NR 508 WEEK 1 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH ACTUAL VERIFIED ANSWERS,
GRADED A+, NEWEST EDITION, REVISED BY EXPERTS
Nurse practitioner prescriptive authority is regulated by:
1. The National Council of State Boards of Nursing
2. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
3. The State Board of Nursing for each state
4. The State Board of Pharmacy - ANSWERS-3. The State Board of Nursing for each state
The benefits to the patient of having an APRN prescriber include:
1. Nurses know more about Pharmacology than other prescribers because they take it both in their basic
nursing program and in their APRN program
2. Nurses care for the patient from a holistic approach and include the patient in decision making
regarding their care
3. APRNs are less likely to prescribe narcotics and other controlled substances
4. APRNs are able to prescribe independently in all states, whereas a PA needs to have a physician
supervising their practice. - ANSWERS-2. Nurse care for the patient from a holistic approach and include
the patient in decision making regarding their care
Clinical judgement in prescribing includes:
1. Factoring in the cost to the patient of the medication prescribed.
,2. Always prescribing the newest medication available for the disease process
3. Handing out drug samples to poor patients
4. Prescribing all generic medications to cut cost - ANSWERS-1. Factoring in the cost to the patient of the
medication prescribed
Criteria for choosing an effective drug for a disorder include:
1. Asking the patient what drug they think would work best for them.
2. Consulting nationally recognized guidelines for disease management
3. Prescribing medications that are available as samples before writing a prescription
4. Following U.S. DEA guidelines for prescribing. - ANSWERS-2. Consulting nationally recognized
guidelines for disease management
Nurse practitioner care may thrive under health-care reform because of:
1. The demonstrated ability of nurse practitioners to control costs and improve patient outcomes.
2. The fact that nurse practitioners will be able to practice independently
3. The fact that nurse practitioners will have full reimbursement under health-care reform
4. The ability to shift accountability for Medicaid to the state level - ANSWERS-The demonstrated ability
of nurse practitioners to control costs and improve patient outcomes.
,A patient's nutritional intake and laboratory results reflect hypoalbuminemia. This is critical to
prescribing because:
1. Distribution of the drugs to the target tissue may be affected
2. The solubility of the drug will not match the site of absorption
3. There will be less free drug available to generate an effect.
4. Drugs bound to albumin are readily excreted by the kidneys - ANSWERS-1. Distribution of drugs to
target tissue may be affected.
Drugs that have a significant first pass effect:
1. Must be given by the enteral (oral) route only
2. Bypass the hepatic circulation
3. Are rapidly metabolized by the liver and may have
little if any desired action
4. Are converted by the liver to more active and fat-soluble forms - ANSWERS-3. Are rapidly metabolized
by the liver and may have little if any desired action
The route of excretion of a volatile drug will likely be the:
1. Kidneys
2. Lungs
, 3. Bile and feces
4. Skin - ANSWERS-2 lungs
Depo Provera is prescribed intramuscularly to create a storage reservoir of the drug. Storage reservoirs:
1. Assure that the drug will reach its intended target tissue
2. Are the reason for giving loading doses
3. Increase the length of time a drug is available and active
4. Are most common in collagen tissues - ANSWERS-3. Increase the length of time a drug is available and
active
The NP chooses to give cephalexin every 8 hours based on knowledge of the drug's:
1. Propensity to go to the target receptor
2. Biological half-life
3. Pharmacodynamics
4. Safety and side effects - ANSWERS-2. Biological half-life
Azithromycin dosing requires that the first day's dosage be twice those of the other 4 days of the
prescription. This is considered a loading dose. A loading dose:
1. Rapidly achieves drug levels in the therapeutic range
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