PHARMACOLOGY WEEK 1 QUIZ | ADVANCED PHARMACOLOGY PRACTICE QUESTIONS &
ANSWERS | COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE 2026/2027
A. Once daily
t(1/2) is half live. If the half life of a drug is 24 hours it should be only given once daily. If the half
life is 6 hours, it should only be given every 6 hours and so on... - correct answer ✔✔It is
expected that the nurse will question the health care provider if a drug with a t(1/2) of a >24
hour drug is ordered to be given more than how often.
A. Once daily
B. Every other day
C. Twice weekly
D. Once weekly
B. A narrow margin of safety.
Therapeutic index refers to the level at which a drug is more helpful than harmful. If there is a
low therapeutic index, then there is a narrow margin of safety. - correct answer ✔✔The nurse
notices that one of the client's drugs has a low therapeutic index. What is the most important
nursing implication of this?
A. A wide margin of safety
B. A narrow margin of safety
C. Measured 1 hour after administration
D. Measured 10 minutes after administration
D. Monitoring serum peak and trough levels.
, Due to having a narrow margin of safety and effectiveness, the levels of medication in the blood
need to be as consistent as possible. - correct answer ✔✔Which of the following nurse actions
should be most appropriate for ensuring client safety with a medication that has a low
therapeutic index?
A. Monitoring a patient's urine output
B. Assessing vital signs hourly
C. Maintaining strict isolation precautions
D. Monitoring serum peak and trough levels
D. Half life
Half life is determined by when the medication they are taking is only half in their blood stream.
This is the safest and most effective point of replenishing medication in the body system. This
leads to understanding the interval of which a drug should be administered. - correct answer
✔✔The nurse reviews the client's medication regimen, including interval of drug dosage, which
is related to which of the following?
A. Stimulation of the receptors
B. Trough level
C. Therapeutic index
D. Half life
A. Increased
There are four spots on albumin for a medication to be bound. If these two medications have
equal protein-binding rates, then they will split the amount of sites they use about 50/50. This
means there will be twice as much free floating medication in the blood stream, therefore the
ANSWERS | COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE 2026/2027
A. Once daily
t(1/2) is half live. If the half life of a drug is 24 hours it should be only given once daily. If the half
life is 6 hours, it should only be given every 6 hours and so on... - correct answer ✔✔It is
expected that the nurse will question the health care provider if a drug with a t(1/2) of a >24
hour drug is ordered to be given more than how often.
A. Once daily
B. Every other day
C. Twice weekly
D. Once weekly
B. A narrow margin of safety.
Therapeutic index refers to the level at which a drug is more helpful than harmful. If there is a
low therapeutic index, then there is a narrow margin of safety. - correct answer ✔✔The nurse
notices that one of the client's drugs has a low therapeutic index. What is the most important
nursing implication of this?
A. A wide margin of safety
B. A narrow margin of safety
C. Measured 1 hour after administration
D. Measured 10 minutes after administration
D. Monitoring serum peak and trough levels.
, Due to having a narrow margin of safety and effectiveness, the levels of medication in the blood
need to be as consistent as possible. - correct answer ✔✔Which of the following nurse actions
should be most appropriate for ensuring client safety with a medication that has a low
therapeutic index?
A. Monitoring a patient's urine output
B. Assessing vital signs hourly
C. Maintaining strict isolation precautions
D. Monitoring serum peak and trough levels
D. Half life
Half life is determined by when the medication they are taking is only half in their blood stream.
This is the safest and most effective point of replenishing medication in the body system. This
leads to understanding the interval of which a drug should be administered. - correct answer
✔✔The nurse reviews the client's medication regimen, including interval of drug dosage, which
is related to which of the following?
A. Stimulation of the receptors
B. Trough level
C. Therapeutic index
D. Half life
A. Increased
There are four spots on albumin for a medication to be bound. If these two medications have
equal protein-binding rates, then they will split the amount of sites they use about 50/50. This
means there will be twice as much free floating medication in the blood stream, therefore the
