NURS 6015 UPDATED EXAM SCRIPT QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔Which aspect of drug therapy indicates to the nurse whether a drug is having a
beneficial effect?
a. Performing a preadministration assessment
b. Evaluating therapeutic responses
c. Minimizing adverse effects
d. Managing toxicity - ✔✔b. Evaluating therapeutic responses
✔✔The nurse is managing the care of a group of patients with cancer who will be
receiving chemotherapy. The nurse defines goals, sets priorities, identifies
interventions, and establishes criteria for evaluating success. Which phase of the
nursing process does this represent?
a. Assessment
b. Planning
c. Implementation
d. Evaluation - ✔✔b. Planning
✔✔The nurse identifies which as the goal of drug therapy in the treatment of patients?
a. Cure of the disease
b. Follow-up with the prescriber
c. Correct administration technique
d. Production of maximum benefit with minimum harm - ✔✔d. Production of maximum
benefit with minimum harm
✔✔A diabetic patient is taught the signs and symptoms of hypoglycemia with insulin
use. The patient knows to eat fast-acting carbohydrates. This is an example of which
goal?
a. Minimizing adverse effects
b. Promoting therapeutic effects
c. Minimizing adverse interactions
d. Managing toxicity - ✔✔a. Minimizing adverse effects
✔✔When questioning a patient about his or her allergic reaction to a drug, the nurse
should ask for which additional information?
a. The dose taken
b. The type of reaction
c. Who gave the drug
d. What was eaten with the drug - ✔✔b. The type of reaction
✔✔The nurse is obtaining a drug history for a patient admitted to the unit. The nurse
obtains information about past and present health histories, currently used prescription
drugs, behavioral factors, and use of over-the-counter (OTC) drugs. What other
information does the nurse need to obtain? (Select all that apply.)
,a. Use of recreational drugs and substances
b. Usual sleep patterns and disturbances
c. Highest level of education completed
d. Use of herbal remedies
e. Self-treatment with complementary and alternative drugs - ✔✔a, d, and e
✔✔Which statements about medication administration would the nurse identify as true?
(Select all that apply.)
a. All drugs have the potential to produce undesired effects.
b. Drug therapy often can be enhanced by nonpharmacologic measures.
c. Patients taking two drugs are not likely to have a drug interaction.
d. Nurses' knowledge of pharmacology is more important for standing orders than for
PRN medications.
e. Patient adherence is essential in achieving the therapeutic objective of medications. -
✔✔a, b, and e
✔✔When educating patients about their medications, the nurse includes information
about which topics? (Select all that apply.)
a. What to do if a dose is missed
b. The duration of treatment
c. Prescription of drug coverage
d. The method of drug storage
e. Symptoms of adverse effects - ✔✔a, b, d, and e
✔✔Which legislation sets rules for the manufacture and distribution of drugs considered
to have the potential for abuse?
a. Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of 1938
b. Harris-Kefauver Amendments of 1962
c. Controlled Substances Act of 1970
d. Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act of 1997 - ✔✔c. Controlled
Substances Act of 1970
✔✔What is a result of the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) of 1992?
a. New drugs reach the market sooner than ever before.
b. Controlled substances are categorized into schedules.
c. Drugs for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) receive accelerated approval.
d. More research is conducted on drug safety in children. - ✔✔a. New drugs reach the
market sooner than ever before.
✔✔Which is a true statement about new drug development in the United States?
a. Development and testing of new drugs take about 3 to 5 years.
b. About 50% of drugs undergoing clinical trials gain approval.
c. Randomized controlled trials are the best way to assess drug therapy.
d. The cost of developing a new drug is usually around $1 million. - ✔✔c. Randomized
controlled trials are the best way to assess drug therapy.
, ✔✔N-acetyl-para-aminophenol is an example of which type of drug name?
a. Proprietary
b. Chemical
c. Generic
d. Trade - ✔✔b. Chemical
✔✔A new medication becomes available for treatment of a debilitating neurologic
disease. What would the nurse expect about the safety of the drug?
a. The drug is safe for administration to children.
b. The drug has been tested in pregnant women.
c. All possible adverse effects have been identified by animal testing.
d. The drug has passed the FDA approval process. - ✔✔d. The drug has passed the
FDA approval process.
✔✔Why are trade names much easier to say and remember than generic names?
a. The FDA assigns every drug's generic name.
b. Trade names must be the same regardless of which drug company manufactures the
drug.
c. Companies have a marketing advantage when the trade name is easier to recognize.
d. Trade names improve oral and written communication in the healthcare system. -
✔✔c. Companies have a marketing advantage when the trade name is easier to
recognize.
✔✔Which term is commonly used for nonprescription drugs?
a. Legend
b. Generic
c. Over-the-counter
d. Pharmaceutical - ✔✔c. Over-the-counter
✔✔Which is a true statement about new drug development? (Select all that apply.)
a. Preclinical testing of drugs is always performed in healthy, nonpregnant adults.
b. Drug trials require that those involved don't know which subjects are receiving the
drug or control.
c. During preclinical testing, drugs are evaluated for toxicities, kinetic properties, and
useful effects.
d. When a new drug is released, all adverse effects are known. - ✔✔b and c
✔✔Which statements about over-the-counter (OTC) drugs would the nurse identify as
true? (Select all that apply.)
a. Most illnesses initially are treated with an OTC agent.
b. More prescription drugs than OTC agents are administered each year in the United
States.
c. The average home medicine cabinet contains eight OTC preparations.
d. Forty percent of Americans take at least one OTC drug every 2 days.
