Test Bank:
Pharmacology A
Nursing Process
Approach, 7th
Edition, Kee,
, Test Bank 1-1
Kee: Pharmacology, 7th Edition
Chapter 1: Drug Action: Pharmaceutic, Pharmacokinetic, and Pharmacodynamic
Phases
Test Bank
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. A nurse is providing an oral medication for pain relief to a client. To attain the fastest
pain relief, the nurse administers the medication so that it is most rapidly absorbed
from the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. Which mode of delivery has the fastest
absorption? a. Tablet
b. Enteric-coated pill
c. Capsule
d. Liquid suspension
ANS: D
Drugs must be in solution to be absorbed in the gastrointestinal tract. Because liquid
drugs are already in solution, they are absorbed faster than drugs in a solid form.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: p. 3
TOP: Nursing Process: Intervention/Implementation
MSC: CONTENT CATEGORY: Physiological Integrity: Pharmacological and Parenteral
Therapies
2. A client asks why she needs to take a medication on an empty stomach. The nurse
explains that food generally has which effect on drug dissolution and absorption? a.
Enhances
b. Increases
c. Decreases
d. Does not have an effect
ANS: C
Food in the GI tract can interfere with the dissolution and absorption of some drugs.
However, there are specific drugs that should be taken with food to enhance absorption.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: p. 4
TOP: Nursing Process: Intervention/Teaching
Copyright © 2012, 2009, 2006, 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier Inc.
Pharmacology A
Nursing Process
Approach, 7th
Edition, Kee,
, Test Bank 1-1
Kee: Pharmacology, 7th Edition
Chapter 1: Drug Action: Pharmaceutic, Pharmacokinetic, and Pharmacodynamic
Phases
Test Bank
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. A nurse is providing an oral medication for pain relief to a client. To attain the fastest
pain relief, the nurse administers the medication so that it is most rapidly absorbed
from the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. Which mode of delivery has the fastest
absorption? a. Tablet
b. Enteric-coated pill
c. Capsule
d. Liquid suspension
ANS: D
Drugs must be in solution to be absorbed in the gastrointestinal tract. Because liquid
drugs are already in solution, they are absorbed faster than drugs in a solid form.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: p. 3
TOP: Nursing Process: Intervention/Implementation
MSC: CONTENT CATEGORY: Physiological Integrity: Pharmacological and Parenteral
Therapies
2. A client asks why she needs to take a medication on an empty stomach. The nurse
explains that food generally has which effect on drug dissolution and absorption? a.
Enhances
b. Increases
c. Decreases
d. Does not have an effect
ANS: C
Food in the GI tract can interfere with the dissolution and absorption of some drugs.
However, there are specific drugs that should be taken with food to enhance absorption.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: p. 4
TOP: Nursing Process: Intervention/Teaching
Copyright © 2012, 2009, 2006, 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier Inc.
