PROPHECY RELIAS PHARMACOLOGY RN
A LATEST ACTUAL EXAM PAPER 2026 110
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS AND RATIONALES GRADED A+
⩥ Prescription writing: required drug info. Answer: Name (don't
abbreviate)
Strength and vehicle
Dosage
Route of administration
Directions (Sig) for taking the med: frequency, timing, details specific to
drug
Amount to be dispensed
Refills
⩥ Critical Rx Information?. Answer: DAW vs generic, refill #, dose
form, length of therapy/quantity, pt Ax, date of Rx, route, signature,
DEA #
⩥ "Rational" Prescribing Process, WHO. Answer: Choose a rational
treatment
Selection of P-drugs (Personal drugs)
Treating the pt (select, Rx, monitor)
,Keeping up-to-date
⩥ What are P-drugs?. Answer: P(ersonal) drugs - those that you are
going to prescribe regularly and with which you become familiar
⩥ Steps of Rational Prescribing. Answer: Define the pt's problem
Specify the therapeutic objective
Choose Tx
Verify: efficacy, safety, suitability, cost
Start Tx (write a clear Rx)
Educate! Give inform instructions, warnings
Monitor treatment
⩥ What is DAW in prescribing?. Answer: Dispense as written
⩥ "Rights" of a prescription. Answer: Patient
Medication
Dose
Route
Dose schedule
Does this make sense for this drug, patient, situation?
,⩥ Pharmacokinetics. Answer: How the body affects a drug
⩥ Pharmacodynamics. Answer: How a drug affects the body - effects
that occur at the cellular and systemic levels
⩥ Pharmacogenomics. Answer: General study of how one's individual
genetic variation affects drug behavior
⩥ Four components of pharmacokinetics. Answer: ADME - absorption,
distribution, metabolism, excretion
⩥ Absorption. Answer: How (well) does the body uptake the drug?
⩥ Distribution. Answer: Transportation of the drug to the site of action
How (well) is the drug carried to the site of action?
⩥ Elimination. Answer: How (well) is the drug cleared from the body?
⩥ All types of absorption are affected by.... Answer: Drug properties
(molecular weight, lipid solubility) pKa, drug formulation, disintegration
time, dissolution rate)
, ⩥ Enteral Absorption - GI tract - affected by? (4 things). Answer: Blood
flow to area of absorption
First pass effect
Cellular membrane permeability (passive vs. active)
GI motility (absence/presence of food in stomach, other drugs)
⩥ Parenteral Absorption - affected by? (2 things). Answer: Blood flow to
area of absorption
Cell membrane permeability (passive vs. active transport)
⩥ Bioavailability. Answer: Percentage of a drug that reaches the
systemic circulation
Ex: IV route = 100% bioavailability
⩥ First pass effect. Answer: PO drug that is absorbed in the GI tract and
metabolized via liver before reaching systemic circulation
⩥ Distribution is dependent upon... (3 things). Answer: Route of
administration
Blood flow
Solubility of drug (lipid/water)
⩥ In what forms can the drug circulate?
A LATEST ACTUAL EXAM PAPER 2026 110
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS AND RATIONALES GRADED A+
⩥ Prescription writing: required drug info. Answer: Name (don't
abbreviate)
Strength and vehicle
Dosage
Route of administration
Directions (Sig) for taking the med: frequency, timing, details specific to
drug
Amount to be dispensed
Refills
⩥ Critical Rx Information?. Answer: DAW vs generic, refill #, dose
form, length of therapy/quantity, pt Ax, date of Rx, route, signature,
DEA #
⩥ "Rational" Prescribing Process, WHO. Answer: Choose a rational
treatment
Selection of P-drugs (Personal drugs)
Treating the pt (select, Rx, monitor)
,Keeping up-to-date
⩥ What are P-drugs?. Answer: P(ersonal) drugs - those that you are
going to prescribe regularly and with which you become familiar
⩥ Steps of Rational Prescribing. Answer: Define the pt's problem
Specify the therapeutic objective
Choose Tx
Verify: efficacy, safety, suitability, cost
Start Tx (write a clear Rx)
Educate! Give inform instructions, warnings
Monitor treatment
⩥ What is DAW in prescribing?. Answer: Dispense as written
⩥ "Rights" of a prescription. Answer: Patient
Medication
Dose
Route
Dose schedule
Does this make sense for this drug, patient, situation?
,⩥ Pharmacokinetics. Answer: How the body affects a drug
⩥ Pharmacodynamics. Answer: How a drug affects the body - effects
that occur at the cellular and systemic levels
⩥ Pharmacogenomics. Answer: General study of how one's individual
genetic variation affects drug behavior
⩥ Four components of pharmacokinetics. Answer: ADME - absorption,
distribution, metabolism, excretion
⩥ Absorption. Answer: How (well) does the body uptake the drug?
⩥ Distribution. Answer: Transportation of the drug to the site of action
How (well) is the drug carried to the site of action?
⩥ Elimination. Answer: How (well) is the drug cleared from the body?
⩥ All types of absorption are affected by.... Answer: Drug properties
(molecular weight, lipid solubility) pKa, drug formulation, disintegration
time, dissolution rate)
, ⩥ Enteral Absorption - GI tract - affected by? (4 things). Answer: Blood
flow to area of absorption
First pass effect
Cellular membrane permeability (passive vs. active)
GI motility (absence/presence of food in stomach, other drugs)
⩥ Parenteral Absorption - affected by? (2 things). Answer: Blood flow to
area of absorption
Cell membrane permeability (passive vs. active transport)
⩥ Bioavailability. Answer: Percentage of a drug that reaches the
systemic circulation
Ex: IV route = 100% bioavailability
⩥ First pass effect. Answer: PO drug that is absorbed in the GI tract and
metabolized via liver before reaching systemic circulation
⩥ Distribution is dependent upon... (3 things). Answer: Route of
administration
Blood flow
Solubility of drug (lipid/water)
⩥ In what forms can the drug circulate?
