NURS 1060: EXAM #1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS

NURS 1060: EXAM #1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH

COMPLETE SOLUTIONS

(T or F) Bioavailability measures the percentage of drug absorbed into the blood

True

(T or F) All liquid drugs are soluble in the fluid in the GI tract

False

(keyword: all)

List four precautions a patient receiving a sustained-release medication should

be taught concerning administration procedures. Do NOT:

Do NOT:

-Chew/crush

-Break

-Take with alcoholic beverage

-Take with hot beverage

Put in order based on bioavailability (fastest absorbing to slowest absorbing) of

these forms of medications: Liquid, Compressed tablet, Enteric-coated tablet,

Gelatinous capsule

1.) Liquid

2.) Gelatinous capsule

3.) Compressed tablet

4.) Enteric-coated tablet

*NOTE: IV is not listed in question, but is the fastest absorbing of all.

, Ionized or Non-ionized?: More lipid-soluble

Non-ionized

Ionized or Non-ionized?: More water soluble

Ionized

Ionized or Non-ionized?: Moves readily through membranes

Non-ionized

Ionized or Non-ionized?: Dissolves readily in body fluids

Ionized

Ionized or Non-ionized?: Has an electrical charge

Ionized

Ionized or Non-ionized?: State of an acid drug in the stomach

Non-ionized

Ionized or Non-ionized?: State of a basic drug in the intestinal tract

Non-ionized

In the stomach, a basic drug such as codeine will be primarily in the (water or

lipid?)- soluble state and (will or will not?) be absorbed readily

Water

Will not

In the stomach, an acidic drug such as aspirin will be primarily in the (water or

lipid?) soluble state and (will or will not) be absorbed readily

Lipid

Will