NR 293
Ch.1 6Chamberlain University College of
Nursing
NR 293 Pharmacology Quiz1
Select the best answer for each question.
1. Which phase of the nursing process requires the nurse to establish a comprehensive baseline of data
concerning a particular patient?
a. Assessment
b. Planning
c. Implementation
d. Evaluation
2. The nurse monitors the fulfillment of goals, and may revise them, during which phase of the nursing
process?
a. Assessment
b. Planning
c. Implementation
d. Evaluation
3. The nurse includes which information as part of a complete medication profile? (Select all that
apply.)
a. Use of “street” drugs
b. Current laboratory work
c. History of surgeries
d. Use of alcohol
e. Use of herbal products
f. Family history
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4.When considering the various routes of drug elimination, the nurse is aware that elimination occurs
mainly by which routes?
a. Renal tubules and skin
b. Skin and lungs
, c. Bowel and renal tubules
d. Lungs and gastrointestinal tract
5. Drug half-life is defined as the amount of time required for 50% of a drug to
a. be absorbed by the body.
b. reach a therapeutic level.
c. exert a response.
d. be removed by the body
6. The nurse recognizes that drugs given by which route will be altered by the first-pass effect? (Select all that
apply.)
a. Oral
b. Sublingual
c. Subcutaneous
d. Intravenous
e. Rectal
7. The nurse is reviewing a list of a patient’s medications and notes that one of the drugs is known to have
a low therapeutic index. Which statement accurately explains this concept?
a. The difference between a therapeutic dose and toxic dose is large.
b. The difference between a therapeutic dose and toxic dose is small.
c. The dose needed to reach a therapeutic level is small.
d. The drug has only a slight chance of being effective.
8. The nurse prepares to obtain a patient’s blood sample from a central line for a drug level that is to be
drawn just before that medication’s next dose. What is the timing of this blood draw known as?
a. Half-life
b. Therapeutic level
c. Peak level
d. Trough level
Match each field of study with the corresponding job description of a person working inthat field.
9. B_ Pharmaceutics
10 G Pharmacokinetics
11. H_ Pharmacodynamics
Ch.1 6Chamberlain University College of
Nursing
NR 293 Pharmacology Quiz1
Select the best answer for each question.
1. Which phase of the nursing process requires the nurse to establish a comprehensive baseline of data
concerning a particular patient?
a. Assessment
b. Planning
c. Implementation
d. Evaluation
2. The nurse monitors the fulfillment of goals, and may revise them, during which phase of the nursing
process?
a. Assessment
b. Planning
c. Implementation
d. Evaluation
3. The nurse includes which information as part of a complete medication profile? (Select all that
apply.)
a. Use of “street” drugs
b. Current laboratory work
c. History of surgeries
d. Use of alcohol
e. Use of herbal products
f. Family history
ch2
4.When considering the various routes of drug elimination, the nurse is aware that elimination occurs
mainly by which routes?
a. Renal tubules and skin
b. Skin and lungs
, c. Bowel and renal tubules
d. Lungs and gastrointestinal tract
5. Drug half-life is defined as the amount of time required for 50% of a drug to
a. be absorbed by the body.
b. reach a therapeutic level.
c. exert a response.
d. be removed by the body
6. The nurse recognizes that drugs given by which route will be altered by the first-pass effect? (Select all that
apply.)
a. Oral
b. Sublingual
c. Subcutaneous
d. Intravenous
e. Rectal
7. The nurse is reviewing a list of a patient’s medications and notes that one of the drugs is known to have
a low therapeutic index. Which statement accurately explains this concept?
a. The difference between a therapeutic dose and toxic dose is large.
b. The difference between a therapeutic dose and toxic dose is small.
c. The dose needed to reach a therapeutic level is small.
d. The drug has only a slight chance of being effective.
8. The nurse prepares to obtain a patient’s blood sample from a central line for a drug level that is to be
drawn just before that medication’s next dose. What is the timing of this blood draw known as?
a. Half-life
b. Therapeutic level
c. Peak level
d. Trough level
Match each field of study with the corresponding job description of a person working inthat field.
9. B_ Pharmaceutics
10 G Pharmacokinetics
11. H_ Pharmacodynamics
