NURS 5334 / NURS5334 ADVANCED
PHARMACOLOGY FINAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE
2026/2027 .
, 1. Define Pharmacokinetics ✓✓ correct answer The impact of the body on drugs. How much of an administered dose gets to its sites of action.
2. Four major pharmokinetic processes ✓✓ correct answer Drug absorption, drug distribution, drug metabolism, and drug excretion.
3. Define Pharmacodynamics ✓✓ correct answer The impact of drugs on the body. The nature and intensity of the response to the drug.
4. Two major areas in which you can apply pharmacologic knowledge. ✓✓ correct answer Patient care and patient education.
5. Seven aspects of drug therapy. ✓✓ correct answer Pre administration assessment, dosage and administration, evaluating and promoting therapeutic
ettects, minimizing adverse ettects, minimizing adverse reactions, making "as needed" (PRN) decisions, and managing toxicity.
6. Pre administration assessment ✓✓ correct answer Three basic goals ✓✓ correct answer collecting baseline data needed to evaluate
therapeutic and adverse responses, identifying high -risk patients, and assessing the patient's capacity for self-care.
7. To help reduce adverse effects, you must know ✓✓ correct answer The major adverse ettects the drug can produce, when these reactions are
likely to occur, early signs that an adverse reaction is developing, and interventions that can minimize discomfort and harm.
8. PRN ✓✓ correct answer pro re nata, a Latin phrase meaning as needed
9. Nursing process ✓✓ correct answer ADPIE - Assessment, analysis (diagnosis), planning, implementation, and evaluation.
10. Complete nursing diagnosis ✓✓ correct answer A statement of the pt's actual or potential health problem, a statement
of the problem's probable cause or risk factors, and the signs, symptoms, or other evidence of the problem. Statements are separated by the phrases related to and as evidenced
by
11. Objective of drug therapy ✓✓ correct answer Produce maximum benefit with minimum harm
12. Pre administration assessment ✓✓ correct answer Establish the baseline data needed to tailor drug therapy to the
individual.
13. Pre administration assessment goals ✓✓ correct answer Collection of baseline data needed to evaluate thera-peutic ettects, collection of baseline data
needed to evaluate adverse ettects, identification of high-risk patients, and assessment of the pt's capacity for self-care.
14. Containdication ✓✓ correct answer A preexisting condition that precludes use of a particular drug under all but the most
critical of circumstances.
PHARMACOLOGY FINAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE
2026/2027 .
, 1. Define Pharmacokinetics ✓✓ correct answer The impact of the body on drugs. How much of an administered dose gets to its sites of action.
2. Four major pharmokinetic processes ✓✓ correct answer Drug absorption, drug distribution, drug metabolism, and drug excretion.
3. Define Pharmacodynamics ✓✓ correct answer The impact of drugs on the body. The nature and intensity of the response to the drug.
4. Two major areas in which you can apply pharmacologic knowledge. ✓✓ correct answer Patient care and patient education.
5. Seven aspects of drug therapy. ✓✓ correct answer Pre administration assessment, dosage and administration, evaluating and promoting therapeutic
ettects, minimizing adverse ettects, minimizing adverse reactions, making "as needed" (PRN) decisions, and managing toxicity.
6. Pre administration assessment ✓✓ correct answer Three basic goals ✓✓ correct answer collecting baseline data needed to evaluate
therapeutic and adverse responses, identifying high -risk patients, and assessing the patient's capacity for self-care.
7. To help reduce adverse effects, you must know ✓✓ correct answer The major adverse ettects the drug can produce, when these reactions are
likely to occur, early signs that an adverse reaction is developing, and interventions that can minimize discomfort and harm.
8. PRN ✓✓ correct answer pro re nata, a Latin phrase meaning as needed
9. Nursing process ✓✓ correct answer ADPIE - Assessment, analysis (diagnosis), planning, implementation, and evaluation.
10. Complete nursing diagnosis ✓✓ correct answer A statement of the pt's actual or potential health problem, a statement
of the problem's probable cause or risk factors, and the signs, symptoms, or other evidence of the problem. Statements are separated by the phrases related to and as evidenced
by
11. Objective of drug therapy ✓✓ correct answer Produce maximum benefit with minimum harm
12. Pre administration assessment ✓✓ correct answer Establish the baseline data needed to tailor drug therapy to the
individual.
13. Pre administration assessment goals ✓✓ correct answer Collection of baseline data needed to evaluate thera-peutic ettects, collection of baseline data
needed to evaluate adverse ettects, identification of high-risk patients, and assessment of the pt's capacity for self-care.
14. Containdication ✓✓ correct answer A preexisting condition that precludes use of a particular drug under all but the most
critical of circumstances.
