CRNI: Pharmacology Test Quiz Exam with Actual Questions
& Answers 2023/2024
This route of administration can tolerate 1/10th the amount of drug of epidural administration correct
answers Intrathecal
therapeutic range correct answers that concentration of drug in the blood serum that produces the
desired effect without causing toxicity
drug half life correct answers the time required for the amount of active drug in the body to decrease by
50%
Types of drug incompatibility correct answers Chemical and physical
20 gtts = ? mL correct answers 1 mL
ratio-proportion method correct answers D (desired amount)/H (amount in hand) x Q (quanitity)
Antibiotic - Aminoglycoside correct answers May cause ototoxicity, plasma peaks and troughs should be
monitored, avoid in children with Wilm's tumor, monitor Input and output
Antibiotic - Cephalosporin (1st- 4th generations) correct answers Patients allergic to penicillin may show
cross sensitivity
Seizures are possible if this antibiotic in the penicillin family is administered too rapidly correct answers
Ticarcillin
The most unstable antibiotic of the penicillin family correct answers Ampicillin
Used to treat pneumocystic carinii pneumonia, assure adequate hydration, incompatible with
furosemide correct answers Bactrim (sulfonamide)
Effective against pseudomonas, infuse over 60 mins to reduce phlebitis, recommend central line infusion
correct answers Cipro (quinolones)
Constipation may occur, and it is important to push fluids with this quinolone antibiotic correct answers
Levaquin
Drug of choice for MRSA, potential for red man syndrome correct answers Vancomycin
Used to treat meningitis and rickettsial infection (aka Rocky Mountain spotted fever) correct answers
Chloromycetin/ chloramphenicol
Diarrhea progressing to pseudomembranous colitis can occur with this drug, used as alternative in ppl
with penicillin allergies correct answers Clindamycin
& Answers 2023/2024
This route of administration can tolerate 1/10th the amount of drug of epidural administration correct
answers Intrathecal
therapeutic range correct answers that concentration of drug in the blood serum that produces the
desired effect without causing toxicity
drug half life correct answers the time required for the amount of active drug in the body to decrease by
50%
Types of drug incompatibility correct answers Chemical and physical
20 gtts = ? mL correct answers 1 mL
ratio-proportion method correct answers D (desired amount)/H (amount in hand) x Q (quanitity)
Antibiotic - Aminoglycoside correct answers May cause ototoxicity, plasma peaks and troughs should be
monitored, avoid in children with Wilm's tumor, monitor Input and output
Antibiotic - Cephalosporin (1st- 4th generations) correct answers Patients allergic to penicillin may show
cross sensitivity
Seizures are possible if this antibiotic in the penicillin family is administered too rapidly correct answers
Ticarcillin
The most unstable antibiotic of the penicillin family correct answers Ampicillin
Used to treat pneumocystic carinii pneumonia, assure adequate hydration, incompatible with
furosemide correct answers Bactrim (sulfonamide)
Effective against pseudomonas, infuse over 60 mins to reduce phlebitis, recommend central line infusion
correct answers Cipro (quinolones)
Constipation may occur, and it is important to push fluids with this quinolone antibiotic correct answers
Levaquin
Drug of choice for MRSA, potential for red man syndrome correct answers Vancomycin
Used to treat meningitis and rickettsial infection (aka Rocky Mountain spotted fever) correct answers
Chloromycetin/ chloramphenicol
Diarrhea progressing to pseudomembranous colitis can occur with this drug, used as alternative in ppl
with penicillin allergies correct answers Clindamycin
