NUR 350 PHARMACOLOGY TEST 1 QUIZ QUESTIONS MARSHALL UNIVERSITY
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NUR 350 PHARMACOLOGY TEST
1 QUIZ QUESTIONS MARSHALL
UNIVERSITY
1. A nurse is preparing to administer to a patient who is having a severe
allergic reaction. Which route of administration should the nurse use to
provide the fastest and most complete absorption of the drug: intravenous
2. When preparing to administer a sustained release capsule to a patient,
the nurse understands that which of the following is true for these capsules?:
they are more costly than regular pills.
They contain spheres that hold the actual drug.
Spheres have coatings that dissolve at variable rates.
3. Digoxin has a half-life of 36 to 48 hours. Because of the length of the half-
life, the nurse expects dosing to occur how often?: once a day
4. When teaching a patient who has a gastric ulcer about cimetidine
therapy, the nurse should include what information about the antagonists?:
an antagonist prevents receptor activation in the stomach
5. Which statement about drug agonists does the nurse identify as being
true?: an agonist exerts effects by causing receptor activation
6. A patient has been receiving an antibiotic with a small therapeutic index
for 10 days. Upon assessment, the nurse notes an increase in the drug's side
effects. What would the nurse's priority action be?: ask the provider to order a
plasma drug level test
7. What does the evaluation of the outcome of drug therapy include? (select
all): adverse drug reactions satisfaction with treatment therapeutic responses
Adherence to regimen/prescription
,8. In reviewing a patient's drug history, the nurse must be aware that which
drug may have various names?: trade name
9. The nurse is preparing to administer penicillin g im to a child. The child's
parent ask why the drug cannot be given in an oral liquid form. What is the
nurses response?: this drug would be inactivated by enzymes in the stomach
10. 10. A postoperative patient has orders for morphine sulfate 1 to 2 mg iv
every hour prn for severe pain and acetaminophen-hydrocodone (lortab) 7.5
mg po every 4 to 6 hours prn for moderate pain. Patient rates pain at an 8/10.
Which action by the nurse is appropriate?: administer morphine sulfate 2 mg iv
and evaluate patients pain in 15 to 30 minutes
11. In comparing meperidine (demerol) with pentazocine (talwin), the nurse
recognizes the degree of pain relief that can be achieved with pentazocine is
much lower than the relief that can be achieved with meperidine because
pentazocine is an example of a/an:: partial agonist
12. A patient who is taking morphine for pain asks the nurse how a pain
medication can also cause constipation. What does the nurse know about
morphine?: it is selective to receptors that regulate more than one body process
13. A prescriber has written an order for a medication: drug x 100 mg
po q6h. The half life is approximately 6 hours. The nurse is preparing to
administer the first dose at 8:00 am on tuesday. On wednesday when will
the serum drug level reach plateau?: at 8:00 am
, 14. A nurse is giving an enteral medication. The patient asks why this method
is preferable for this drug. How will the nurse reply?: "this route is safer,
less expensive, and more convenient."
15. A patient is given a prescription for azithromycin and asks the nurse why
the dose on the first day is twice the amount of the dose on the next 4
days. How will the nurse respond?: "a large initial dose helps to get the drug
to optimal levels in the body faster."
16. An adult male is 1 day postop from a total hip replacement. On a pain scale
of 0 to 10, with 10 being greatest, the patient reports pain of 10. Which
medication would be most appropriate to administer?: 6 mg morphine
sulfate intravenously
17. A nurse is teaching nursing students about the use of nonproprietary
names for drugs. The nurse tells them which fact about nonproprietary
names?: they are assigned by the u.s. adopted names council
18. In administering medications is it important for the nurse to understand
that the major site of drug metabolism is in the:: liver
19. The nurse is caring for a child who has ingested a toxic amount of aspirin.
The provider orders an iv drug that will increase ph in the blood and urine.
The nurse understands that this effect is necessary to:: increase the urinary
excretion of aspirin
20. In preparing an inservice about drug safety in the us, the nurse describes
which legislation that was the first to regulate drug safety?: food, drug and
cosmetic act of 1938
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