NUR 651 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A+ LATEST UPDATE.
Which of the types of chemical bonding between drugs and
their receptors is the least common? ANS >> Covalent
Which type of drug classification is most important to the
practitioner? ANS >> Therapeutic
,Mechanism of Action ANS >> The manner in which molecular
targets are affected by the drug
Adverse Drug Reaction (ADR) can lead the patient to ANS >> stop
taking the drug
Half-life is defined as ANS >> The time required for the plasma
concentration of a drug to be reduced by 50 percent
When one drug is more efficacious than another, it has... ANS >> A
greater ability to initiate a response
What is bioavailability? ANS >> The fraction of unchanged drug
that reaches the systemic circulation following administration
by any route
Absorption is defined as: ANS >> The transfer of a drug from its
site of administration to the blood
How can Competitive antagonism be overcome? ANS >> by
adding more agonist
, How is children's dosing most often calculated? ANS >> MG/KG
A patient complains of pain from a migraine. How would the
practitioner classify this type of pain? ANS >> Central Neuropathic
Pain
What stage of nociception is occurring when neurotransmitters
in the dorsal horn directly or indirectly depolarize the second-
order neurons? ANS >> Transmission
What are the four processes of Nociception ANS >> transduction,
transmission, modulation, and perception
A practitioner conducting a pain assessment asks the patient,
"Is the pain consistent or intermittent?" What character of pain
is the practitioner assessing? ANS >> Temporal pattern
What is the maximum dose of acetaminophen in 24 hours? ANS
>> 4 grams
Etodolac is in the same drug class as ibuprofen. What is its
mechanism of action? ANS >> It inhibits the cyclooxygenase
enzyme.
ANSWERS GRADED A+ LATEST UPDATE.
Which of the types of chemical bonding between drugs and
their receptors is the least common? ANS >> Covalent
Which type of drug classification is most important to the
practitioner? ANS >> Therapeutic
,Mechanism of Action ANS >> The manner in which molecular
targets are affected by the drug
Adverse Drug Reaction (ADR) can lead the patient to ANS >> stop
taking the drug
Half-life is defined as ANS >> The time required for the plasma
concentration of a drug to be reduced by 50 percent
When one drug is more efficacious than another, it has... ANS >> A
greater ability to initiate a response
What is bioavailability? ANS >> The fraction of unchanged drug
that reaches the systemic circulation following administration
by any route
Absorption is defined as: ANS >> The transfer of a drug from its
site of administration to the blood
How can Competitive antagonism be overcome? ANS >> by
adding more agonist
, How is children's dosing most often calculated? ANS >> MG/KG
A patient complains of pain from a migraine. How would the
practitioner classify this type of pain? ANS >> Central Neuropathic
Pain
What stage of nociception is occurring when neurotransmitters
in the dorsal horn directly or indirectly depolarize the second-
order neurons? ANS >> Transmission
What are the four processes of Nociception ANS >> transduction,
transmission, modulation, and perception
A practitioner conducting a pain assessment asks the patient,
"Is the pain consistent or intermittent?" What character of pain
is the practitioner assessing? ANS >> Temporal pattern
What is the maximum dose of acetaminophen in 24 hours? ANS
>> 4 grams
Etodolac is in the same drug class as ibuprofen. What is its
mechanism of action? ANS >> It inhibits the cyclooxygenase
enzyme.
