BSN 215 Pharmacology Quiz Questions with
answers
What are the properties of an ideal drug? - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔- Chemical stability
- Predictability
- Ease of administration
The nurse receives an order to give morphine 5 mg IV every 2 hours
PRN pain. Which action is not part of the six rights of drug
administration? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Assessing the patient's
pain level 15 to 30 minutes after giving the medication
A patient has been receiving intravenous penicillin for pneumonia
for several days and begins to complain of generalized itching. The
nurse auscultates bilateral wheezing and notes a temperature of
38.5C (101F). - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Hold the next dose and
notify the prescriber of the symptoms
A nurse is teaching nursing students about the use of
,nonproprietary names of drugs. The nurse tells them which fact
about nonproprietary names? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔They are
assigned by the U.S. Adopted Names Council
A nursing student asks a nurse about pharmaceutical research and
wants to know the purpose of randomization in drug trials. The
nurse explains that randomization is used to do what? - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔To ensure that differences in outcomes are the
results of treatment and not differences in subjects
A patient has had dilation of the eyes with an anticholinergic agent.
What will the nurse say when preparing this patient to go home
after the examination? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔"You may need
to wear dark glasses until this medication wears off."
The nurse is reviewing personal knowledge of the medications used
in the treatment of open-angle glaucoma. - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔- Alpha2 agonists
- Prostaglandin analogs
- Beta blockers
- Carbonic anhydrase inhibitors
, A nurse is teaching a patient diagnosed with wet ARMD who will
begin receiving bevacizumab [Avastin]. Which statement by the
patient indicates a need for further teaching? - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔"This medication will not reduce the risk of
blindness."
An adolescent has recently been experiencing pimples. The nurse
notes several closed comedones across the patient's forehead and
on the nose. The nurse will expect to teach this patient about the
use of which medication? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Benzoyl
peroxide
A patient has severe acne that has been refractory to treatment. The
patient is taking tetracycline and using topical tretinoin [Retin-A]
and has been applying benzoyl peroxide twice daily. The provider
asks the nurse to teach this patient about isotretinoin [Accutane],
which the patient will begin taking in a few weeks. - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔"Tetracycline must be discontinued before
beginning the isotretinoin."
answers
What are the properties of an ideal drug? - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔- Chemical stability
- Predictability
- Ease of administration
The nurse receives an order to give morphine 5 mg IV every 2 hours
PRN pain. Which action is not part of the six rights of drug
administration? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Assessing the patient's
pain level 15 to 30 minutes after giving the medication
A patient has been receiving intravenous penicillin for pneumonia
for several days and begins to complain of generalized itching. The
nurse auscultates bilateral wheezing and notes a temperature of
38.5C (101F). - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Hold the next dose and
notify the prescriber of the symptoms
A nurse is teaching nursing students about the use of
,nonproprietary names of drugs. The nurse tells them which fact
about nonproprietary names? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔They are
assigned by the U.S. Adopted Names Council
A nursing student asks a nurse about pharmaceutical research and
wants to know the purpose of randomization in drug trials. The
nurse explains that randomization is used to do what? - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔To ensure that differences in outcomes are the
results of treatment and not differences in subjects
A patient has had dilation of the eyes with an anticholinergic agent.
What will the nurse say when preparing this patient to go home
after the examination? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔"You may need
to wear dark glasses until this medication wears off."
The nurse is reviewing personal knowledge of the medications used
in the treatment of open-angle glaucoma. - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔- Alpha2 agonists
- Prostaglandin analogs
- Beta blockers
- Carbonic anhydrase inhibitors
, A nurse is teaching a patient diagnosed with wet ARMD who will
begin receiving bevacizumab [Avastin]. Which statement by the
patient indicates a need for further teaching? - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔"This medication will not reduce the risk of
blindness."
An adolescent has recently been experiencing pimples. The nurse
notes several closed comedones across the patient's forehead and
on the nose. The nurse will expect to teach this patient about the
use of which medication? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Benzoyl
peroxide
A patient has severe acne that has been refractory to treatment. The
patient is taking tetracycline and using topical tretinoin [Retin-A]
and has been applying benzoyl peroxide twice daily. The provider
asks the nurse to teach this patient about isotretinoin [Accutane],
which the patient will begin taking in a few weeks. - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔"Tetracycline must be discontinued before
beginning the isotretinoin."
