LILLEYS PHARMACOLOGY FOR CANADIAN HEALTH CARE
PRACTICE 4TH EDITION 2026/2027 || NURSING PHARMACOLOGY
REVIEW || DRUG THERAPY & MEDICATION SAFETY ||
COMPREHENSIVE TEST BANK || PRACTICE QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED ANSWERS || HIGH-YIELD STUDY GUIDE || GRADED A+
In which step of the nursing process does the nurse determine the outcome of
medication administration?
a. Planning
b. Assessment
c. Evaluation
d. Implementation - CORRECT ANSWER -c. Evaluation
What information should the nurse chart when documenting medication
administration? (Select all that apply.)
a. The dosage of medication administered
b. The time of administration
c. Information about an "incident report" in the patient's chart
d. The patient's age
e. The route of administration - CORRECT ANSWER -a. The dosage of
medication administered
b. The time of administration
e. The route of administration
What is the study of physiochemical properties of drugs and how drugs
influence the body called?
a. Pharmacology
b. Pharmacodynamics
c. Pharmacokinetics
d. Pharmacotherapeutics - CORRECT ANSWER -b. Pharmacodynamics
,Which statement best describes pharmacokinetics?
a. Adverse effects and toxic reactions to medications
b. Conversion of medication into its active chemical substance
c. What the body does to the drug after it is administered
d. Physiologic interaction between a drug and body cells - CORRECT
ANSWER -c. What the body does to the drug after it is administered
What is another term for biotransformation of a drug?
a. Metabolism
b. Absorption
c. Excretion
d. Dilution - CORRECT ANSWER -a. Metabolism
The nurse plans care for a male patient who is 80 years of age. The nursing
diagnosis is nonadherence with the medication regimen related to living alone,
as evidenced by uncontrolled blood pressure. What should the nurse do next?
a. Assess the impact of home self-management of medications.
b. Collaborate with the health care provider on a new medication regimen.
c. Enlist the help of a home care nurse for pharmacotherapy.
d. Examine the results of nursing help with the medications. - CORRECT
ANSWER -c. Enlist the help of a home care nurse for pharmacotherapy.
Which statement is an example of objective data? (Select all that apply.)
a. The patient says that she has felt tired for almost a week.
b. The patient says that she feels like someone is touching her arm.
c. The patient has had a fever for 5 days.
d. The patient has clear urine.
e. The patient states that she has a headache. - CORRECT ANSWER -c. The
patient has had a fever for 5 days.
,d. The patient has clear urine.
What should the nurse check when reviewing a prescription with a patient?
(Select all that apply.)
a. The patient's emergency contact
b. The patient's home address
c. The route of administration
d. The age of the patient
e. The signature of the prescriber - CORRECT ANSWER -c. The route of
administration
e. The signature of the prescriber
A drug given by which route is altered by the first-pass effect?
a. Oral
b. Sublingual
c. Intravenous (IV)
d. Subcutaneous - CORRECT ANSWER -a. Oral
Which nursing action will increase the absorption of a medication administered
intramuscularly?
a. Massaging the site after injection.
b. Lowering the extremity below the level of the heart.
c. Applying ice packs to the injection site.
d. Administering the medication via the Z-track method. - CORRECT
ANSWER -a. Massaging the site after injection.
When administering two medications that are highly protein bound, the nurse
understands to monitor the patient carefully for which effect?
a. A short duration of medication action
, b. Immediate improvement in the patient's condition
c. Increase in the risk of drug-drug interactions
d. Hypovolemic shock caused by a low albumin level - CORRECT ANSWER
-c. Increase in the risk of drug-drug interactions
To achieve the most rapid onset of action, the health care provider will prescribe
the medication to be administered by which route?
a. Intravenous (IV)
b. Subcutaneous (SC)
c. Intramuscular (IM)
d. Intrathecally - CORRECT ANSWER -a. Intravenous (IV)
The nurse understands that drugs exert their actions on the body by what
process? (Select all that apply.)
a. Making the cell perform a new function
b. Interacting with receptors
c. Inhibiting the action of a specific enzyme
d. Altering metabolic chemical processes - CORRECT ANSWER -b.
