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NR 293 Pharmacology Quiz 1
Ch.1
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
ch 2
4.When considering the various routes of drug elimi-nation, the nurse is aware that
elimination occurs mainly by which routes?
a. Renal tubules and skin
b. Skin and lungs
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, 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
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NR 293 Pharmacology Quiz 1
Ch.1
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
ch 2
4.When considering the various routes of drug elimi-nation, the nurse is aware that
elimination occurs mainly by which routes?
a. Renal tubules and skin
b. Skin and lungs
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, 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
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