Chapter 01: Pharmacology and the Nursing Process in LPN Practice
Visovsky: Introduction to Clinical Pharmacology, 9th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. You are assessing the skin of a newly admitted patient and note a 2 inch area of
redness at the sacrum. Which type of data are you collecting with this information?
a. Objective data
b. Inspection
c. Subjective data
d. Alternative therapy
ANS: A
Objective data are obtained by the healthcare provider during physical examination,
or that are measurable (i.e., laboratory results).
DIF: Cognitive Level: Applying REF: p.3
2. Which part of the nursing process includes setting goals for the nursing care
required when giving drugs to a patient?
a. Assessment
b. Planning
c. Evaluation
d. Diagnosis
ANS: B
The nursing process consists of five major steps in this order: assessment,
diagnosis, planning, implementation, evaluation. It is in the planning step that the
goals for nursing care related to drugs are set based upon data collected.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering REF: p.4
3. When would it be appropriate to withhold a drug instead of giving it to a patient?
a. When the order is written by hand
b. When any part of the drug order is unclear
c. When the drug improves the patient’s symptoms
d. When the order contains both the generic and trade name of the drug
ANS: B
You must use good judgment in carrying out a drug order. If, in your judgment, the
order is unclear, or incorrect, it should be withheld (not given) until your concerns can
be answered by the patient’s healthcare provider.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Applying REF: p.4
4. Which action would you take to ensure that an order for a drug is accurate?
a. Check the drug record with the Kardex file.
b. Compare the order with the drug history.
c. Compare the order to the patient’s reason for admission.
d. Check the drug record with the original healthcare provider’s order.
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, ANS: D
Once the healthcare provider orders the drug, you must verify that the order is accurate. This is
done by checking the drug chart or drug record with the healthcare provider’s original order.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering REF: p.4
5. What do the nine “rights” of drug administration include?
a. Right patient, drug, dose, route, time, reason, documentation, response,
and right to refuse
b. Right drug, diagnosis, time, patient, route, drug history, documents, and
right to refuse
c. Right drug, amount, route, time, nurse, reason, route,
diagnosis, and documentation
d. Right dose, time, healthcare provider, patient, route, documentation,
response, and drug
ANS: A
There are nine “rights” of drug administration: you must identify the right patient, give
the right drug at the right dose, right route, right time, for the right reason, using the
right documentation to record that the dose has been given, monitor the patient for
the right response, and note that the patient has the right to refuse a drug.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering REF: p.5
6. Which action should you take to ensure that you are giving a drug to the right patient?
a. Verifying the drug record with the patient name on the chart
b. Verifying the patient’s room and bed number with the chart
c. Asking the patient to state his or her birth date and Social Security number
d. Asking the patient to state their name and birth date, and then
checking the patient’s identification bracelet
ANS: D
Before giving any drug, two forms of patient identifications should be used to identify the
correct patient. Each patient should be asked his or her name, and another form of
identification, such as birth date; then you should check the patient’s identification bracelet.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Applying REF: p.5
7. Which category of drugs should be given exactly on schedule in order to maintain a
consistent level of the drug in the body?
a. Steroids
b. Diuretics
c. Aspirin products
d. Anticoagulants
ANS: D
Certain drugs must be given at specific time interval (right time). Anticoagulants must
be given at the same time each day to maintain a therapeutic blood level in order to
prevent blood clots.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Applying REF: p.7
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Visovsky: Introduction to Clinical Pharmacology, 9th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. You are assessing the skin of a newly admitted patient and note a 2 inch area of
redness at the sacrum. Which type of data are you collecting with this information?
a. Objective data
b. Inspection
c. Subjective data
d. Alternative therapy
ANS: A
Objective data are obtained by the healthcare provider during physical examination,
or that are measurable (i.e., laboratory results).
DIF: Cognitive Level: Applying REF: p.3
2. Which part of the nursing process includes setting goals for the nursing care
required when giving drugs to a patient?
a. Assessment
b. Planning
c. Evaluation
d. Diagnosis
ANS: B
The nursing process consists of five major steps in this order: assessment,
diagnosis, planning, implementation, evaluation. It is in the planning step that the
goals for nursing care related to drugs are set based upon data collected.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering REF: p.4
3. When would it be appropriate to withhold a drug instead of giving it to a patient?
a. When the order is written by hand
b. When any part of the drug order is unclear
c. When the drug improves the patient’s symptoms
d. When the order contains both the generic and trade name of the drug
ANS: B
You must use good judgment in carrying out a drug order. If, in your judgment, the
order is unclear, or incorrect, it should be withheld (not given) until your concerns can
be answered by the patient’s healthcare provider.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Applying REF: p.4
4. Which action would you take to ensure that an order for a drug is accurate?
a. Check the drug record with the Kardex file.
b. Compare the order with the drug history.
c. Compare the order to the patient’s reason for admission.
d. Check the drug record with the original healthcare provider’s order.
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, ANS: D
Once the healthcare provider orders the drug, you must verify that the order is accurate. This is
done by checking the drug chart or drug record with the healthcare provider’s original order.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering REF: p.4
5. What do the nine “rights” of drug administration include?
a. Right patient, drug, dose, route, time, reason, documentation, response,
and right to refuse
b. Right drug, diagnosis, time, patient, route, drug history, documents, and
right to refuse
c. Right drug, amount, route, time, nurse, reason, route,
diagnosis, and documentation
d. Right dose, time, healthcare provider, patient, route, documentation,
response, and drug
ANS: A
There are nine “rights” of drug administration: you must identify the right patient, give
the right drug at the right dose, right route, right time, for the right reason, using the
right documentation to record that the dose has been given, monitor the patient for
the right response, and note that the patient has the right to refuse a drug.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering REF: p.5
6. Which action should you take to ensure that you are giving a drug to the right patient?
a. Verifying the drug record with the patient name on the chart
b. Verifying the patient’s room and bed number with the chart
c. Asking the patient to state his or her birth date and Social Security number
d. Asking the patient to state their name and birth date, and then
checking the patient’s identification bracelet
ANS: D
Before giving any drug, two forms of patient identifications should be used to identify the
correct patient. Each patient should be asked his or her name, and another form of
identification, such as birth date; then you should check the patient’s identification bracelet.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Applying REF: p.5
7. Which category of drugs should be given exactly on schedule in order to maintain a
consistent level of the drug in the body?
a. Steroids
b. Diuretics
c. Aspirin products
d. Anticoagulants
ANS: D
Certain drugs must be given at specific time interval (right time). Anticoagulants must
be given at the same time each day to maintain a therapeutic blood level in order to
prevent blood clots.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Applying REF: p.7
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