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ICHS Pharmacology Midterm Test Bank 1 questions with verified
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detailed solutions ||
What is the name under which a drug is listed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
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(FDA)? - ✔✔Official || ||
Which source contains information specific to nutritional supplements? - ✔✔United States
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Pharmacopoeia/National Formulary (USP NF) || || ||
is the most comprehensive reference available to research a drug interaction? - ✔✔Drug
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Interaction Facts ||
The physician has written an order for a drug with which the nurse is unfamiliar. Which
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section of the Physicians' Desk Reference (PDR) is most helpful to get information about
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this drug? - ✔✔Brand and Generic Name section
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Which online drug reference makes available to health care providers and the public a
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standard, comprehensive, up-to-date look up and downloadable resource about medicines?
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- ✔✔DailyMed
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Which legislation authorizes the FDA to determine the safety of a drug before its
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marketing? - ✔✔Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (1938) || || || || || || || ||
Meperidine (Demerol) is a narcotic with a high potential for physical and psychological
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dependency. Under which classification does this drug fall? - ✔✔II || || || || || || || || ||
What would the FDA do to expedite drug development and approval for an outbreak of
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smallpox, for which there is no known treatment? - ✔✔Fast track the investigational drug.
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Which statement is true about over-the-counter (OTC) drugs? - ✔✔They are sold without a
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prescription.
Which is the most authoritative reference for medications that are injected? - ✔✔Handbook
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on Injectable Drugs
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The nurse is administering Lomotil, a Schedule V drug. Which statement is true about this
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drug's classification? - ✔✔Abuse potential for this drug is low.
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The nurse is transcribing new orders written for a patient with a substance abuse history.
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Choose the medication ordered that has the greatest risk for abuse. - ✔✔Lortab
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An older adult experiencing shortness of breath is brought to the hospital by her daughter.
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While obtaining the medication history from the patient and her daughter, the nurse
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discovers that neither has a list of the patient's current medications or prescriptions. All the
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patient has is a weekly pill dispenser that contains four different pills. The prescriptions are
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filled through the local pharmacy. Which resource(s) would be appropriate to use in
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determining the medication names and doses? - ✔✔Physicians' Desk Reference, Section 4
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Senior citizens' center || ||
Patient's home pharmacy || ||
The nurse planning patient teaching regarding drug names would include which
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statement(s)? - ✔✔The official name is the name under which the drug is listed by the U.S.
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Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
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Brand names are easier to pronounce, spell, and remember.
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The first letter of the generic name is not capitalized.
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When categorizing, the nurse is aware that which drug(s) would be considered Schedule II?
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- ✔✔Percodan
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Amphetamines
The nurse assesses hives in a patient started on a new medication. What is the nurse's
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priority action? - ✔✔Notify physician of allergic reaction.
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The nurse administers an initial dose of a steroid to a patient with asthma. Thirty minutes
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after administration, the nurse finds the patient agitated and stating that "everyone is out to
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get me." What is the term for this unusual reaction? - ✔✔Idiosyncratic reaction
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Which is the best description of when drug interactions occur? - ✔✔On the alteration of the
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effect of one drug by another drug
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What occurs when two drugs compete for the same receptor site, resulting in increased
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activity of the first drug? - ✔✔Displacement || || || || || ||
What do drug blood levels indicate? - ✔✔They determine if the amount of drug in the body
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is in a therapeutic range.
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What is the process by which a drug is transported by circulating body fluids to receptor
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sites? - ✔✔Distribution || ||
The nurse assesses which blood level to determine the amount of circulating medication in
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a patient? - ✔✔Drug
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The nurse administers 50 mg of a drug at 6:00 AM that has a half-life of 8 hours. What time
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will it be when 25 mg of the drug has been eliminated from the body? - ✔✔2:00 PM
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ICHS Pharmacology Midterm Test Bank 1 questions with verified
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detailed solutions ||
What is the name under which a drug is listed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
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(FDA)? - ✔✔Official || ||
Which source contains information specific to nutritional supplements? - ✔✔United States
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Pharmacopoeia/National Formulary (USP NF) || || ||
is the most comprehensive reference available to research a drug interaction? - ✔✔Drug
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Interaction Facts ||
The physician has written an order for a drug with which the nurse is unfamiliar. Which
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
section of the Physicians' Desk Reference (PDR) is most helpful to get information about
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
this drug? - ✔✔Brand and Generic Name section
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Which online drug reference makes available to health care providers and the public a
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standard, comprehensive, up-to-date look up and downloadable resource about medicines?
|| || || || || || || || || ||
- ✔✔DailyMed
||
Which legislation authorizes the FDA to determine the safety of a drug before its
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marketing? - ✔✔Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (1938) || || || || || || || ||
Meperidine (Demerol) is a narcotic with a high potential for physical and psychological
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dependency. Under which classification does this drug fall? - ✔✔II || || || || || || || || ||
What would the FDA do to expedite drug development and approval for an outbreak of
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smallpox, for which there is no known treatment? - ✔✔Fast track the investigational drug.
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Which statement is true about over-the-counter (OTC) drugs? - ✔✔They are sold without a
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prescription.
Which is the most authoritative reference for medications that are injected? - ✔✔Handbook
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on Injectable Drugs
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The nurse is administering Lomotil, a Schedule V drug. Which statement is true about this
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drug's classification? - ✔✔Abuse potential for this drug is low.
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The nurse is transcribing new orders written for a patient with a substance abuse history.
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Choose the medication ordered that has the greatest risk for abuse. - ✔✔Lortab
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An older adult experiencing shortness of breath is brought to the hospital by her daughter.
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While obtaining the medication history from the patient and her daughter, the nurse
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discovers that neither has a list of the patient's current medications or prescriptions. All the
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
patient has is a weekly pill dispenser that contains four different pills. The prescriptions are
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
filled through the local pharmacy. Which resource(s) would be appropriate to use in
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determining the medication names and doses? - ✔✔Physicians' Desk Reference, Section 4
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Senior citizens' center || ||
Patient's home pharmacy || ||
The nurse planning patient teaching regarding drug names would include which
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statement(s)? - ✔✔The official name is the name under which the drug is listed by the U.S.
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Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
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Brand names are easier to pronounce, spell, and remember.
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The first letter of the generic name is not capitalized.
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, 2
When categorizing, the nurse is aware that which drug(s) would be considered Schedule II?
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- ✔✔Percodan
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Amphetamines
The nurse assesses hives in a patient started on a new medication. What is the nurse's
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priority action? - ✔✔Notify physician of allergic reaction.
|| || || || || || ||
The nurse administers an initial dose of a steroid to a patient with asthma. Thirty minutes
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
after administration, the nurse finds the patient agitated and stating that "everyone is out to
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get me." What is the term for this unusual reaction? - ✔✔Idiosyncratic reaction
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Which is the best description of when drug interactions occur? - ✔✔On the alteration of the
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effect of one drug by another drug
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What occurs when two drugs compete for the same receptor site, resulting in increased
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
activity of the first drug? - ✔✔Displacement || || || || || ||
What do drug blood levels indicate? - ✔✔They determine if the amount of drug in the body
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is in a therapeutic range.
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What is the process by which a drug is transported by circulating body fluids to receptor
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sites? - ✔✔Distribution || ||
The nurse assesses which blood level to determine the amount of circulating medication in
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a patient? - ✔✔Drug
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The nurse administers 50 mg of a drug at 6:00 AM that has a half-life of 8 hours. What time
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will it be when 25 mg of the drug has been eliminated from the body? - ✔✔2:00 PM
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