NUR 334 PHARMACOLOGY FINAL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS |LATEST 2025-2026
UPDATE GRADE A+ GUARANTEE
Opioids - Answer-morphine and codeine
used for analgesia
Contraindication for opioids - Answer-Respiratory rate less than 12
What can opioids cause? - Answer-constipation and respiratory
depression
What are the adverse reactions of opioids? - Answer-bradypnea,
sedation, and orthostatic hypotension
What some nursing considerations for opioids? - Answer-Monitor
respiratory rate, blood pressure, and level of consciousness
Penicillin - Answer-antibiotic
side effects include nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea
oral route - Answer-administration of drugs by way of the mouth and
requires a higher amount to achieve the therapeutic effect due to the first
pass effect
, Loading dose - Answer-rapidly builds plasma drug level to stable
therapeutic level
Half-life - Answer-The time required for half of the original medication
dose to be reduced by half
NSAIDs - Answer-Used for mild to moderate pain and fever
oral contraceptives - Answer-increase the risk of DVT's with smoking
may not be effective with antibiotics, antifungals, and anticonvulsants
Fluoroquinolones - Answer-Ciprofloxacin and Levofloxacin
What is the black box warning for fluoroquinolones? - Answer-potential
risk for tendon rupture especially with patients over the age of 60
Efficacy - Answer-the ability to produce a desired or intended result
Opioid Antagonists - Answer-Naloxone (Narcan)
Potency - Answer-Measure of a medications biological activity
expressed in terms of doses require to produce a pharmacological effect
of intensity
AND CORRECT ANSWERS |LATEST 2025-2026
UPDATE GRADE A+ GUARANTEE
Opioids - Answer-morphine and codeine
used for analgesia
Contraindication for opioids - Answer-Respiratory rate less than 12
What can opioids cause? - Answer-constipation and respiratory
depression
What are the adverse reactions of opioids? - Answer-bradypnea,
sedation, and orthostatic hypotension
What some nursing considerations for opioids? - Answer-Monitor
respiratory rate, blood pressure, and level of consciousness
Penicillin - Answer-antibiotic
side effects include nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea
oral route - Answer-administration of drugs by way of the mouth and
requires a higher amount to achieve the therapeutic effect due to the first
pass effect
, Loading dose - Answer-rapidly builds plasma drug level to stable
therapeutic level
Half-life - Answer-The time required for half of the original medication
dose to be reduced by half
NSAIDs - Answer-Used for mild to moderate pain and fever
oral contraceptives - Answer-increase the risk of DVT's with smoking
may not be effective with antibiotics, antifungals, and anticonvulsants
Fluoroquinolones - Answer-Ciprofloxacin and Levofloxacin
What is the black box warning for fluoroquinolones? - Answer-potential
risk for tendon rupture especially with patients over the age of 60
Efficacy - Answer-the ability to produce a desired or intended result
Opioid Antagonists - Answer-Naloxone (Narcan)
Potency - Answer-Measure of a medications biological activity
expressed in terms of doses require to produce a pharmacological effect
of intensity
