NUR2407 / NUR 2407: Pharmacology Exam 1
Complete Questions and 100% Correct Answers
(Verified Pass)
• Mrs. Kline has been started on Enbrel for her treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. The
medication is to be given in an injection form once per week. Mrs. Kline asks the nurse
why she cannot receive the medication daily. Your best response to Mrs. Kline is based
on the dosing interval knowledge of the drug's:
A. Efficacy
B. Excretion
C. Half-life (t ½)
D. Bioavailability -✓✓C. Half-life (t ½)
• Miss. Parker is prescribed morphine for her chronic back pain. She request for the
medication to be phoned into her local pharmacy. The nurse informs the client that her
request cannot be honored and she will need deliver a paper copy of the prescription to
her pharmacy based on morphine being listed as a DEA monitored:
A. Pro drug.
B. Scheduled drug.
C. Brand name drug.
D. Generic name drug. -✓✓B. Scheduled drug.
• Mr. Green presents to his Cardiology appointment to discuss starting on a new anti-
hypertensive medication. The client is prescribed a 10mg anti-hypertensive tablet and
within a month his blood pressure is normotensive. He asks the nurse if he can be
switched to a different antihypertensive 50mg tablet instead because his friend has
been prescribed this different drug. The nurse explains to the client that the 10mg anti-
hypertensive was prescribed and it is best not to change medications because the
original order is considered more:
A. Efficacious.
B. Bioavailable.
C. Potent.
D. Metabolized. -✓✓A. Efficacious.
• Jackie is a 27 year-old female who is admitted to the Digestive Health Unit with painful
pancreatitis and cirrhosis of the liver. The medical team reduces the client's pain
medication due to the decrease ability of her liver to:
A. Absorb the pain medication.
B. Metabolize the pain mediation.
, C. Distribute the pain medication.
D. Excrete the pain medication. -✓✓B. Metabolize the pain mediation.
• Mayer is a 30 year-old male who presents to the outpatient nephrology unit with renal
insufficiency. The nurse explains that his current prescribed medication dosage may
need to be reduced due to the decrease in:
A. Metabolism.
B. Excretion.
C. Absorption.
D. Distribution. -✓✓B. Excretion.
• Usually expected and inevitable effect of the drug when a medication is given at a
therapeutic dose is known as a(n):
A. Side effect.
B. Toxic reaction.
C. Allergic reaction.
D. Drug-drug interaction. -✓✓A. Side effect.
• The nurse is preparing to administer the postoperative client's first dose of morphine
sulfate through a Patient-Controlled Analgesia (PCA). The nurse should also ensure
that which antagonist medication is readily available?
A. Flumazenil.
B. Naloxone hydrochloride.
C. Digoxin immune fab.
D. Protamine sulfate. -✓✓B. Naloxone hydrochloride.
• When the nurse is ordered to administer a second dose of intravenous fentanyl to a
client with incisional pain, the client states, "This medication makes me feel sick." Which
statement is the most appropriate initial response by the nurse?"
A. "I'll call your provider to see if another medication can be ordered for your pain".
B. "Can you please describe what you feel when you say that the medication makes you
feel sick."
C. "The provider ordered an antacid. I can give you this along with the medication."
D. "The aspirin in the pain medication is hard on your stomach. Eating a cracker may
help." -✓✓B. "Can you please describe what you feel when you say that the medication
makes you feel sick."
• An important inclusion in a teaching plan prepared for the patient who is applying
permethrin for the treatment of lice and scabies is:
A. Permethrin can be applied after body lotion is applied.
B. All body hair, including the eyelashes and eyebrows, can be treated with permethrin.
Complete Questions and 100% Correct Answers
(Verified Pass)
• Mrs. Kline has been started on Enbrel for her treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. The
medication is to be given in an injection form once per week. Mrs. Kline asks the nurse
why she cannot receive the medication daily. Your best response to Mrs. Kline is based
on the dosing interval knowledge of the drug's:
A. Efficacy
B. Excretion
C. Half-life (t ½)
D. Bioavailability -✓✓C. Half-life (t ½)
• Miss. Parker is prescribed morphine for her chronic back pain. She request for the
medication to be phoned into her local pharmacy. The nurse informs the client that her
request cannot be honored and she will need deliver a paper copy of the prescription to
her pharmacy based on morphine being listed as a DEA monitored:
A. Pro drug.
B. Scheduled drug.
C. Brand name drug.
D. Generic name drug. -✓✓B. Scheduled drug.
• Mr. Green presents to his Cardiology appointment to discuss starting on a new anti-
hypertensive medication. The client is prescribed a 10mg anti-hypertensive tablet and
within a month his blood pressure is normotensive. He asks the nurse if he can be
switched to a different antihypertensive 50mg tablet instead because his friend has
been prescribed this different drug. The nurse explains to the client that the 10mg anti-
hypertensive was prescribed and it is best not to change medications because the
original order is considered more:
A. Efficacious.
B. Bioavailable.
C. Potent.
D. Metabolized. -✓✓A. Efficacious.
• Jackie is a 27 year-old female who is admitted to the Digestive Health Unit with painful
pancreatitis and cirrhosis of the liver. The medical team reduces the client's pain
medication due to the decrease ability of her liver to:
A. Absorb the pain medication.
B. Metabolize the pain mediation.
, C. Distribute the pain medication.
D. Excrete the pain medication. -✓✓B. Metabolize the pain mediation.
• Mayer is a 30 year-old male who presents to the outpatient nephrology unit with renal
insufficiency. The nurse explains that his current prescribed medication dosage may
need to be reduced due to the decrease in:
A. Metabolism.
B. Excretion.
C. Absorption.
D. Distribution. -✓✓B. Excretion.
• Usually expected and inevitable effect of the drug when a medication is given at a
therapeutic dose is known as a(n):
A. Side effect.
B. Toxic reaction.
C. Allergic reaction.
D. Drug-drug interaction. -✓✓A. Side effect.
• The nurse is preparing to administer the postoperative client's first dose of morphine
sulfate through a Patient-Controlled Analgesia (PCA). The nurse should also ensure
that which antagonist medication is readily available?
A. Flumazenil.
B. Naloxone hydrochloride.
C. Digoxin immune fab.
D. Protamine sulfate. -✓✓B. Naloxone hydrochloride.
• When the nurse is ordered to administer a second dose of intravenous fentanyl to a
client with incisional pain, the client states, "This medication makes me feel sick." Which
statement is the most appropriate initial response by the nurse?"
A. "I'll call your provider to see if another medication can be ordered for your pain".
B. "Can you please describe what you feel when you say that the medication makes you
feel sick."
C. "The provider ordered an antacid. I can give you this along with the medication."
D. "The aspirin in the pain medication is hard on your stomach. Eating a cracker may
help." -✓✓B. "Can you please describe what you feel when you say that the medication
makes you feel sick."
• An important inclusion in a teaching plan prepared for the patient who is applying
permethrin for the treatment of lice and scabies is:
A. Permethrin can be applied after body lotion is applied.
B. All body hair, including the eyelashes and eyebrows, can be treated with permethrin.
