NURS 613 advanced pharmacology EXAM A+ GRADE ASSURED COMPLETE SOLUTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE!!!!

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Advanced Pharmacology Exam 1 2026 A+ GRADE ASSU zm zm zm zm zm zm zm




RED COMPLETE SOLUTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS (
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QUESTION 1 zm




Once you graduate from an NP program, in order to prescribe you'll need:
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ANSWER

-Advanced nurse prescriber license -DEA #
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QUESTION 2 zm




What is the purpose of a DEA #?
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ANSWER

Needed to prescribed scheduled drugs
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QUESTION 3 zm




Rules for prescribing Schedule II drugs:
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ANSWER

-Written script needed -1 month supply only -No refills
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QUESTION 4 zm




What is the PDMP?
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ANSWER

Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Used to effectively track patient's controlled substance uses a
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cross different health facilities (in the same state)
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,QUESTION 5 zm




What are clinical practice guidelines?
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ANSWER

Recommendations that are intended to optimize patient care that are informed by a systematic revie
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w of the evidence and an assessment of the benefits/harms of alternative care practices Ex: sepsis,
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QUESTION 6 zm




Common causes of medication errors:
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ANSWER

-Illegible writing -Drug names that sound alike -Medications that look alike -
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Administering a drug with the wrong route
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QUESTION 7 zm




What is pharmacokinetics? What are its 4 categories?
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ANSWER

What the body does to the drug 1. Absorption 2. Metabolism 3. Distribution 4. Excretion
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QUESTION 8 zm




Quickest route of absorption? Slowest?
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ANSWER

IV = quickest IM = slowest
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QUESTION 9 zm




What is the most common way drugs pass through cell membranes?
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ANSWER

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QUESTION 10 zm




What characteristics of a drug allow it to pass most quickly through cell membranes (
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usually through passive diffusion)?
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ANSWER

,Small, uncharged (unionized), lipid soluble--pass through membrane without any energy
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QUESTION 11 zm




What does it mean when a drug is ionized?
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ANSWER

It means that the drug is stuck in the compartment it was ionized in and has to be moved to the n
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ext compartment (cannot be absorbed into the bloodstream)
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QUESTION 12 zm




Where do weak acids absorb?
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ANSWER

Stomach



QUESTION 13 zm




Where do weak bases absorb?
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ANSWER

Small intestine
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QUESTION 14 zm




pH of stomach:
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ANSWER

2-4



QUESTION 15 zm




pH of small intestine:
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ANSWER

6-7



QUESTION 16 zm




pH of large intestine:
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ANSWER

, 6-7



QUESTION 17 zm




pH of bloodstream:
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ANSWER

7.35-7.45



QUESTION 18 zm




pH of bladder:
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ANSWER

5-8



QUESTION 19 zm




pH of breastmilk:
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ANSWER

7.1



QUESTION 20 zm




Where will a drug absorb if it is a weak base that ionizes at a pH of 4 and lower?
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ANSWER

In the small intestine (since the stomach has a pH of 2-
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4, so the drug will become ionized and move to the small intestine where it will be able to absorb i
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nto the bloodstream)
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QUESTION 21 zm




How can we manipulate the urine pH in cases of overdose?
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ANSWER

Drugs that are weak acids (aspirin) can be trapped and excreted through the urine. We raise pH of
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the urine (with sodium bicarb) to force the drug to ionize and allow it to be excreted, not reabsorb
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ed through the bloodstream.
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QUESTION 22 zm