NR 565 Midterm Exam – Pharmacology 2022

NR 565 Midterm Exam – Pharmacology 2022 The Role of the Nurse Practitioner 1. Nurse practitioner prescriptive authority is regulated by: The State Board of Nursing for each state 2. The benefits to the patient of having an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) prescriber include: Nurses care for the patient from a holistic approach and include the patient in decision making regarding their care 3. Clinical judgment in prescribing includes: Factoring in the cost to the patient of the medication prescribed 4. Criteria for choosing an effective drug for a disorder include: Consulting nationally recognized guidelines for disease management 5. Nurse practitioner practice may thrive under health-care reform because of: The demonstrated ability of nurse practitioners to control costs and Improve patient outcomes Review of Basic Principles of Pharmacology 1. A patient’s nutritional intake and laboratory results reflect hypoalbuminemia. This is critical to prescribing because: Distribution of drugs to target tissue may be affected. 2. Drugs that have a significant first-pass effect: Are rapidly metabolized by the liver and may have little if any desired action 3.The route of excretion of a volatile drug will likely be the: Lungs 4. Medroxyprogesterone (Depo Provera) is prescribed intramuscularly (IM) to create a storage reservoir Increase the length of time a drug is available and active 5. The NP chooses to give cephalexin every 8 hours based on knowledge of the drug’s: Biological half-life 6. Azithromycin dosing requires that the first day’s dosage be twice those of the other 4 days of the prescription. This is considered a