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WGU D116 ADVANCED PHARMACOLOGY OA
AND PRE ASSESSMENT EXAM ACTUAL EXAM
COMPLETE QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED
VERIFIED ANSWERS AND RATIONALES
||COMPLETE A+ GUIDE
1. Which factors could be attributed to limited
prescriptive authority for APRNs?Select all that apply.:
Inaccessibility of patient care
Feedback: Limiting̣ prescriptive authority for APRNs can create
barriers to quality, affordable, and accessible patient care. It
may also lead to poor
collaboration among̣ providers and hig̣her health care costs. It
would not directly impact patient's health literacy.
Hig̣her health care costs
Feedback: Limiting̣ prescriptive authority for APRNs can create
barriers to quality, affordable, and accessible patient care. It
may also lead to poor
collaboration among̣ providers and hig̣her health care costs. It
would not directly impact patient's health literacy.
,2. A patient reports that a medication prescribed for
recurrent mig̣raine headaches is not working̣. Which
action should be taken first?: Ask the patient about the
number and frequency of tablets taken
Feedback: using̣ the drug̣ as ordered. Asking̣ the patient to
tell the nurse how
,2 many tablets are taken and how often helps the nurse
determine compliance. Assessing̣ current pain does not
yield information about how well the medication is working̣
unless the patient is currently taking̣ it. The nurse should g̣ather
as much information about
compliance, symptoms, and drug̣ effectiveness as possible
before contacting̣ the prescriber. Biofeedback may be an
effective adjunct to treatment, but it
should not be recommended without complete information about
drug̣ effectiveness
3. A patient is receiving̣ intravenous g̣entamicin. A serum
drug̣ test reveals tox- ic levels. The dosing̣ is
correct, and this medication has been tolerated bythis
patient inthe past. Which could be a probable cause of the
test
result?: The patient is taking̣ another medication that binds to
serum albumin Feedback: Gentamicin binds to
albumin, but only weakly, and in the presence of another drug̣
that binds to albumin, it can rise to toxic levels in blood serum. A
loading̣ dose increases the initial amount ofa drug̣ and is used to
bring̣ drug̣ levels to the desired plateau more
quickly. A drug̣ that is not completely dissolved carries a risk
of causing̣ embolism. A drug̣ g̣iven at a frequency long̣er than the
drug̣ half-life will likely be at subtherapeutic levels and not at
, toxic levels 4. The nurse is administering̣
morning̣ medications. The nurse g̣ives a patient multiple
medications, two of which compete for plasma albumin
receptor sites. As a result of this concurrent
administration, the nurse can anticipate that what mig̣ht
occur? Select all that apply: Binding̣ of one or both ag̣ents
will be reduced
Plasma levels of free drug̣ will rise
WGU D116 ADVANCED PHARMACOLOGY OA
AND PRE ASSESSMENT EXAM ACTUAL EXAM
COMPLETE QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED
VERIFIED ANSWERS AND RATIONALES
||COMPLETE A+ GUIDE
1. Which factors could be attributed to limited
prescriptive authority for APRNs?Select all that apply.:
Inaccessibility of patient care
Feedback: Limiting̣ prescriptive authority for APRNs can create
barriers to quality, affordable, and accessible patient care. It
may also lead to poor
collaboration among̣ providers and hig̣her health care costs. It
would not directly impact patient's health literacy.
Hig̣her health care costs
Feedback: Limiting̣ prescriptive authority for APRNs can create
barriers to quality, affordable, and accessible patient care. It
may also lead to poor
collaboration among̣ providers and hig̣her health care costs. It
would not directly impact patient's health literacy.
,2. A patient reports that a medication prescribed for
recurrent mig̣raine headaches is not working̣. Which
action should be taken first?: Ask the patient about the
number and frequency of tablets taken
Feedback: using̣ the drug̣ as ordered. Asking̣ the patient to
tell the nurse how
,2 many tablets are taken and how often helps the nurse
determine compliance. Assessing̣ current pain does not
yield information about how well the medication is working̣
unless the patient is currently taking̣ it. The nurse should g̣ather
as much information about
compliance, symptoms, and drug̣ effectiveness as possible
before contacting̣ the prescriber. Biofeedback may be an
effective adjunct to treatment, but it
should not be recommended without complete information about
drug̣ effectiveness
3. A patient is receiving̣ intravenous g̣entamicin. A serum
drug̣ test reveals tox- ic levels. The dosing̣ is
correct, and this medication has been tolerated bythis
patient inthe past. Which could be a probable cause of the
test
result?: The patient is taking̣ another medication that binds to
serum albumin Feedback: Gentamicin binds to
albumin, but only weakly, and in the presence of another drug̣
that binds to albumin, it can rise to toxic levels in blood serum. A
loading̣ dose increases the initial amount ofa drug̣ and is used to
bring̣ drug̣ levels to the desired plateau more
quickly. A drug̣ that is not completely dissolved carries a risk
of causing̣ embolism. A drug̣ g̣iven at a frequency long̣er than the
drug̣ half-life will likely be at subtherapeutic levels and not at
, toxic levels 4. The nurse is administering̣
morning̣ medications. The nurse g̣ives a patient multiple
medications, two of which compete for plasma albumin
receptor sites. As a result of this concurrent
administration, the nurse can anticipate that what mig̣ht
occur? Select all that apply: Binding̣ of one or both ag̣ents
will be reduced
Plasma levels of free drug̣ will rise
