PN 125: Final Exam with All Correct
Answers 2026-2027 Update.
A nurse working in radiology administers iodine to a patient who is having a computed
tomography(CT) scan. The nurse working on the oncology unit administers chemotherapy to
patients who have cancer. At the Public Health Department, a nurse administers a measles-
mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine to a 14-month-old child as a routine immunization. Which
branch of pharmacology best describes the actions of all three nurses? - Answer
Pharmacotherapeutics
A physician has ordered intramuscular (IM) injections of morphine, a narcotic, every 4 hours as
neededfor pain in a motor vehicle accident victim. The nurse is aware this drug has a high abuse
potential. Under what category would morphine be classified? - Answer Schedule II
When involved in phase III drug evaluation studies, what responsibilities would the nurse have?
- Answer Monitoring and observing patients closely for adverse effects
What concept is considered when generic drugs are substituted for brand name drugs? -
Answer Bioavailability
A nurse is assessing the patient's home medication use. After listening to the patient list current
medications, the nurse asks what priority question? - Answer Do you take any over-the-
counter medications?
After completing a course on pharmacology for nurses, what will the nurse know? - Answer
General drug information; the nurse can consult a drug guide for specific drug information.
A nurse is instructing a pregnant patient concerning the potential risk to her fetus from a
Pregnancy Category B drug. What would the nurse inform the patient? - Answer Animal
studies have not demonstrated a risk to the fetus, but there have been no adequate studiesin
pregnant women.
Discharge planning for patients leaving the hospital should include instructions on the use of
over-the- counter (OTC) drugs. Which comment by the patient would demonstrate a good
understanding of OTC drugs? - Answer OTC drugs could cause serious harm if not taken
according to directions.
What would be the best source of drug information for a nurse? - Answer A nurse's drug
guide
,The nurse is preparing to administer a medication from a multidose bottle. The label is torn and
soiledbut the name of the medication is still readable. What is the nurse's priority action? -
Answer Discard the entire bottle and contents and obtain a new bottle.
What aspect of pharmacology does a nurse study? (Select all that apply.) - Answer Impact of
drugs on the body
The body's response to a drug
Adverse and anticipated drug effects
The nurse, providing patient teaching about home medication use to an older adult, explains
that evenwhen drugs are taken properly they can produce negative or unexpected effects. What
are these negative or unexpected effects called? - Answer Adverse effects
After administering a medication, for what would the nurse assess the patient? - Answer
Drug effects
The nurse receives an order to administer an unfamiliar medication and obtains a nurse's drug
guide published four years earlier. What is the nurse's most prudent action? - Answer Find a
more recent reference source.
What would the nurse provide when preparing a patient for discharge and home medication
self- administration? - Answer Thorough medication teaching about drugs and the drug
regimen
In response to the patient's question about how to know whether drugs are safe, the nurse
explains thatall medications undergo rigorous scientific testing controlled by what organization?
- Answer Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
The nurse, assisting with Phase I drug studies, is talking with a woman who asks, Why can't I
participate in this study? What would be the nurse's best response? - Answer Drugs pose a
greater risk to women of reproductive age.
The patient tells the nurse about a new drug being tested to treat the disease she was
diagnosed with andasks the nurse whether the doctor can prescribe a medication still in the
preclinical phase of testing. What is the nurse's best response? - Answer Drugs in the
preclinical phase of testing are only tested on animals and so would not be available toyou.
The nurse is caring for a patient who had a severe, acute, previously unseen adverse effect of a
drug in Phase III testing. The patient asks, After all the testing done on this drug, didn't they
, know this adverseeffect could occur? What is the nurse's best response? (Select all that apply.) -
Answer Your response to this medication will be reported to the drug company and the Food
and Drug Administration (FDA).
When a drug begins to be used by a large clinical market, new adverse effects may be found.
The telephone triage nurse receives a call from a patient asking for a prescription for a narcotic
to manage his surgical pain. The nurse explains that narcotic prescriptions must be written and
cannot becalled in to the pharmacy. The patient says, Why are narcotics so difficult to get a
prescription for? What is the nurse's best response? - Answer Controlled substances like
narcotics are controlled by the FDA and the DEA.
The nurse explains the Drug Enforcement Agency's (DEA's) schedule of controlled substances to
the nursing assistant who asks, Do you ever get a prescription for Schedule I medications? What
is the nurse's best response? - Answer Schedule I medications have no medical use so they
are not prescribed.
The nurse, working on the maternity unit, receives a call from a pregnant woman asking how
she canknow whether a medication is safe to take while pregnant. What is the nurse's best
response? - Answer Never take medication until you receive approval from your health care
provider.
A patient asks the nurse, What is a Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) number? What is the
nurse's best response? - Answer DEA Numbers are given to physicians and pharmacists when
they register with the DEA toprescribe and dispense controlled substances.
When moving to another state, what is the nurse responsible for becoming familiar with? -
Answer Local policies and procedures for controlled substance administration
The patient looks at the prescription provided by the doctor and asks the nurse whether he can
request a generic substitution. The nurse answers No when noting what on the prescription? -
Answer DAW
The patient asks the nurse why generic drugs would be used and voices concerns that only the
brandname product will be safe. What is the nurse's best response? - Answer Most generic
drugs are very safe and can be cost effective as well.
While studying for the test, the nursing student encounters the following drug: papaverine
(Pavabid).What does the nursing student identify the name Pavabid as? - Answer The brand
name
Answers 2026-2027 Update.
