NUR 135 Quiz 1 Questions With Complete Solutions
/. A nurse is providing an oral medication for pain relief to a client. To attain the fastes
pain relief, the nurse administers the medication so that it is most rapidly absorbed from
the Gastrointestinal tract. Which of the following has the fastest absorption? - Answer-
✅Liquid Suspension
/.A client asks why he has to take a medication on an empty stomach. The nurse
explains that generally food does which of the following to drug dissoluation and
absorption? - Answer-✅Decreases
/.A client is given an oral medication that is a lipid soluble, nonionized drug. This drug
will be absorbed: - Answer-✅Readily
/.The client is given a drug at 0800hours. The drug has a half-life of 6 hours. At what
time will half of the drug be eliminated from the system? - Answer-✅1400 hours (6
hours later)
/.The client questions why she is only getting furosemide (lasix) 20mg by the
intravenous route when she is used to taking furoseminde (lasic) 40mg orally every day.
The appropriate response by the nurse is. - Answer-✅"IV doses of medications work
much faster and generally require a smaller dose than than your oral preparation"
/.The client is to receive a prodrug. Before giving this medication, the nurse will check
which of the following? - Answer-✅Not the protein levels in the blood. or kidney function
not whter the drug is given
/.The nurse is giving a transdermal medication. The first thing the nurse will do is: -
Answer-✅Remove the old transdermal patch.
/.The nurse is administering a drug that is highly protein bound, but the client's serum
albumin is low. The nurse will be expect the physician to: - Answer-✅Decrease the
dosage.
/.The client is emaciated with very poor, small muscle mass. The client is to receive a
medication given intramuscularly (IM). The best choice of action by the nurse is to: -
Answer-✅Use a shorter needle
, /.The client is given a drug that may cause gastrointestinal upset. The best action by the
nurse is to: - Answer-✅Give the drug with a small amount of food.
/.The nurse gives a drug IV that has an onset of action of 7 minutes. The fast action of
this drug is due to: - Answer-✅Elimination of the hepatic first-pass effect.
/.The client's kidney funtion lab studies reveal that there is kidney impairment. The
nurse giving medications will do which of the following as a priority? - Answer-✅Monitor
for signs and symptoms of drug toxicity.
/.Your client which abdominal pain complains of pain 10/10 on the ten point scale. He is
sitting in bed watching TV and does not appear in acute distress. Your priority action is
to: - Answer-✅Medicate the client per MD standing orders.
/.The client is nauseated and has vomited. The patient is scheduled for medication
administration and all of the drugs are to be given orally. The priority action by the nurse
is to: - Answer-✅Notify the MD of the gastric distress and hold the medications.
/.You have two clients in one room. Both are receiving the same meds, but by different
routes. The priority action by the nurse is to: - Answer-✅Verify the five rights of safe
medication practice and proceed with administration.
/.You are giving medications and you know the client is treated for hypertension. The
drug you have has a trade name that you do not recognize. Your priority action is to: -
Answer-✅Verify the generic name against the pharmacy label and the drug order.
/.The elderly client with multiple medical problems is on numerous medications. The
priority action by the nurse is to: - Answer-✅Observe for untoward effects and drug-
drug interactions.
/.You are giving two blood pressure lowering medications to your client. You notice after
administation that the blood pressure falls to below the parameters specified by the MD.
The effect is most accurately identified as: - Answer-✅Additive
/.A client is recieving a drug that has a very narrow (low therapeutic index. The nurse
anticipates which of the following as a priority? - Answer-✅Serum drug levels
performed frequently.
/.A Nursing rol is to teach clients to watch for adverse medivation effects. Adverse
effects are: - Answer-✅Undesired effects.
/.Additive Effects - Answer-✅Drug interactions in which the effect of a combination of
two or more drugs with similar actions is equivalent to the sum of the individual effects
of the same drugs given alone. 1+1=2
/. A nurse is providing an oral medication for pain relief to a client. To attain the fastes
pain relief, the nurse administers the medication so that it is most rapidly absorbed from
the Gastrointestinal tract. Which of the following has the fastest absorption? - Answer-
✅Liquid Suspension
/.A client asks why he has to take a medication on an empty stomach. The nurse
explains that generally food does which of the following to drug dissoluation and
absorption? - Answer-✅Decreases
/.A client is given an oral medication that is a lipid soluble, nonionized drug. This drug
will be absorbed: - Answer-✅Readily
/.The client is given a drug at 0800hours. The drug has a half-life of 6 hours. At what
time will half of the drug be eliminated from the system? - Answer-✅1400 hours (6
hours later)
/.The client questions why she is only getting furosemide (lasix) 20mg by the
intravenous route when she is used to taking furoseminde (lasic) 40mg orally every day.
The appropriate response by the nurse is. - Answer-✅"IV doses of medications work
much faster and generally require a smaller dose than than your oral preparation"
/.The client is to receive a prodrug. Before giving this medication, the nurse will check
which of the following? - Answer-✅Not the protein levels in the blood. or kidney function
not whter the drug is given
/.The nurse is giving a transdermal medication. The first thing the nurse will do is: -
Answer-✅Remove the old transdermal patch.
/.The nurse is administering a drug that is highly protein bound, but the client's serum
albumin is low. The nurse will be expect the physician to: - Answer-✅Decrease the
dosage.
/.The client is emaciated with very poor, small muscle mass. The client is to receive a
medication given intramuscularly (IM). The best choice of action by the nurse is to: -
Answer-✅Use a shorter needle
, /.The client is given a drug that may cause gastrointestinal upset. The best action by the
nurse is to: - Answer-✅Give the drug with a small amount of food.
/.The nurse gives a drug IV that has an onset of action of 7 minutes. The fast action of
this drug is due to: - Answer-✅Elimination of the hepatic first-pass effect.
/.The client's kidney funtion lab studies reveal that there is kidney impairment. The
nurse giving medications will do which of the following as a priority? - Answer-✅Monitor
for signs and symptoms of drug toxicity.
/.Your client which abdominal pain complains of pain 10/10 on the ten point scale. He is
sitting in bed watching TV and does not appear in acute distress. Your priority action is
to: - Answer-✅Medicate the client per MD standing orders.
/.The client is nauseated and has vomited. The patient is scheduled for medication
administration and all of the drugs are to be given orally. The priority action by the nurse
is to: - Answer-✅Notify the MD of the gastric distress and hold the medications.
/.You have two clients in one room. Both are receiving the same meds, but by different
routes. The priority action by the nurse is to: - Answer-✅Verify the five rights of safe
medication practice and proceed with administration.
/.You are giving medications and you know the client is treated for hypertension. The
drug you have has a trade name that you do not recognize. Your priority action is to: -
Answer-✅Verify the generic name against the pharmacy label and the drug order.
/.The elderly client with multiple medical problems is on numerous medications. The
priority action by the nurse is to: - Answer-✅Observe for untoward effects and drug-
drug interactions.
/.You are giving two blood pressure lowering medications to your client. You notice after
administation that the blood pressure falls to below the parameters specified by the MD.
The effect is most accurately identified as: - Answer-✅Additive
/.A client is recieving a drug that has a very narrow (low therapeutic index. The nurse
anticipates which of the following as a priority? - Answer-✅Serum drug levels
performed frequently.
/.A Nursing rol is to teach clients to watch for adverse medivation effects. Adverse
effects are: - Answer-✅Undesired effects.
/.Additive Effects - Answer-✅Drug interactions in which the effect of a combination of
two or more drugs with similar actions is equivalent to the sum of the individual effects
of the same drugs given alone. 1+1=2
