NUR 651 FINAL BRADLEY UNIVERSITY
EXAM ACTUAL QUESTIONS EXAMINATION
TEST 2026 QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
⩥ Which type of drug classification is most important to the
practitioner? Answer: Therapeutic
⩥ Mechanism of Action Answer: The manner in which molecular targets
are affected by the drug
⩥ Adverse Drug Reaction (ADR) can lead the patient to Answer: stop
taking the drug
⩥ Half-life is defined as Answer: The time required for the plasma
concentration of a drug to be reduced by 50 percent
⩥ When one drug is more efficacious than another, it has... Answer: A
greater ability to initiate a response
⩥ What is bioavailability? Answer: The fraction of unchanged drug that
reaches the systemic circulation following administration by any route
,⩥ Absorption is defined as: Answer: The transfer of a drug from its site
of administration to the blood
⩥ How can Competitive antagonism be overcome? Answer: by adding
more agonist
⩥ How is children's dosing most often calculated? Answer: MG/KG
⩥ A patient complains of pain from a migraine. How would the
practitioner classify this type of pain? Answer: Central Neuropathic Pain
⩥ What stage of nociception is occurring when neurotransmitters in the
dorsal horn directly or indirectly depolarize the second-order neurons?
Answer: Trasmission
⩥ What are the four processes of Nociception Answer: transduction,
transmission, modulation, and perception
⩥ A practitioner conducting a pain assessment asks the patient, "Is the
pain consistent or intermittent?" What character of pain is the
practitioner assessing? Answer: Temporal pattern
⩥ What is the maximum dose of acetaminophen in 24 hours? Answer: 4
grams
, ⩥ Etodolac is in the same drug class as ibuprofen. What is its
mechanism of action? Answer: It inhibits the cyclooxygenase enzyme.
⩥ What kind of drug is Naloxone (Narcan) Answer: opioid antagonist
⩥ Acetaminophen and alcohol have a complex relationship in the liver.
Why? (3 reasons) Answer: 1. They are both metabolized by the same
liver enzyme.
2. Alcohol inhibits the enzyme that metabolizes acetaminophen.
3. The enzyme that metabolizes acetaminophen is induced by alcohol.
⩥ What is a contraindication of ibuprofen? Answer: Ulcers
⩥ An adverse effect of opiates in elders is... Answer: Bone fractures
⩥ Aspirin is different from the other NSAIDs because... Answer: It binds
irreversibly to the COX enzyme
⩥ One of the properties that insulins are differentiated by is... Answer:
Duration of action
⩥ Which form of insulin is the most bioavailable? Answer: Humalog
EXAM ACTUAL QUESTIONS EXAMINATION
TEST 2026 QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
⩥ Which type of drug classification is most important to the
practitioner? Answer: Therapeutic
⩥ Mechanism of Action Answer: The manner in which molecular targets
are affected by the drug
⩥ Adverse Drug Reaction (ADR) can lead the patient to Answer: stop
taking the drug
⩥ Half-life is defined as Answer: The time required for the plasma
concentration of a drug to be reduced by 50 percent
⩥ When one drug is more efficacious than another, it has... Answer: A
greater ability to initiate a response
⩥ What is bioavailability? Answer: The fraction of unchanged drug that
reaches the systemic circulation following administration by any route
,⩥ Absorption is defined as: Answer: The transfer of a drug from its site
of administration to the blood
⩥ How can Competitive antagonism be overcome? Answer: by adding
more agonist
⩥ How is children's dosing most often calculated? Answer: MG/KG
⩥ A patient complains of pain from a migraine. How would the
practitioner classify this type of pain? Answer: Central Neuropathic Pain
⩥ What stage of nociception is occurring when neurotransmitters in the
dorsal horn directly or indirectly depolarize the second-order neurons?
Answer: Trasmission
⩥ What are the four processes of Nociception Answer: transduction,
transmission, modulation, and perception
⩥ A practitioner conducting a pain assessment asks the patient, "Is the
pain consistent or intermittent?" What character of pain is the
practitioner assessing? Answer: Temporal pattern
⩥ What is the maximum dose of acetaminophen in 24 hours? Answer: 4
grams
, ⩥ Etodolac is in the same drug class as ibuprofen. What is its
mechanism of action? Answer: It inhibits the cyclooxygenase enzyme.
⩥ What kind of drug is Naloxone (Narcan) Answer: opioid antagonist
⩥ Acetaminophen and alcohol have a complex relationship in the liver.
Why? (3 reasons) Answer: 1. They are both metabolized by the same
liver enzyme.
2. Alcohol inhibits the enzyme that metabolizes acetaminophen.
3. The enzyme that metabolizes acetaminophen is induced by alcohol.
⩥ What is a contraindication of ibuprofen? Answer: Ulcers
⩥ An adverse effect of opiates in elders is... Answer: Bone fractures
⩥ Aspirin is different from the other NSAIDs because... Answer: It binds
irreversibly to the COX enzyme
⩥ One of the properties that insulins are differentiated by is... Answer:
Duration of action
⩥ Which form of insulin is the most bioavailable? Answer: Humalog