A nurse working in radiology administers iodine to a patient who is having a computed
tomography(CT) scan. The nurse working on the oncology unit administers chemotherapy to
patients who have cancer. At the Public Health Department, a nurse administers a measles-
mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine to a 14-month-old child as a routine immunization. Which
branch of pharmacology best describes the actions of all three nurses? - Answer
Pharmacotherapeutics
A physician has ordered intramuscular (IM) injections of morphine, a narcotic, every 4 hours as
neededfor pain in a motor vehicle accident victim. The nurse is aware this drug has a high abuse
potential. Under what category would morphine be classified? - Answer Schedule II
When involved in phase III drug evaluation studies, what responsibilities would the nurse have?
- Answer Monitoring and observing patients closely for adverse effects
What concept is considered when generic drugs are substituted for brand name drugs? -
Answer Bioavailability
A nurse is assessing the patient's home medication use. After listening to the patient list current
medications, the nurse asks what priority question? - Answer Do you take any over-the-
counter medications?
After completing a course on pharmacology for nurses, what will the nurse know? - Answer
General drug information; the nurse can consult a drug guide for specific drug information.
A nurse is instructing a pregnant patient concerning the potential risk to her fetus from a
Pregnancy Category B drug. What would the nurse inform the patient? - Answer Animal
studies have not demonstrated a risk to the fetus, but there have been no adequate studiesin
pregnant women.
Discharge planning for patients leaving the hospital should include instructions on the use of
over-the- counter (OTC) drugs. Which comment by the patient would demonstrate a good
understanding of OTC drugs? - Answer OTC drugs could cause serious harm if not taken
according to directions.
What would be the best source of drug information for a nurse? - Answer A nurse's drug
guide
,The nurse is preparing to administer a medication from a multidose bottle. The label is torn and
soiledbut the name of the medication is still readable. What is the nurse's priority action? -
Answer Discard the entire bottle and contents and obtain a new bottle.
What aspect of pharmacology does a nurse study? (Select all that apply.) - Answer Impact of
drugs on the body
The body's response to a drug
Adverse and anticipated drug effects
The nurse, providing patient teaching about home medication use to an older adult, explains
that evenwhen drugs are taken properly they can produce negative or unexpected effects. What
are these negative or unexpected effects called? - Answer Adverse effects
After administering a medication, for what would the nurse assess the patient? - Answer
Drug effects
The nurse receives an order to administer an unfamiliar medication and obtains a nurse's drug
guide published four years earlier. What is the nurse's most prudent action? - Answer Find a
more recent reference source.
What would the nurse provide when preparing a patient for discharge and home medication
self- administration? - Answer Thorough medication teaching about drugs and the drug
regimen
In response to the patient's question about how to know whether drugs are safe, the nurse
explains thatall medications undergo rigorous scientific testing controlled by what organization?
- Answer Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
The nurse, assisting with Phase I drug studies, is talking with a woman who asks, Why can't I
participate in this study? What would be the nurse's best response? - Answer Drugs pose a
greater risk to women of reproductive age.
The patient tells the nurse about a new drug being tested to treat the disease she was
diagnosed with andasks the nurse whether the doctor can prescribe a medication still in the
preclinical phase of testing. What is the nurse's best response? - Answer Drugs in the
preclinical phase of testing are only tested on animals and so would not be available toyou.
The nurse is caring for a patient who had a severe, acute, previously unseen adverse effect of a
drug in Phase III testing. The patient asks, After all the testing done on this drug, didn't they
, know this adverseeffect could occur? What is the nurse's best response? (Select all that apply.) -
Answer Your response to this medication will be reported to the drug company and the Food
and Drug Administration (FDA).
When a drug begins to be used by a large clinical market, new adverse effects may be found.
The telephone triage nurse receives a call from a patient asking for a prescription for a narcotic
to manage his surgical pain. The nurse explains that narcotic prescriptions must be written and
cannot becalled in to the pharmacy. The patient says, Why are narcotics so difficult to get a
prescription for? What is the nurse's best response? - Answer Controlled substances like
narcotics are controlled by the FDA and the DEA.
The nurse explains the Drug Enforcement Agency's (DEA's) schedule of controlled substances to
the nursing assistant who asks, Do you ever get a prescription for Schedule I medications? What
is the nurse's best response? - Answer Schedule I medications have no medical use so they
are not prescribed.
The nurse, working on the maternity unit, receives a call from a pregnant woman asking how
she canknow whether a medication is safe to take while pregnant. What is the nurse's best
response? - Answer Never take medication until you receive approval from your health care
provider.
A patient asks the nurse, What is a Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) number? What is the
nurse's best response? - Answer DEA Numbers are given to physicians and pharmacists when
they register with the DEA toprescribe and dispense controlled substances.
When moving to another state, what is the nurse responsible for becoming familiar with? -
Answer Local policies and procedures for controlled substance administration
The patient looks at the prescription provided by the doctor and asks the nurse whether he can
request a generic substitution. The nurse answers No when noting what on the prescription? -
Answer DAW
The patient asks the nurse why generic drugs would be used and voices concerns that only the
brandname product will be safe. What is the nurse's best response? - Answer Most generic
drugs are very safe and can be cost effective as well.
While studying for the test, the nursing student encounters the following drug: papaverine
(Pavabid).What does the nursing student identify the name Pavabid as? - Answer The brand
name
