NUR 334 PHARMACOLOGY 2025 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE
1. Loading dose Ans rapidly builds plasma drug level to stable therapeutic level
2. Half-life Ans The time required for half of the original medication dose to be reduced by
half
3. NSAIDs Ans Used for mild to moderate pain and fever
4. oral contraceptives Ans increase the risk of DVT's with smoking may not be effective
with antibiotics, antifungals, and anticonvulsants
5. Fluoroquinolones Ans Ciprofloxacin and Levofloxacin
6. What is the black box warning for fluoroquinolones?: potential risk for tendon rupture
especially with patients over the age of 60
7. Efficacy: the ability to produce a desired or intended result
8. Opioid Antagonists Ans Naloxone (Narcan)
9. Potency Ans Measure of a medications biological activity expressed in terms of doses
require to produce a pharmacological effect of intensity
, NUR 334 PHARMACOLOGY 2025 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE
10. Opioids Ans morphine and codeine used for analgesia
11. Contraindication for opioids Ans Respiratory rate less than 12
12. What can opioids cause? Ans constipation and respiratory depression
13. What are the adverse reactions of opioids? Ans bradypnea, sedation, and orthostatic
hypotension
14. What some nursing considerations for opioids? Ans Monitor respiratory rate, blood
pressure, and level of consciousness
15 Penicillin Ans
antibiotic
side effects include nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea
16. oral route Ans administration of drugs by way of the mouth and requires a higher
amount to achieve the therapeutic effect due to the first pass effect
17. Hypotonic solution Ans 0.45% pulls the volume into the cells and out of the
intervascular space *hypo hippo makes cell swell*
1. Loading dose Ans rapidly builds plasma drug level to stable therapeutic level
2. Half-life Ans The time required for half of the original medication dose to be reduced by
half
3. NSAIDs Ans Used for mild to moderate pain and fever
4. oral contraceptives Ans increase the risk of DVT's with smoking may not be effective
with antibiotics, antifungals, and anticonvulsants
5. Fluoroquinolones Ans Ciprofloxacin and Levofloxacin
6. What is the black box warning for fluoroquinolones?: potential risk for tendon rupture
especially with patients over the age of 60
7. Efficacy: the ability to produce a desired or intended result
8. Opioid Antagonists Ans Naloxone (Narcan)
9. Potency Ans Measure of a medications biological activity expressed in terms of doses
require to produce a pharmacological effect of intensity
, NUR 334 PHARMACOLOGY 2025 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE
10. Opioids Ans morphine and codeine used for analgesia
11. Contraindication for opioids Ans Respiratory rate less than 12
12. What can opioids cause? Ans constipation and respiratory depression
13. What are the adverse reactions of opioids? Ans bradypnea, sedation, and orthostatic
hypotension
14. What some nursing considerations for opioids? Ans Monitor respiratory rate, blood
pressure, and level of consciousness
15 Penicillin Ans
antibiotic
side effects include nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea
16. oral route Ans administration of drugs by way of the mouth and requires a higher
amount to achieve the therapeutic effect due to the first pass effect
17. Hypotonic solution Ans 0.45% pulls the volume into the cells and out of the
intervascular space *hypo hippo makes cell swell*
