PN PHARMACOLOGY EXAM SCRIPT 2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ State laws (Board of Nursing) address .... Answer: who can
prescribe, dispense, and administer medications and the process to
be implemented
◉ Agency or facility (where you are practicing) guidelines indicate...
Answer: how and when drugs are to be given and the records to be
kept about a drug's use
◉ A facility must adhere to... Answer: state and federal guidelines
◉ Controlled substances Answer: drugs that may be easily abused,
dangerous, and require a perscription
◉ Prescription (legend) drugs Answer: drugs that require a
prescription but are not as easily abused
◉ OTC medications Answer: drugs patients may buy w/o a
prescription
◉ Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was created by ________ to
... Answer: *Congress
,*supervise the testing, approval, and marketing of new drugs
◉ U.S. drugs are some of the most ______ and ______ drugs in the
world Answer: *pure
*protected
◉ Controlled Substances Act was passed in ... Answer: 1970
◉ Narcotics (opiates) Answer: highly addictive drugs derived from
opium that relieve pain
◉ Narcotics Answer: *kept in locked cabinet
*must be "signed out"
*contents are counted each shift
** key to cabinet is carried by charge nurse or by a drug nurse
◉ Are generic drugs the same as trade name drugs? Answer: yes;
they are exactly the same except the trade drug is more expensive
◉ The Canadian Health Protection Branch of Department of National
Health and Welfare is... Answer: responsible for the administration
and enforcement of federal legislation
,◉ 3 major classes under the Food and Drug Act are ... Answer: 1.
nonprescription drugs
2. prescription drugs
3. restricted drugs
◉ The Proprietary or Patent Medicine Act Answer: provides a class
of products that may be sold to the general public by anyone
◉ The Canadian Controlled Drugs and Substances Act Answer:
covers the possession, sale, manufacture, production, and
distribution of opiods
◉ standing order Answer: written in advance of a situation that is to
be carried out under specific circumstances
◉ Emergency or ""stat" order Answer: One time order to be given
immediately
◉ Single order Answer: Medication that is to be given only once, and
at a specific time, such as a preoperative order.
◉ as needed (PRN) Answer: indicates that a medication should be
dispensed as needed by the patient
◉ Nursing Process Answer: *Assessment
, *Diagnosis
*Planning
*Implementation
*Evaluation
◉ The Kardex is ... Answer: *a pen and paper flip-file card system
used for many years that has important information from the patient
summary form and the physician's orders
-not a legal document and is discarded when patient is discharged
◉ High-Alert Drugs
*PINCH Answer: *Potassium
*Insulin
*narcotics (Opiods)
*Chemotherapy
*heparin (or any drug that interferes with blood clotting)
◉ Black Box Designation Answer: drug has a higher-than-normal risk
for causing serious and even life-threatening problems in addition to
its positive effects
◉ Medication Reconciliation Answer: practice of comparing the
patient's drug order to all of the drugs that the patient has been
taking
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ State laws (Board of Nursing) address .... Answer: who can
prescribe, dispense, and administer medications and the process to
be implemented
◉ Agency or facility (where you are practicing) guidelines indicate...
Answer: how and when drugs are to be given and the records to be
kept about a drug's use
◉ A facility must adhere to... Answer: state and federal guidelines
◉ Controlled substances Answer: drugs that may be easily abused,
dangerous, and require a perscription
◉ Prescription (legend) drugs Answer: drugs that require a
prescription but are not as easily abused
◉ OTC medications Answer: drugs patients may buy w/o a
prescription
◉ Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was created by ________ to
... Answer: *Congress
,*supervise the testing, approval, and marketing of new drugs
◉ U.S. drugs are some of the most ______ and ______ drugs in the
world Answer: *pure
*protected
◉ Controlled Substances Act was passed in ... Answer: 1970
◉ Narcotics (opiates) Answer: highly addictive drugs derived from
opium that relieve pain
◉ Narcotics Answer: *kept in locked cabinet
*must be "signed out"
*contents are counted each shift
** key to cabinet is carried by charge nurse or by a drug nurse
◉ Are generic drugs the same as trade name drugs? Answer: yes;
they are exactly the same except the trade drug is more expensive
◉ The Canadian Health Protection Branch of Department of National
Health and Welfare is... Answer: responsible for the administration
and enforcement of federal legislation
,◉ 3 major classes under the Food and Drug Act are ... Answer: 1.
nonprescription drugs
2. prescription drugs
3. restricted drugs
◉ The Proprietary or Patent Medicine Act Answer: provides a class
of products that may be sold to the general public by anyone
◉ The Canadian Controlled Drugs and Substances Act Answer:
covers the possession, sale, manufacture, production, and
distribution of opiods
◉ standing order Answer: written in advance of a situation that is to
be carried out under specific circumstances
◉ Emergency or ""stat" order Answer: One time order to be given
immediately
◉ Single order Answer: Medication that is to be given only once, and
at a specific time, such as a preoperative order.
◉ as needed (PRN) Answer: indicates that a medication should be
dispensed as needed by the patient
◉ Nursing Process Answer: *Assessment
, *Diagnosis
*Planning
*Implementation
*Evaluation
◉ The Kardex is ... Answer: *a pen and paper flip-file card system
used for many years that has important information from the patient
summary form and the physician's orders
-not a legal document and is discarded when patient is discharged
◉ High-Alert Drugs
*PINCH Answer: *Potassium
*Insulin
*narcotics (Opiods)
*Chemotherapy
*heparin (or any drug that interferes with blood clotting)
◉ Black Box Designation Answer: drug has a higher-than-normal risk
for causing serious and even life-threatening problems in addition to
its positive effects
◉ Medication Reconciliation Answer: practice of comparing the
patient's drug order to all of the drugs that the patient has been
taking
