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NSG 6005 Pharm Midterm Exam – Questions & Answers
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NSG 6005 Pharm Midterm Exam – Questions &Answers
A patient's nutritional intake and lab work reflect hypoalbuminemia. This is
critical to prescribing because: Right Ans - Distribution of drugs to target
tissue may be affected
Drugs that have a significant first-pass effect: Right Ans - Are rapidly
metabolized by the liver and may have little if any desired action
The route of excretion of a volatile drug will be: Right Ans - The lungs
The point in time on the drug concentration curve that indicated the first sign
of a therapeutic effect is the: Right Ans - Onset of action
Factors that affect gastric drug absorption include: Right Ans - Lipid
solubility of the drug
Which one of the following statements about bio availability is true? Right
Ans - Bio availability issues are especially important for drugs with narrow
therapeutic ranges or sustained release mechanisms.
Steady State is: Right Ans - When the amount of drug in the body remains
constant.
The time required for the amount of drug in the body to decrease by 50% is
called: Right Ans - Half-life
An advantage of prescribing a sublingual medication is that the medication is:
Right Ans - Absorbed rapidly
Drugs that use CYP 3A4 isoenzymes for metabolism may:
1. Induce the metabolism of another drug
2. Inhibit the metabolism of another drug
, 3. Both 1 and 2
4. Neither 1 nor 2 Right Ans - BOTH A and B
Induce the metabolism of another drug
Inhibit the metabolism of another drug
A nurse practitioner would prescribe the liquid form of ibuprofen for a six-
year-old because: Right Ans - A six year old may have problems with
swallowing a pill.
The first step in the prescribing process according to the world health
organization is: Right Ans - diagnosing the patient's problem D
Patient Education regarding prescribed medication includes: Right Ans -
Discussion of expected ADRs
Pharmacokinetic factors that affect prescribing include Right Ans -
Bioavalability
Infants and young children are at higher risk of ADRs due to Right Ans -
Lack of safety and efficacy studies in the pediatric population
The elderly are at high risk of ADRs due to: Right Ans - Age related
decrease in renal function
The type of ADR that is the result of an unwanted but otherwise normal
pharmacological action of a drug given in the usual therapeutic doses is
Right Ans - Type A
A patient may develop neutropenia from using typical Silvadene for burns.
Neutropenia is: Right Ans - A cytoxic hypersensitivity reaction
The ACE inhibitor Lisionpril is a known teratogen. Teratogens cause Type
______ ADR. Right Ans - D
A twenty year old male recieved multiple fractures in a motor vehichle
accident that required significant amounts of opioid medication to treat his
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