Exam 1: NR293 / NR 293 (Latest Update 2024/2025) Pharmacology Review| Complete Guide with Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct -Chamberlain
Exam 1: NR293 / NR 293 (Latest Update
2024/2025) Pharmacology Review| Complete
Guide with Questions and Verified Answers|
100% Correct -Chamberlain
Q: Pharmacotherapeutics
Answer:
treatment of conditions
Q: enteral route
Answer:
through the GI tract
Q: parenteral tract
Answer:
outside the GI tract
Q: how is medication absorption different for neonates and children?
Answer:
they have less gastric acid to break down medications and availability is higher
Q: why do more drugs enter neonate and children's brains, why are meds not as easily
excreted/destroyed by liver and kidneys ?
Answer:
immature BBB, liver, and kidneys
Q: Polypharmacy
Answer:
The use of multiple medications on a regular basis
Q: during which phase of the nursing process does a nurse prioritize the nursing diagnoses?
Answer:
planning
Q: the nurse recognizes that drugs given by which route will be altered by the first pass effect?
a. oral
b. sublingual
c. subcutaneous
d. IV
e. rectal
Answer:
oral and rectal
Q: the nurse is reviewing a list of a patient's medications and notes one of the drugs has a low
therapeutic index. what does this mean?
Answer:
the difference between a therapeutic dose and a toxic dose are very close together
Q: when drug A is an enzyme inhibitor of drug B, the nurse will anticipate what result of drug
B?
Answer:
level of drug B could rise to toxicity
Q: A drug is highly protein bound, what does this mean?
Answer:
it will have a longer duration of action
Q: do no harm is what ethical principle?
Answer:
nonmaleficence
Q: Which legal act required drug manufacturers to establish the safety and efficacy of a new
drug before its approval for use?
Answer:
Kefauver-Harris, amendment of 1962
Q: over the counter drugs (otc) are
Answer:
nonprescription drugs that are used for short term treatment
Q: what herbal supplement is used to promote sleep and relaxation, prolonged use can cause
yellow discoloration of nails, risk for liver toxicity
Answer:
kava
Q: herbal supplement used to decrease nausea and vomiting induced by chemotherapy
Answer:
ginkgo
Q: which drug classes are used as OTC remedies ?
a. NSAIDs
b. cold remedies
c. antibiotics
d.smoking deterrent drugs
e. antihypertensive drugs
f. histamine 2 (H2) blockers
Answer:
A, B,D,F
Q: what are side effects of NSAIDs?
Answer:
stroke, MI, GI ulcers, kidney dysfunction
Q: what do antibiotics do?
Answer:
fight off infection caused by bacteria
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