NURS 6521 QUIZ WEEK 2 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS 2026,100%CORRECT

NURS 6521 QUIZ WEEK 2 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS 2026 Question 1 A nurse working for a drug company is involved in phase III drug evaluation studies. Which of the following might the nurse be responsible for during this stage of drug development? Correct Answer: Response Feedback: C. Administering investigational drugs to patients Phase III studies involve administering investigational drugs to patients in a vast clinical market who are voluntarily enrolled in double-blind studies. In phase I studies, a small number of healthy human volunteers are given the drug after blood urine and other appropriate samples are taken to monitor drug metabolism. Sometimes volunteers who have a certain disease are used in phase I instead of healthy volunteers if the drug is expected to have significant toxicity. In phase II, volunteers are given various dosages of the test compound and studied in great detail. Dosage guidelines are usually determined in this phase. Nurses are more likely to be responsible for administering the investigational drugs in phase III than in phases I and II. Use of animal testing is done in the preclinical trials and would not involve a nurse. Question 2 A nurse is caring for a 46-year-old patient of Chinese origin who has bipolar disorder. The physician has prescribed lithium carbonate (Escalate) to treat the disorder. The nurse is aware that the lithium dose will likely be given in a Correct Answer: Response Feedback: C. lower-than-normal dose. The patient would likely be prescribed a lower-than-normal dose of lithium to treat the disorder since he is an American. Chinese Americans require lower levels of lithium to achieve a therapeutic response. Different drugs can be metabolized only by specific liver enzymes, and receptors are custom-designed to accept only certain drug configurations. As with enzymes, the number and type of receptors are influenced by genetics. Chinese Americans, and other Chinese people, appear to have a greater number of lithium-activated receptors than other groups. Question 3 The nurse practitioner orders Amoxicillin 250 mg/5 ml tad for 10 days? The nurse practitioner would expect the pharmacist to fill the prescription bottle with how many ml? Correct Answer: D. 150 ml Question 4 These drugs have a potential for abuse, but the potential is lower than for drugs on Schedule 2. These drugs contain a combination of controlled and noncontrolled substances. Use of these drugs can cause a moderate to low physiologic dependence and a higher psychological dependence. A verbal order can be given to the pharmacy and the prescription can be refilled up to five times within 6 months. Examples include certain narcotics (codeine) and nonbarbiturate sedatives. This is scheduled drug Correct Answer: C. Schedule 3 Question 5 Which of the following serves to protect the public by ensuring the purity of a drug and its contents? Correct Answer: Response Feedback: D. Federal legislation Federal legislation serves to protect the public from drugs that are impure, toxic, ineffective, or improperly tested prior to marketing. The primary purpose of federal legislation is to ensure safety. The United States Adopted Names Council was established to ensure uniform drug nomenclature. The official name of each drug is published in the United States Pharmacopeia and the National Formulary. The American Pharmaceutical Association does not ensure the safety and purity of drug content but is a professional organization for pharmacists. Question 6 A nurse who provides care in a long-term care facility is documenting a new resident's medication regimen on the resident's intake admission. The nurse is documenting the generic, rather than proprietary, names of the resident's current drugs because Correct Answer: Response Feedback: D. there is a potential for confusion and miscommunication if proprietary names are used. The use of generic instead of proprietary (trade) names mitigates some of the potential for confusion that exists due to similar trade names between different drugs. Trade names do not vary from state to state and use of these names in documentation is not legally restricted. There are not typically differences in the use of drugs that are based solely on generic or proprietary name. Question 7 A patient comes to primary clinic for strep throat. A throat swab culture is sent to lab. What information is required for the nurse practitioner to disclose on lab transmittal?