness
-swelling
-heat
-pain
-loss of function
◉ What do you need to teach with DMARDS Answer: good hygiene
◉ What is Pharmaceutics Answer: Pharmaceutics: applies only to
tablets or capsules given by mouth (PO). process in which the tablet
or capsule becomes a solution, so that it can cross the biologic
membrane, of the stomach or small intestine.
◉ Drugs generally disintegrate and are absorbed faster in what?
Answer: very acidic fluids.
◉ Very Old and very young people have less gastric acidity so... What
is the result? Answer: Lower/slower absorption > Drug in the
system longer
, ◉ If a drug is enteric coated and meant to be absorbed in where?
what would happen if you crushed it before taking it? Answer: Small
intestine, Absorbed in stomach
◉ Pharmacokinetic Phase: Answer: this is the process of drug
movement to achieve drug action. Sometimes referred to as what the
body does to the drug.
4 processes: Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism
(Biotransformation), Excretion (Elimination)
◉ Protein bound drugs are destroyed by? Answer: digestive
enzymes
◉ Insulin is a protein bound drug, so CANNOT be given by which
route? Answer: Oral
◉ Absorption- Drugs absorbed most easily are? Answer: Fat soluble
and Non-Ionized
◉ First Pass effect is what? Answer: The liver can inactivate or
change drugs into different forms.
◉ Bioavailability is what Answer: the percentage of the
administered dose that reaches systemic circulation