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔Which aspect of drug therapy indicates to the nurse whether a drug is having a
beneficial effect?
a. Performing a preadministration assessment
b. Evaluating therapeutic responses
c. Minimizing adverse effects
d. Managing toxicity - ✔✔b. Evaluating therapeutic responses
✔✔The nurse is managing the care of a group of patients with cancer who will be
receiving chemotherapy. The nurse defines goals, sets priorities, identifies
interventions, and establishes criteria for evaluating success. Which phase of the
nursing process does this represent?
a. Assessment
b. Planning
c. Implementation
d. Evaluation - ✔✔b. Planning
✔✔The nurse identifies which as the goal of drug therapy in the treatment of patients?
a. Cure of the disease
b. Follow-up with the prescriber
c. Correct administration technique
d. Production of maximum benefit with minimum harm - ✔✔d. Production of maximum
benefit with minimum harm
✔✔A diabetic patient is taught the signs and symptoms of hypoglycemia with insulin
use. The patient knows to eat fast-acting carbohydrates. This is an example of which
goal?
a. Minimizing adverse effects
b. Promoting therapeutic effects
c. Minimizing adverse interactions
d. Managing toxicity - ✔✔a. Minimizing adverse effects
✔✔When questioning a patient about his or her allergic reaction to a drug, the nurse
should ask for which additional information?
a. The dose taken
b. The type of reaction
c. Who gave the drug
d. What was eaten with the drug - ✔✔b. The type of reaction
✔✔The nurse is obtaining a drug history for a patient admitted to the unit. The nurse
obtains information about past and present health histories, currently used prescription
drugs, behavioral factors, and use of over-the-counter (OTC) drugs. What other
information does the nurse need to obtain? (Select all that apply.)
,a. Use of recreational drugs and substances
b. Usual sleep patterns and disturbances
c. Highest level of education completed
d. Use of herbal remedies
e. Self-treatment with complementary and alternative drugs - ✔✔a, d, and e
✔✔Which statements about medication administration would the nurse identify as true?
(Select all that apply.)
a. All drugs have the potential to produce undesired effects.
b. Drug therapy often can be enhanced by nonpharmacologic measures.
c. Patients taking two drugs are not likely to have a drug interaction.
d. Nurses' knowledge of pharmacology is more important for standing orders than for
PRN medications.
e. Patient adherence is essential in achieving the therapeutic objective of medications. -
✔✔a, b, and e
✔✔When educating patients about their medications, the nurse includes information
about which topics? (Select all that apply.)
a. What to do if a dose is missed
b. The duration of treatment
c. Prescription of drug coverage
d. The method of drug storage
e. Symptoms of adverse effects - ✔✔a, b, d, and e
✔✔Which legislation sets rules for the manufacture and distribution of drugs considered
to have the potential for abuse?
a. Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of 1938
b. Harris-Kefauver Amendments of 1962
c. Controlled Substances Act of 1970
d. Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act of 1997 - ✔✔c. Controlled
Substances Act of 1970
✔✔What is a result of the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) of 1992?
a. New drugs reach the market sooner than ever before.
b. Controlled substances are categorized into schedules.
c. Drugs for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) receive accelerated approval.
d. More research is conducted on drug safety in children. - ✔✔a. New drugs reach the
market sooner than ever before.
✔✔Which is a true statement about new drug development in the United States?
a. Development and testing of new drugs take about 3 to 5 years.
b. About 50% of drugs undergoing clinical trials gain approval.
c. Randomized controlled trials are the best way to assess drug therapy.
d. The cost of developing a new drug is usually around $1 million. - ✔✔c. Randomized
controlled trials are the best way to assess drug therapy.
, ✔✔N-acetyl-para-aminophenol is an example of which type of drug name?
a. Proprietary
b. Chemical
c. Generic
d. Trade - ✔✔b. Chemical
✔✔A new medication becomes available for treatment of a debilitating neurologic
disease. What would the nurse expect about the safety of the drug?
a. The drug is safe for administration to children.
b. The drug has been tested in pregnant women.
c. All possible adverse effects have been identified by animal testing.
d. The drug has passed the FDA approval process. - ✔✔d. The drug has passed the
FDA approval process.
✔✔Why are trade names much easier to say and remember than generic names?
a. The FDA assigns every drug's generic name.
b. Trade names must be the same regardless of which drug company manufactures the
drug.
c. Companies have a marketing advantage when the trade name is easier to recognize.
d. Trade names improve oral and written communication in the healthcare system. -
✔✔c. Companies have a marketing advantage when the trade name is easier to
recognize.
✔✔Which term is commonly used for nonprescription drugs?
a. Legend
b. Generic
c. Over-the-counter
d. Pharmaceutical - ✔✔c. Over-the-counter
✔✔Which is a true statement about new drug development? (Select all that apply.)
a. Preclinical testing of drugs is always performed in healthy, nonpregnant adults.
b. Drug trials require that those involved don't know which subjects are receiving the
drug or control.
c. During preclinical testing, drugs are evaluated for toxicities, kinetic properties, and
useful effects.
d. When a new drug is released, all adverse effects are known. - ✔✔b and c
✔✔Which statements about over-the-counter (OTC) drugs would the nurse identify as
true? (Select all that apply.)
a. Most illnesses initially are treated with an OTC agent.
b. More prescription drugs than OTC agents are administered each year in the United
States.
c. The average home medicine cabinet contains eight OTC preparations.
d. Forty percent of Americans take at least one OTC drug every 2 days.
