NUR 600 - EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 100% PASS 2026 EDITION
Nurse practitioner prescriptive authority is regulated by:
A. The National Council of State Boards of Nursing
B. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
C. The State Board of Nursing for each state
D. The State Board of Pharmacy - ANS C. The State Board of Nursing for each state
Physician Assistant (PA) prescriptive authority is regulated by:
A. The National Council of State Boards of Nursing
B. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
C. The State Board of Nursing
D. The State Board of Medical Examiners - ANS D. The State Board of Medical Examiners
Clinical judgment in prescribing includes:
A. Factoring in the cost to the patient of the medication prescribed
B. Always prescribing the newest medication available for the disease process C. Handing out
drug samples to poor patients
D. Prescribing all generic medications to cut costs - ANS A. Factoring in the cost to the patient
of the medication prescribed
Criteria for choosing an effective drug for a disorder include:
A. Asking the patient what drug they think would work best for them
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,B. Consulting nationally recognized guidelines for disease management
C. Prescribing medications that are available as samples before writing a prescription
D. Following U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) guidelines for prescribing - ANS B.
Consulting nationally recognized guidelines for disease management
Nurse practitioner practice may thrive under health-care reform due to:
A. The demonstrated ability of nurse practitioners to control costs and improve patient
outcomes
B. The fact that nurse practitioners will be able to practice independently
C. The fact that nurse practitioners will have full reimbursement under health-care reform
D. The ability to shift accountability for Medicaid to the state level - ANS A. The demonstrated
ability of nurse practitioners to control costs and improve patient outcomes
A patient's nutritional intake and lab work reflects hypoalbuminemia. This is critical to
prescribing because:
A. Distribution of drugs to target tissue may be affected
B. The solubility of the drug will not match the site of absorption
C. There will be less free drug available to generate an effect
D. Drugs bound to albumin are readily excreted by the kidney - ANS A. Distribution of drugs
to target tissue may be affected
Drugs that have a significant first-pass effect: A. Must be given by the enteral (oral) route only
B. Bypass the hepatic circulation
C. Are rapidly metabolized by the liver and may have little if any desired action
D. Are converted by the liver to more active and fat-soluble forms - ANS C. Are rapidly
metabolized by the liver and may have little if any desired action
The route of excretion of a volatile drug will likely be:
A. The kidneys
B. The lungs
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,C. The bile and feces
D. The skin - ANS B. The lungs
Medroxyprogesterone (Depo Provera) is prescribed IM to create a storage reservoir of the drug.
Storage reservoirs:
A. Assure that the drug will reach its intended target tissue
B. Are the reason for giving loading doses
C. Increase the length of time a drug is available and active
D. Are most common in collagen tissues - ANS C. Increase the length of time a drug is
available and active
The NP chooses to give cephalexin every 8 hours based on knowledge of the drug's:
A. Propensity to go to the target receptor
B. Biological half-life
C. Pharmacodynamics
D. Safety and side effects - ANS B. Biological half-life
Azithromycin dosing requires the first day's dose be twice those of the other 4 days of the
prescription. This is considered a loading dose. A loading dose: A. Rapidly achieves drug levels in
the therapeutic range
B. Requires four to five half-lives to attain
C. Is influenced by renal function
D. Is directly related to the drug circulating to the target tissues - ANS A. Rapidly achieves
drug levels in the therapeutic range
The point in time on the drug concentration curve that indicates the first sign of a therapeutic
effect is the:
A. Minimum adverse effect level
B. Peak of action
C. Onset of action
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, D. Therapeutic range - ANS C. Onset of action
Phenytoin requires a trough level be drawn. Peak and trough levels are done: A. When the drug
has a wide therapeutic range
B. When the drug will be administered for a short time only
C. When there is a high correlation between the dose and saturation of receptor sites
D. To determine if a drug is in the therapeutic range - ANS D. To determine if a drug is in the
therapeutic range
A laboratory result indicates the peak level for a drug is above the minimum toxic concentration.
This means that the:
A. Concentration will produce therapeutic effects
B. Concentration will produce an adverse response
C. Time between doses must be shortened
D. Duration of action of the drug is too long - ANS B. Concentration will produce an adverse
response
Drugs that are receptor agonists may demonstrate what property?
