NURS 600 - TEST BANK EXAM 1 \UPDATED
QUESTIONS AND ACCURATE DETAILED ANSWERS
\GRADED A+ \LATEST UPDATE 2025-2026
Nurse practitioner A. The demonstrated ability of nurse practitioners to
practice may thrive under control costs and improve patient outcomes
health-care reform due to:
A. The demonstrated
ability of nurse
practitioners to control
costs and improve patient
outcomes
B. The fact that nurse
practitioners will be able
to practice independently
C. The fact that nurse
practitioners will have full
reimbursement under
health-care reform
D. The ability to shift
accountability for
Medicaid to the state level
,A patient's nutritional A. Distribution of drugs to target tissue may be
intake and lab work affected
reflects hypoalbuminemia.
This is critical to
prescribing because:
A. Distribution of drugs to
target tissue may be
affected
B. The solubility of the
drug will not match the
site of absorption
C. There will be less free
drug available to generate
an effect
D. Drugs bound to
albumin are readily
excreted by the kidney
Drugs that have a C. Are rapidly metabolized by the liver and may have
significant first-pass effect: little if any desired action
A. Must be given by the
enteral (oral) route only
B. Bypass the hepatic
circulation
C. Are rapidly
metabolized by the liver
and may have little if any
desired action
D. Are converted by the
liver to more active and
fat-soluble forms
The route of excretion of a B. The lungs
volatile drug will likely be:
A. The kidneys
B. The lungs
C. The bile and feces
D. The skin
,Medroxyprogesterone C. Increase the length of time a drug is available and
(Depo Provera) is active
prescribed IM to create a
storage reservoir of the
drug. Storage reservoirs:
A. Assure that the drug
will reach its intended
target tissue
B. Are the reason for
giving loading doses
C. Increase the length of
time a drug is available
and active
D. Are most common in
collagen tissues
The NP chooses to give B. Biological half-life
cephalexin every 8 hours
based on knowledge of
the drug's:
A. Propensity to go to the
target receptor
B. Biological half-life
C. Pharmacodynamics
D. Safety and side effects
, Azithromycin dosing A. Rapidly achieves drug levels in the therapeutic
requires the first day's range
dose be twice those of
the other 4 days of the
prescription. This is
considered a loading
dose. A loading dose: A.
Rapidly achieves drug
levels in the therapeutic
range
B. Requires four to five
half-lives to attain
C. Is influenced by renal
function
D. Is directly related to the
drug circulating to the
target tissues
The point in time on the C. Onset of action
drug concentration curve
that indicates the first sign
of a therapeutic effect is
the:
A. Minimum adverse effect
level
B. Peak of action
C. Onset of action
D. Therapeutic range
QUESTIONS AND ACCURATE DETAILED ANSWERS
\GRADED A+ \LATEST UPDATE 2025-2026
Nurse practitioner A. The demonstrated ability of nurse practitioners to
practice may thrive under control costs and improve patient outcomes
health-care reform due to:
A. The demonstrated
ability of nurse
practitioners to control
costs and improve patient
outcomes
B. The fact that nurse
practitioners will be able
to practice independently
C. The fact that nurse
practitioners will have full
reimbursement under
health-care reform
D. The ability to shift
accountability for
Medicaid to the state level
,A patient's nutritional A. Distribution of drugs to target tissue may be
intake and lab work affected
reflects hypoalbuminemia.
This is critical to
prescribing because:
A. Distribution of drugs to
target tissue may be
affected
B. The solubility of the
drug will not match the
site of absorption
C. There will be less free
drug available to generate
an effect
D. Drugs bound to
albumin are readily
excreted by the kidney
Drugs that have a C. Are rapidly metabolized by the liver and may have
significant first-pass effect: little if any desired action
A. Must be given by the
enteral (oral) route only
B. Bypass the hepatic
circulation
C. Are rapidly
metabolized by the liver
and may have little if any
desired action
D. Are converted by the
liver to more active and
fat-soluble forms
The route of excretion of a B. The lungs
volatile drug will likely be:
A. The kidneys
B. The lungs
C. The bile and feces
D. The skin
,Medroxyprogesterone C. Increase the length of time a drug is available and
(Depo Provera) is active
prescribed IM to create a
storage reservoir of the
drug. Storage reservoirs:
A. Assure that the drug
will reach its intended
target tissue
B. Are the reason for
giving loading doses
C. Increase the length of
time a drug is available
and active
D. Are most common in
collagen tissues
The NP chooses to give B. Biological half-life
cephalexin every 8 hours
based on knowledge of
the drug's:
A. Propensity to go to the
target receptor
B. Biological half-life
C. Pharmacodynamics
D. Safety and side effects
, Azithromycin dosing A. Rapidly achieves drug levels in the therapeutic
requires the first day's range
dose be twice those of
the other 4 days of the
prescription. This is
considered a loading
dose. A loading dose: A.
Rapidly achieves drug
levels in the therapeutic
range
B. Requires four to five
half-lives to attain
C. Is influenced by renal
function
D. Is directly related to the
drug circulating to the
target tissues
The point in time on the C. Onset of action
drug concentration curve
that indicates the first sign
of a therapeutic effect is
the:
A. Minimum adverse effect
level
B. Peak of action
C. Onset of action
D. Therapeutic range
