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NURS 6521 ADVANCED PHARMACOLOGY 2026 COMPLETE EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% VERIFIED A+ GRADE ASSURED!!!!!NEW LATEST UPDATE!!!!!

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FINAL EXAMINATION PAPER dd dd




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STUDENT NAME: ________________________________
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COURSE: 6521N Advanced Pharmacology midterm Cartes
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EXAM CODE: NURS 6521 ADVANCED PHARMACOLOGY E
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XAM ANSWERS-101
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EXAM INSTRUCTIONS:
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1. Print your full name and date clearly in the header above.
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2. This exam booklet contains both Test Questions (Part I) and Verified Solutions (Part II).
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3. Answer all multiple-choice questions clearly. Double-check your work.
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4. Do not break the seal or open this booklet until instructed to do so by the proctor.
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Q1. What are the two components of prescriptive authority
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[Verified Solution]: The right to prescribe independently And the right to prescribewithout limitation
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Q2. The regulation for prescriptive Authority comes from
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[Verified Solution]: The State Board of Nursing The State Board of Medicine State Board of Pharmac
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Q3. What is the most importantfunction to evaluate when prescribing a medication
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[Verified Solution]: Hepatic and renal function
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Q4. What must you pay attention to when performing a refill
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[Verified Solution]: 1. Is this a newer medication for a patient 2. changing the dose of frequency 3. a
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m I adding new medicines to their regimen 4. is this patient having undesired effects 5. How long has it
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been since I've seen the patient 6. Is this a Schedule II medication *If the answer to any of these questi
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ons is yes consider a shorter time period for a refill (one to three months)
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Q5. What should be included in the teaching for drug monitoring
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[Verified Solution]: What test is needed When is test required Where will testing take place Why is te
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sting necessary How does the patient prepare for testing
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,Q6. What periodic Laboratory Testing is needed with Ace and ARB
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[Verified Solution]: Potassium/ creatinine These drugs can cause hyperkalemia Renal perfusion is depe
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ndent on Angiotensin in some patients increased creatinine may require a change in medication
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Q7. What LaboratoryTesting is required with amiodarone
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[Verified Solution]: Liver function, thyroid function, pulmonary function and chest x-
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rays Hepatoxicity is an adverse effect Either hypo or hyperthyroidism may occur Pulmonary toxicity is
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not uncommon, affects maybe permanent
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Q8. What Laboratory Testing is required with anticonvulsants
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[Verified Solution]: Serum drug levels-some have a very narrow therapeutic index
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Q9. What Laboratory Testing is required with lithium
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[Verified Solution]: CBC, lithium level, thyroid function, renal function, serum electrolytes This drug
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has a narrow therapeutic margin, lithium can cause leukocyte elevation Both hypo and hyperthyroidism
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may occur Renal damage is a serious adverse effect Nephrogenic diabetes insipidus May occur, and hyp
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onatremia can create complications dd dd dd




Q10. What are the four basic pharmacokinetic processes
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[Verified Solution]: absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion
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Q11. What is the combination of metabolism and excretion called
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[Verified Solution]: Elimination dd dddd




Q12. What determines the concentration of a drug at its site of action
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[Verified Solution]: The four pharmacokinetic processes acting in concert
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Q13. What are the three ways for drugs to cross the cell membrane
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[Verified Solution]: Passage through channels or pores Passage with the aid of a transport system Dire
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ct penetration of the membrane Of all three direct penetration of the membrane is most common
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,Q14. What is an example of a drug that can pass through a Channel or poor
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[Verified Solution]: Sodium or potassium
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Q15. What are common drug transporters
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[Verified Solution]: Pgp- P - glycoprotein
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Q16. What is the general rule in chemistry
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[Verified Solution]: dissolve like Membranes are composed primarily of lipids-
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therefore to directly penetrate membranes a drug must be lipid soluble or lipophilic
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Q17. What is a kind of moleculethat is not lipid soluble and therefore cannot penetrate memb
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ranes
[Verified Solution]: Polar molecules and ions
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Q18. What is a polar molecule?
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[Verified Solution]: a molecule in which the charges are unevenly distributed Example is water
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Q19. What are ions
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[Verified Solution]: Charged particles that have a net electrical charge determined by the pH of the su
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rrounding medium. Acids tend to ionize and basic alkaline media, whereas bases tend to ionize in acidic
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media Therefore drugs that are weak acids are best absorbed in an acidic environment such as gastric a
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cid Example is aspirin
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Q20. what is the pH partitioning or ion trapping
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[Verified Solution]: The process whereby a drug accumulates on the side of a membrane where the p
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H most favors its ionization
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Q21. acidic drugs accumulate on the ______ side
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[Verified Solution]: alkaline
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, Q22. basic drugs accumulate on the ______ side
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[Verified Solution]: acidic
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Q23. What are the two terms associated with absorption of drugs
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[Verified Solution]: Chemical equivalence and bioavailability
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Q24. What is bioavailability
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[Verified Solution]: Fraction of administered drug that reaches systemic circulation unchanged.
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Q25. What are the factors that affect drug absorption
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[Verified Solution]: rate of dissolution, surface area, blood flow, lipid solubility, pH partitioning
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Q26. What is a major detriment of the rate of absorption
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[Verified Solution]: Surface area
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Q27. When the surface area is larger absorption is
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[Verified Solution]: Faster The small intestine is a larger area because of the microvilli,the stomach is
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a relatively small surface area
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Q28. Absorption of orally administered drugs is usually greatest in the
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[Verified Solution]: Small intestine
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Q29. Drugs are absorbed most rapidly from sites where
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[Verified Solution]: Blood flow is high because blood containing a newly absorbed drug would be rep
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laced rapidly by drug free blood thereby maintaining a large gradient between the concentration of drug
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doutside the blood and the concentration of drug in the blood
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Q30. The greater the concentration gradient
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[Verified Solution]: The more rapid absorption will be
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