A. Irreversible binding to the drug receptor site
B. Up-regulation with chronic use
C. Desensitization or down-regulation with continuous use
D. Inverse relationship between drug concentration and drug action - ANS C. Desensitization
or down-regulation with continuous use
Drugs that are receptor antagonists, such as beta blockers, may cause:
A. Down-regulation of the drug receptor
B. An exaggerated response if abruptly discontinued
C. Partial blockade of the effects of agonist drugs
D. An exaggerated response to competitive drug agonists - ANS B. An exaggerated response if
abruptly discontinued
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ANSWERS 100% PASS 2026 EDITION
Nurse practitioner prescriptive authority is regulated by:
A. The National Council of State Boards of Nursing
B. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
C. The State Board of Nursing for each state
D. The State Board of Pharmacy - ANS C. The State Board of Nursing for each state
Physician Assistant (PA) prescriptive authority is regulated by:
A. The National Council of State Boards of Nursing
B. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
C. The State Board of Nursing
D. The State Board of Medical Examiners - ANS D. The State Board of Medical Examiners
Clinical judgment in prescribing includes:
A. Factoring in the cost to the patient of the medication prescribed
B. Always prescribing the newest medication available for the disease process C. Handing out
drug samples to poor patients
D. Prescribing all generic medications to cut costs - ANS A. Factoring in the cost to the patient
of the medication prescribed
Criteria for choosing an effective drug for a disorder include:
A. Asking the patient what drug they think would work best for them
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,B. Consulting nationally recognized guidelines for disease management
C. Prescribing medications that are available as samples before writing a prescription
D. Following U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) guidelines for prescribing - ANS B.
Consulting nationally recognized guidelines for disease management
Nurse practitioner practice may thrive under health-care reform due to:
A. The demonstrated ability of nurse practitioners to control costs and improve patient
outcomes
B. The fact that nurse practitioners will be able to practice independently
C. The fact that nurse practitioners will have full reimbursement under health-care reform
D. The ability to shift accountability for Medicaid to the state level - ANS A. The demonstrated
ability of nurse practitioners to control costs and improve patient outcomes
A patient's nutritional intake and lab work reflects hypoalbuminemia. This is critical to
prescribing because:
A. Distribution of drugs to target tissue may be affected
B. The solubility of the drug will not match the site of absorption
C. There will be less free drug available to generate an effect
D. Drugs bound to albumin are readily excreted by the kidney - ANS A. Distribution of drugs
to target tissue may be affected
Drugs that have a significant first-pass effect: A. Must be given by the enteral (oral) route only
B. Bypass the hepatic circulation
C. Are rapidly metabolized by the liver and may have little if any desired action
D. Are converted by the liver to more active and fat-soluble forms - ANS C. Are rapidly
metabolized by the liver and may have little if any desired action
The route of excretion of a volatile drug will likely be:
A. The kidneys
B. The lungs
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,C. The bile and feces
D. The skin - ANS B. The lungs
Medroxyprogesterone (Depo Provera) is prescribed IM to create a storage reservoir of the drug.
Storage reservoirs:
A. Assure that the drug will reach its intended target tissue
B. Are the reason for giving loading doses
C. Increase the length of time a drug is available and active
D. Are most common in collagen tissues - ANS C. Increase the length of time a drug is
available and active
The NP chooses to give cephalexin every 8 hours based on knowledge of the drug's:
A. Propensity to go to the target receptor
B. Biological half-life
C. Pharmacodynamics
D. Safety and side effects - ANS B. Biological half-life
Azithromycin dosing requires the first day's dose be twice those of the other 4 days of the
prescription. This is considered a loading dose. A loading dose: A. Rapidly achieves drug levels in
the therapeutic range
B. Requires four to five half-lives to attain
C. Is influenced by renal function
D. Is directly related to the drug circulating to the target tissues - ANS A. Rapidly achieves
drug levels in the therapeutic range
The point in time on the drug concentration curve that indicates the first sign of a therapeutic
effect is the:
A. Minimum adverse effect level
B. Peak of action
C. Onset of action
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, D. Therapeutic range - ANS C. Onset of action
Phenytoin requires a trough level be drawn. Peak and trough levels are done: A. When the drug
has a wide therapeutic range
B. When the drug will be administered for a short time only
C. When there is a high correlation between the dose and saturation of receptor sites
D. To determine if a drug is in the therapeutic range - ANS D. To determine if a drug is in the
therapeutic range
A laboratory result indicates the peak level for a drug is above the minimum toxic concentration.
This means that the:
A. Concentration will produce therapeutic effects
B. Concentration will produce an adverse response
C. Time between doses must be shortened
D. Duration of action of the drug is too long - ANS B. Concentration will produce an adverse
response
Drugs that are receptor agonists may demonstrate what property?
A. Irreversible binding to the drug receptor site
B. Up-regulation with chronic use
C. Desensitization or down-regulation with continuous use
D. Inverse relationship between drug concentration and drug action - ANS C. Desensitization
or down-regulation with continuous use
Drugs that are receptor antagonists, such as beta blockers, may cause:
A. Down-regulation of the drug receptor
B. An exaggerated response if abruptly discontinued
C. Partial blockade of the effects of agonist drugs
D. An exaggerated response to competitive drug agonists - ANS B. An exaggerated response if
abruptly discontinued
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