Lehne’s Pharmacotherapeutics for
Advanced Practice Nurses and
Physician Assistants (2nd Edition
Rosenthal Test Bank) chapter 10
to chapter 19 Questions and
correct answers.
Ch 10 Drug Therapy in Geriatric 21. The nurse is teaching a group
of nursing students about adherence to medication in older adults. Which
statement by a student indicates understanding of the teaching?
d. "A majority of older patients who do not adhere to drug regimens do so
intentionally."
Ch 10 Drug Therapy in Geriatric 22. A nurse is making a home visit
to an older adult woman who was recently discharged home from the
hospital with a new prescription. The nurse notes that a serum drug level
drawn the day before was subtherapeutic. What will the nurse do next?
b. Count the pills in the prescription bottle.
Ch 10 Drug Therapy in Geriatric 23. An older adult patient is
admitted to the hospital for treatment of an exacerbation of a chronic illness.
Admission laboratory work reveals an extremely low serum drug level of the
drug used to treat this condition. The patient has brought the medication to
the hospital, along with other medications taken. The patient's renal and
,hepatic function tests are normal. What might the nurse suspect as a likely
cause of this finding?
a. Financial concerns
Ch 11 Basic Principles of Neuropharmacology 24. A nursing
student asks about drugs that interfere with the termination of
transmitter action. Which statement by the nurse is correct?
d. "These drugs reduce either reuptake or degradation of the transmitter,
causing an increase in receptor activation."
Ch 11 Basic Principles of Neuropharmacology 25. A nurse is
teaching a group of nursing students about neuropharmacology. Which
statement by a student about peripheral nervous system (PNS) drugs
indicates a need for further teaching?
a. "Drugs affecting axonal conduction have a variety of uses."
Ch 11 Basic Principles of Neuropharmacology 26. A nurse is preparing to
administer a medication and learns that it is a nonselective agonist drug.
What does the nurse understand about this drug?
a. It directly activates receptors to affect many physiologic processes.
Ch 11 Basic Principles of Neuropharmacology 27. A patient has allergies and
takes an antihistamine. The patient wants to know how the drug works. The
nurse understands that antihistamines work because they are what?
c. Antagonists
, _
Ch 11 Basic Principles of Neuropharmacology 28. A patient receiving
botulinum toxin injections to control muscle spasticity asks how the drug
works. The nurse knows that this drug affects the transmitter acetylcholine
by:
a. inhibiting its release.
Ch 11 Basic Principles of Neuropharmacology 29. A nurse is administering
drug X to a patient. The drug information states that the drug acts by
activating receptors in the peripheral nervous system by increasing
transmitter synthesis. The nurse understands that the effect of this drug is
to:
c. increase receptor activation.
Ch 11 Basic Principles of Neuropharmacology 30. A patient receives
morphine and shows signs of toxicity. The prescriber orders naloxone
[Narcan] to reverse the effects of the morphine. The nurse understands that
the naloxone reverses morphine toxicity by which action on morphine
receptor sites?
d. Preventing activation of receptors
Ch 11 Basic Principles of Neuropharmacology 31. A nurse learns about a drug
that interferes with transmitter storage in the PNS. The transmitter affected
by this drug causes an increased heart rate. What response will the nurse
expect to see when this drug is administered?
a. Bradycardia
Advanced Practice Nurses and
Physician Assistants (2nd Edition
Rosenthal Test Bank) chapter 10
to chapter 19 Questions and
correct answers.
Ch 10 Drug Therapy in Geriatric 21. The nurse is teaching a group
of nursing students about adherence to medication in older adults. Which
statement by a student indicates understanding of the teaching?
d. "A majority of older patients who do not adhere to drug regimens do so
intentionally."
Ch 10 Drug Therapy in Geriatric 22. A nurse is making a home visit
to an older adult woman who was recently discharged home from the
hospital with a new prescription. The nurse notes that a serum drug level
drawn the day before was subtherapeutic. What will the nurse do next?
b. Count the pills in the prescription bottle.
Ch 10 Drug Therapy in Geriatric 23. An older adult patient is
admitted to the hospital for treatment of an exacerbation of a chronic illness.
Admission laboratory work reveals an extremely low serum drug level of the
drug used to treat this condition. The patient has brought the medication to
the hospital, along with other medications taken. The patient's renal and
,hepatic function tests are normal. What might the nurse suspect as a likely
cause of this finding?
a. Financial concerns
Ch 11 Basic Principles of Neuropharmacology 24. A nursing
student asks about drugs that interfere with the termination of
transmitter action. Which statement by the nurse is correct?
d. "These drugs reduce either reuptake or degradation of the transmitter,
causing an increase in receptor activation."
Ch 11 Basic Principles of Neuropharmacology 25. A nurse is
teaching a group of nursing students about neuropharmacology. Which
statement by a student about peripheral nervous system (PNS) drugs
indicates a need for further teaching?
a. "Drugs affecting axonal conduction have a variety of uses."
Ch 11 Basic Principles of Neuropharmacology 26. A nurse is preparing to
administer a medication and learns that it is a nonselective agonist drug.
What does the nurse understand about this drug?
a. It directly activates receptors to affect many physiologic processes.
Ch 11 Basic Principles of Neuropharmacology 27. A patient has allergies and
takes an antihistamine. The patient wants to know how the drug works. The
nurse understands that antihistamines work because they are what?
c. Antagonists
, _
Ch 11 Basic Principles of Neuropharmacology 28. A patient receiving
botulinum toxin injections to control muscle spasticity asks how the drug
works. The nurse knows that this drug affects the transmitter acetylcholine
by:
a. inhibiting its release.
Ch 11 Basic Principles of Neuropharmacology 29. A nurse is administering
drug X to a patient. The drug information states that the drug acts by
activating receptors in the peripheral nervous system by increasing
transmitter synthesis. The nurse understands that the effect of this drug is
to:
c. increase receptor activation.
Ch 11 Basic Principles of Neuropharmacology 30. A patient receives
morphine and shows signs of toxicity. The prescriber orders naloxone
[Narcan] to reverse the effects of the morphine. The nurse understands that
the naloxone reverses morphine toxicity by which action on morphine
receptor sites?
d. Preventing activation of receptors
Ch 11 Basic Principles of Neuropharmacology 31. A nurse learns about a drug
that interferes with transmitter storage in the PNS. The transmitter affected
by this drug causes an increased heart rate. What response will the nurse
expect to see when this drug is administered?
a. Bradycardia