Interacting with receptors
c. Inhibiting the action of a specific enzyme
d. Altering metabolic chemical processes
The nurse knows that which factors will affect the absorption of orally
administered medications? (Select all that apply.)
a. pH of the stomach
b. Form of drug preparation
c. Patient in high Fowler's position
d. Time of day
PRACTICE 4TH EDITION 2026/2027 || NURSING PHARMACOLOGY
REVIEW || DRUG THERAPY & MEDICATION SAFETY ||
COMPREHENSIVE TEST BANK || PRACTICE QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED ANSWERS || HIGH-YIELD STUDY GUIDE || GRADED A+
In which step of the nursing process does the nurse determine the outcome of
medication administration?
a. Planning
b. Assessment
c. Evaluation
d. Implementation - CORRECT ANSWER -c. Evaluation
What information should the nurse chart when documenting medication
administration? (Select all that apply.)
a. The dosage of medication administered
b. The time of administration
c. Information about an "incident report" in the patient's chart
d. The patient's age
e. The route of administration - CORRECT ANSWER -a. The dosage of
medication administered
b. The time of administration
e. The route of administration
What is the study of physiochemical properties of drugs and how drugs
influence the body called?
a. Pharmacology
b. Pharmacodynamics
c. Pharmacokinetics
d. Pharmacotherapeutics - CORRECT ANSWER -b. Pharmacodynamics
,Which statement best describes pharmacokinetics?
a. Adverse effects and toxic reactions to medications
b. Conversion of medication into its active chemical substance
c. What the body does to the drug after it is administered
d. Physiologic interaction between a drug and body cells - CORRECT
ANSWER -c. What the body does to the drug after it is administered
What is another term for biotransformation of a drug?
a. Metabolism
b. Absorption
c. Excretion
d. Dilution - CORRECT ANSWER -a. Metabolism
The nurse plans care for a male patient who is 80 years of age. The nursing
diagnosis is nonadherence with the medication regimen related to living alone,
as evidenced by uncontrolled blood pressure. What should the nurse do next?
a. Assess the impact of home self-management of medications.
b. Collaborate with the health care provider on a new medication regimen.
c. Enlist the help of a home care nurse for pharmacotherapy.
d. Examine the results of nursing help with the medications. - CORRECT
ANSWER -c. Enlist the help of a home care nurse for pharmacotherapy.
Which statement is an example of objective data? (Select all that apply.)
a. The patient says that she has felt tired for almost a week.
b. The patient says that she feels like someone is touching her arm.
c. The patient has had a fever for 5 days.
d. The patient has clear urine.
e. The patient states that she has a headache. - CORRECT ANSWER -c. The
patient has had a fever for 5 days.
,d. The patient has clear urine.
What should the nurse check when reviewing a prescription with a patient?
(Select all that apply.)
a. The patient's emergency contact
b. The patient's home address
c. The route of administration
d. The age of the patient
e. The signature of the prescriber - CORRECT ANSWER -c. The route of
administration
e. The signature of the prescriber
A drug given by which route is altered by the first-pass effect?
a. Oral
b. Sublingual
c. Intravenous (IV)
d. Subcutaneous - CORRECT ANSWER -a. Oral
Which nursing action will increase the absorption of a medication administered
intramuscularly?
a. Massaging the site after injection.
b. Lowering the extremity below the level of the heart.
c. Applying ice packs to the injection site.
d. Administering the medication via the Z-track method. - CORRECT
ANSWER -a. Massaging the site after injection.
When administering two medications that are highly protein bound, the nurse
understands to monitor the patient carefully for which effect?
a. A short duration of medication action
, b. Immediate improvement in the patient's condition
c. Increase in the risk of drug-drug interactions
d. Hypovolemic shock caused by a low albumin level - CORRECT ANSWER
-c. Increase in the risk of drug-drug interactions
To achieve the most rapid onset of action, the health care provider will prescribe
the medication to be administered by which route?
a. Intravenous (IV)
b. Subcutaneous (SC)
c. Intramuscular (IM)
d. Intrathecally - CORRECT ANSWER -a. Intravenous (IV)
The nurse understands that drugs exert their actions on the body by what
process? (Select all that apply.)
a. Making the cell perform a new function
b. Interacting with receptors
c. Inhibiting the action of a specific enzyme
d. Altering metabolic chemical processes - CORRECT ANSWER -b.
Interacting with receptors
c. Inhibiting the action of a specific enzyme
d. Altering metabolic chemical processes
The nurse knows that which factors will affect the absorption of orally
administered medications? (Select all that apply.)
a. pH of the stomach
b. Form of drug preparation
c. Patient in high Fowler's position
d. Time of day
