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NUR 306 Pharmacology Exam 1 Question and answers rated A+ How insulin is measured? - correct answer Measured in units and used in an insulin syringe What is important to note about enteric coated medications? - correct answer DO NOT CRUSH How do we mix insulin? - correct answer Clear...

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NUR 306 Pharmacology Exam 1
Question and answers rated A+
How insulin is measured? - correct answer ✔Measured in units and used in
an insulin syringe


What is important to note about enteric coated medications? - correct answer
✔DO NOT CRUSH


How do we mix insulin? - correct answer ✔Clear to Cloudy


What is important to note about administering sub-q insulin? - correct answer
✔Rotate injection sites


What is the desired site in the hospital for a sub-q insulin injection? - correct
answer ✔the abdomen (at least an inch from the umbilicus in any of the four
quadrants)


What is the test to measure therapeutic response to thyroid medication? -
correct answer ✔Measurement of TSH


What is the best method to evaluate how effective your patient teaching was
in real-time? - correct answer ✔Teach back method


What is the most important teaching point when it comes to improving patient
adherence to medication regimen? - correct answer ✔The reason why the
patient is taking the meds they are taking

,How can we prevent medication errors? - correct answer ✔3 checks, 9
rights, and 2 patient identifiers.


How do we culturally assess patients? - correct answer ✔Ask if they have
any cultural preferences and assess their practices (why they do what they
do)


What considerations for older adults related to medication administration are
important to note? - correct answer ✔Can they open their meds, financial
ability to get meds, can they see directions to take meds, Can they feel the pill
in their hand and get it to their mouth, etc.


Identify pediatric dosing general overview - correct answer ✔Based on
weight- mL/kg


Describe Medication Tolerance - correct answer ✔You need more of a dose
than someone who is not tolerant (ex. Someone who takes more perc's per
day may need more opiates to create effect)


Define the mechanisms of an agonist vs an antagonist - correct answer
✔Agonist: creates effect by binding to receptor (examples: oxycodone,
fentanyl),


Antagonist: blocks effect/elicits no response and prevents agonists from
binding (examples: Narcan, suboxone)


How do we identify Excretion and the measurement of kidney function? -
correct answer ✔Look at Creatinine level, BUN level, etc.


What is the Trough level?: - correct answer ✔Lowest blood level of a drug

, Identify Half-life - correct answer ✔The time it takes for 50% (half) of a drug
to be removed from the body


Metabolic inhibitors and inducers - correct answer ✔Inhibit metabolism,
inducers will induce metabolism and half-life will change


Identify the 9 patient rights - correct answer ✔Right dose, drug, time,
route/form, patient, documentation, reason, response, right to refuse


How does the nursing process (ADPIE) and medication administration go
hand in hand? - correct answer ✔Assessment: Assess patient, Diagnosis,
Planning, Implementation, Evaluation: ongoing evaluate meds


What methods help to improve patient teaching related to medications? -
correct answer ✔Teach back method and know why they're on the meds
they're taking


Taking a patient's blood pressure prior to administering a blood pressure
medication is an example of what nursing process? - correct answer
✔Assessment


Taking medications with foods may most affect which phase of the
pharmacokinetic process? - correct answer ✔Absorption


The initial metabolism in the liver of a drug absorbed from the GI tract before it
reaches systemic circulation in the blood stream is called ? - correct answer
✔First-pass effect

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