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final question bank pharm Chapter 1. The Role of the Nurse Practitioner 1. Nurse practitioner prescriptive authority is regulated by: 2. The benefits to the patient of having ... an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) prescriber include: 3. Clinical judgment in prescribing includes: 4. n 5. Nurse practitioner practice may thrive under health-care reform because of: Chapter 2. Review of Basic Principles of Pharmacology 1. A patient’s nutritional intake & laboratory results reflect hypoalbuminemia. This is critical to prescribing because: Drugs that have a significant first-pass effect: 3. The route of excretion of a volatile drug will likely be the: 4. Medroxyprogesterone (Depo Provera) is prescribed intramuscularly (IM) to create a storage reservoir of the drug. Storage reservoirs: 5. The NP chooses to give cephalexin every 8 hours based on knowledge of the drug’s: 6. 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: 7. The point in time on the drug concentration curve that indicates the first sign of a therapeutic effect is the: 8. Phenytoin requires that a trough level be drawn. Peak & trough levels are done: A laboratory result indicates that the peak level for a drug is above the minimum toxic concentration. This means that the: 10. Drugs that are receptor agonists may demonstrate what property? 11. Drugs that are receptor antagonists, such as beta blockers, may cause: 12. Factors that affect gastric drug absorption include: 13. Drugs administered via IV: 14. When a medication is added to a regimen for a synergistic effect, the combined effect of the drugs is: 15. Which of the following statements about bioavailability is true? 16. Which of the following statements about the major distribution barriers (blood-brain or fetal-placental) is true? 17. Drugs are metabolized mainly by the liver via phase I or phase II reactions. The purpose of both of these types of reactions is to: 18. Once they have been metabolized by the liver, the metabolites may be: 19. All drugs continue to act in the body until they are changed or excreted. The ability of the body to excrete drugs via the renal system would be increased by: 20. Steady state is: . Two different pain medications are given together for pain relief. The drug—drug interaction is: 22. Actions taken to reduce drug—drug interaction problems include all of the following EXCEPT: 23. Phase I oxidative-reductive processes of drug metabolism require certain nutritional elements. Which of the following would reduce or inhibit this process? 24. The time required for the amount of drug in the body to decrease by 50% is called: 25. An agonist activates a receptor & stimulates a response. When given frequently over time, the body may: 26. Drug antagonism is best defined as an effect of a drug that: 27. Instructions to a client regarding self-administration of oral enteric-coated tablets should include which of the following statements? 28. The major reason for not crushing a sustained-release capsule is that, if crushed, the coated beads of the drugs could possibly result in: 29. Which of the following substances is the most likely to be absorbed in the intestines rather than in the stomach? 30. Which of the following variables is a factor in drug absorption? 31. An advantage of prescribing a sublingual medication is that the medication is: 32. Drugs that use CYP 3A4 isoenzymes for metabolism may: 33. Therapeutic drug levels are drawn when a drug reaches steady state. Drugs reach steady state: 34. Upregulation or hypersensitization may lead to: Chapter 3. Rational Drug Selection 1. An NP would prescribe the liquid form of ibuprofen for a 6-year-old child because:……………………………………………………….CONTINUED…………………………………………………………….. [Show More]

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