Advanced Pharmacology for NP
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1. Nurse practitioner prescriptive authority is regulated by the: State Board of Nursing
for each state.
2. The benefits to the patient of having an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse
(APRN) prescriber include...: Nurses care for the patient from a holistic approach and include the patient
in decision making regarding their care.
3. Clinical judgement in prescribing includes...: Factoring in the cost to the patient of the
medication prescribed.
4. Criteria for choosing an effective drug for a disorder include...: Consulting nationally
recognized guidelines for disease management
5. Nurse practitioner practice may thrive under healthcare reform because of...-
: The demonstrated ability of nurse practitioners to control costs and improve patient outcomes.
6. A patient's nutritional intake sand laboratory results reflect hypoalbumine-
mia. This is critical to prescribing because: Distribution of drugs to target tissue may be affected.
7. Drug that have a significant first-pass effect...: Are rapidly metabolized by the liver and may
have little if any desired action.
8. The route of excretion of a volatile drug will likely be the: Lungs
9. Medroxyprogesterone (Depo Provera) is prescribed intramuscularly to create
a storage reservoir of the drug. Storage reservoirs:: Increase the length of time a drug is
available and active.
10. The NP chooses to give cephalexin every 8 hours based on knowledge of the
drug's:: Biological half-life
11. Azithromycin dosing requires the first day's dosage to be twice those of the
other 4 days of the prescription. This is considered a loading dose. A loading
dose:: Rapidly achieves drug levels in the therapeutic range.
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Study online at https://quizlet.com/_fi37yb
1. Nurse practitioner prescriptive authority is regulated by the: State Board of Nursing
for each state.
2. The benefits to the patient of having an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse
(APRN) prescriber include...: Nurses care for the patient from a holistic approach and include the patient
in decision making regarding their care.
3. Clinical judgement in prescribing includes...: Factoring in the cost to the patient of the
medication prescribed.
4. Criteria for choosing an effective drug for a disorder include...: Consulting nationally
recognized guidelines for disease management
5. Nurse practitioner practice may thrive under healthcare reform because of...-
: The demonstrated ability of nurse practitioners to control costs and improve patient outcomes.
6. A patient's nutritional intake sand laboratory results reflect hypoalbumine-
mia. This is critical to prescribing because: Distribution of drugs to target tissue may be affected.
7. Drug that have a significant first-pass effect...: Are rapidly metabolized by the liver and may
have little if any desired action.
8. The route of excretion of a volatile drug will likely be the: Lungs
9. Medroxyprogesterone (Depo Provera) is prescribed intramuscularly to create
a storage reservoir of the drug. Storage reservoirs:: Increase the length of time a drug is
available and active.
10. The NP chooses to give cephalexin every 8 hours based on knowledge of the
drug's:: Biological half-life
11. Azithromycin dosing requires the first day's dosage to be twice those of the
other 4 days of the prescription. This is considered a loading dose. A loading
dose:: Rapidly achieves drug levels in the therapeutic range.
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