Advanced Pharmacology Exam 1
Question & Answers 2025
Once you graduate from an NP program, in order to prescribe you'll
need: - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-Advanced nurse prescriber license
-DEA #
What is the purpose of a DEA #? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Needed
to prescribed scheduled drugs
Rules for prescribing Schedule II drugs: - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-
Written script needed
-1 month supply only
-No refills
What is the PDMP? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Prescription Drug
Monitoring Program
Used to effectively track patient's controlled substance uses across
different health facilities (in the same state)
What are clinical practice guidelines? - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Recommendations that are intended to optimize patient care
that are informed by a systematic review of the evidence and an
assessment of the benefits/harms of alternative care practices
,Advanced Pharmacology Exam 1
Question & Answers 2025
Ex: sepsis, CAP
Common causes of medication errors: - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-
Illegible writing
-Drug names that sound alike
-Medications that look alike
-Administering a drug with the wrong route
What is pharmacokinetics? What are its 4 categories? - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔What the body does to the drug
1. Absorption
2. Metabolism
3. Distribution
4. Excretion
Quickest route of absorption? Slowest? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔IV
= quickest
IM = slowest
What is the most common way drugs pass through cell membranes? -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Passive diffusion
,Advanced Pharmacology Exam 1
Question & Answers 2025
What characteristics of a drug allow it to pass most quickly through cell
membranes (usually through passive diffusion)? - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Small, uncharged (unionized), lipid soluble--pass through
membrane without any energy
What does it mean when a drug is ionized? - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔It means that the drug is stuck in the compartment it was ionized
in and has to be moved to the next compartment (cannot be absorbed
into the bloodstream)
Where do weak acids absorb? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Stomach
Where do weak bases absorb? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Small
intestine
pH of stomach: - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔2-4
pH of small intestine: - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔6-7
pH of large intestine: - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔6-7
pH of bloodstream: - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔7.35-7.45
, Advanced Pharmacology Exam 1
Question & Answers 2025
pH of bladder: - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔5-8
pH of breastmilk: - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔7.1
Where will a drug absorb if it is a weak base that ionizes at a pH of 4
and lower? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔In the small intestine (since
the stomach has a pH of 2-4, so the drug will become ionized and move
to the small intestine where it will be able to absorb into the
bloodstream)
How can we manipulate the urine pH in cases of overdose? - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔Drugs that are weak acids (aspirin) can be trapped
and excreted through the urine.
We raise pH of the urine (with sodium bicarb) to force the drug to
ionize and allow it to be excreted, not reabsorbed through the
bloodstream.
What is distribution? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔How a drug will be
transported to the tissues it needs to go to in order for it to exert its
effects
Question & Answers 2025
Once you graduate from an NP program, in order to prescribe you'll
need: - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-Advanced nurse prescriber license
-DEA #
What is the purpose of a DEA #? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Needed
to prescribed scheduled drugs
Rules for prescribing Schedule II drugs: - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-
Written script needed
-1 month supply only
-No refills
What is the PDMP? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Prescription Drug
Monitoring Program
Used to effectively track patient's controlled substance uses across
different health facilities (in the same state)
What are clinical practice guidelines? - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Recommendations that are intended to optimize patient care
that are informed by a systematic review of the evidence and an
assessment of the benefits/harms of alternative care practices
,Advanced Pharmacology Exam 1
Question & Answers 2025
Ex: sepsis, CAP
Common causes of medication errors: - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-
Illegible writing
-Drug names that sound alike
-Medications that look alike
-Administering a drug with the wrong route
What is pharmacokinetics? What are its 4 categories? - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔What the body does to the drug
1. Absorption
2. Metabolism
3. Distribution
4. Excretion
Quickest route of absorption? Slowest? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔IV
= quickest
IM = slowest
What is the most common way drugs pass through cell membranes? -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Passive diffusion
,Advanced Pharmacology Exam 1
Question & Answers 2025
What characteristics of a drug allow it to pass most quickly through cell
membranes (usually through passive diffusion)? - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Small, uncharged (unionized), lipid soluble--pass through
membrane without any energy
What does it mean when a drug is ionized? - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔It means that the drug is stuck in the compartment it was ionized
in and has to be moved to the next compartment (cannot be absorbed
into the bloodstream)
Where do weak acids absorb? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Stomach
Where do weak bases absorb? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Small
intestine
pH of stomach: - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔2-4
pH of small intestine: - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔6-7
pH of large intestine: - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔6-7
pH of bloodstream: - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔7.35-7.45
, Advanced Pharmacology Exam 1
Question & Answers 2025
pH of bladder: - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔5-8
pH of breastmilk: - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔7.1
Where will a drug absorb if it is a weak base that ionizes at a pH of 4
and lower? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔In the small intestine (since
the stomach has a pH of 2-4, so the drug will become ionized and move
to the small intestine where it will be able to absorb into the
bloodstream)
How can we manipulate the urine pH in cases of overdose? - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔Drugs that are weak acids (aspirin) can be trapped
and excreted through the urine.
We raise pH of the urine (with sodium bicarb) to force the drug to
ionize and allow it to be excreted, not reabsorbed through the
bloodstream.
What is distribution? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔How a drug will be
transported to the tissues it needs to go to in order for it to exert its
effects
