Advanced Pharmacology Exam 1
Questions & Answers 2024/2025
Describe the relevance of the Nurse Practice Act in any state for a nurse practitioner's
practice, including prescriptive authority. - ANSWER--authority for NP practice defined
by each state
-Nurse practice acts are written by legislators (laws) and authorize Boards of Nursing to
establish legal authority to define who may use the title of NP, the scope of practice for
NPs, any practice restrictions, requirements to be credentialed within the state as NP,
and disciplinary grounds for infractions
In Tennessee, what body governs nurse practitioner prescriptive authority? - ANSWER-
Nurse Practice Act (Tennessee code annotated)
In Tennessee, what is required for a nurse practitioner to use the title of advanced
practice registered nurse (APRN), practice as an APRN, and prescribe medications?
What is required to prescribe controlled substances? - ANSWER--Tennessee Nurse
Practice Act is the law that regulates all nurses in TN. They require a state-level
certification process for NPs to prescribe legend drugs.
-DEA needed to prescribe controlled substances
-you must renew RN and APRN every two years
what does LACE stand for regarding the APRN consensus model? - ANSWER-L -
Licensure (legal)
A - Accreditation
C - Certification
E - Education
state the steady state equation: - ANSWER-steady state = (f value) (maintenance dose)
(half-life) / (vd)(dosing interval)
bactericidal: - ANSWER-kill bacteria
bacteriostatic: - ANSWER-slows bacterial replication so an individual's immune system
can kill it
two ways antibiotics are classified: - ANSWER--how they kill (four methods)
-spectrum (+ or -)
gram positive antibiotics: - ANSWER--older antibiotics
-narrower spectrum
later on with antibiotics: - ANSWER--we focused on having a broader spectrum with
varying degrees of gram positive coverage
-broader spectrum
, penicillin: - ANSWER--gram positive
-cell wall inhibitor
-bactericidal
b-lactamase resistant penicillin’s: - ANSWER--oxacillin (Bacterial)
-dicloxacillin
penicillin is gram: - ANSWER-positive
bacitracin is gram: - ANSWER-positive
vancomycin is gram: - ANSWER-positive
amino pcs: - ANSWER-mostly gram positive
b-lactamase resistant pcns: - ANSWER-mostly gram positive
what are the two main beta lactams: - ANSWER--pcns
-1 gen cephalosporins
pen G is given for: - ANSWER-syphilis
pen v k is given for: - ANSWER-GABHS
aminopenicillins: - ANSWER--amoxicillin
-am / CL (Augmentin)
-beta lactam resistant PCNs (oxacillin and dicloxacillin)
1st gen cephalosporins: - ANSWER--cephalexin (Keflex)
-cefadroxil (Duricef)
cephalosporins are what type of antibiotics? - ANSWER-cell wall inhibitors
2nd gen cephalosporins: - ANSWER--Ceftin
-zinacef (IM/IV)
-ceclor
-lorabid
-vantin
3rd gen cephalosporins: - ANSWER--ceftibuten
-cefdinir
-cefditoren
-cefixime
-ceftriaxone
Questions & Answers 2024/2025
Describe the relevance of the Nurse Practice Act in any state for a nurse practitioner's
practice, including prescriptive authority. - ANSWER--authority for NP practice defined
by each state
-Nurse practice acts are written by legislators (laws) and authorize Boards of Nursing to
establish legal authority to define who may use the title of NP, the scope of practice for
NPs, any practice restrictions, requirements to be credentialed within the state as NP,
and disciplinary grounds for infractions
In Tennessee, what body governs nurse practitioner prescriptive authority? - ANSWER-
Nurse Practice Act (Tennessee code annotated)
In Tennessee, what is required for a nurse practitioner to use the title of advanced
practice registered nurse (APRN), practice as an APRN, and prescribe medications?
What is required to prescribe controlled substances? - ANSWER--Tennessee Nurse
Practice Act is the law that regulates all nurses in TN. They require a state-level
certification process for NPs to prescribe legend drugs.
-DEA needed to prescribe controlled substances
-you must renew RN and APRN every two years
what does LACE stand for regarding the APRN consensus model? - ANSWER-L -
Licensure (legal)
A - Accreditation
C - Certification
E - Education
state the steady state equation: - ANSWER-steady state = (f value) (maintenance dose)
(half-life) / (vd)(dosing interval)
bactericidal: - ANSWER-kill bacteria
bacteriostatic: - ANSWER-slows bacterial replication so an individual's immune system
can kill it
two ways antibiotics are classified: - ANSWER--how they kill (four methods)
-spectrum (+ or -)
gram positive antibiotics: - ANSWER--older antibiotics
-narrower spectrum
later on with antibiotics: - ANSWER--we focused on having a broader spectrum with
varying degrees of gram positive coverage
-broader spectrum
, penicillin: - ANSWER--gram positive
-cell wall inhibitor
-bactericidal
b-lactamase resistant penicillin’s: - ANSWER--oxacillin (Bacterial)
-dicloxacillin
penicillin is gram: - ANSWER-positive
bacitracin is gram: - ANSWER-positive
vancomycin is gram: - ANSWER-positive
amino pcs: - ANSWER-mostly gram positive
b-lactamase resistant pcns: - ANSWER-mostly gram positive
what are the two main beta lactams: - ANSWER--pcns
-1 gen cephalosporins
pen G is given for: - ANSWER-syphilis
pen v k is given for: - ANSWER-GABHS
aminopenicillins: - ANSWER--amoxicillin
-am / CL (Augmentin)
-beta lactam resistant PCNs (oxacillin and dicloxacillin)
1st gen cephalosporins: - ANSWER--cephalexin (Keflex)
-cefadroxil (Duricef)
cephalosporins are what type of antibiotics? - ANSWER-cell wall inhibitors
2nd gen cephalosporins: - ANSWER--Ceftin
-zinacef (IM/IV)
-ceclor
-lorabid
-vantin
3rd gen cephalosporins: - ANSWER--ceftibuten
-cefdinir
-cefditoren
-cefixime
-ceftriaxone
