NUR 311: Pharmacology Exam 1 Study
Questions and answers 2024\2025 A+
Grade
What is required for a drug to move through the body?
a. Selectivity and effectiveness
b. Ability to cross membranes
c. Development of an electric charge
d. A transporter protein
- correct answer b. Ability to cross membranes
The nurse is preparing to give a medication for pain. The drug label states that it is "lipid soluble." What
would be the nurse's expectation about how easily this drug could pass through a cell membrane?
a. Slowly
b. Rapidly
c. Unpredictably
d. Variably
- correct answer b. Rapidly
Which is the most common way for drugs to cross cell membranes?
a. Direct penetration
b. Through channels and pores
c. Through transport systems
,d. Bound to albumin
- correct answer a. Direct penetration
A nurse prepares to administer an oral medication. Which form of the medication would the nurse
expect to have the most rapid onset of action?
a. Liquid
b. Tablet
c. Capsule
d. Gel cap
- correct answer a. Liquid
Which factor does NOT improve the rate of drug absorption?
a. Ability to dissolve readily
b. Large surface area
c. Rapid blood flow
d. Ionization
- correct answer d. Ionization
Which route of drug administration results in the most rapid absorption?
a. Oral
b. Subcutaneous
c. Intramuscular
d. Intravenous
- correct answer d. Intravenous
Which item represents an advantage to using the intravenous (IV) route to deliver medication?
, a. Control
b. Convenience
c. Cost
d. Ease
- correct answer a. Control
What is the minimum amount of time over which an IV drug should be injected in order to minimize
risk?
a. 10 seconds
b. 30 seconds
c. 60 seconds
d. 30 minutes
- correct answer c. 60 seconds
The nurse administers 100 mg of drug X by mouth. After the drug moves through the hepatic system,
there is very little active drug left in the general circulation. This illustrates which concept below?
a. Therapeutic range
b. First-pass effect
c. Biologic half-life
d. Plasma protein binding
- correct answer b. First-pass effect
Which of the following items describes the plasma drug level below which therapeutic effects will not
occur?
a. Therapeutic range
b. Onset
c. Minimum effective concentration (MEC)
Questions and answers 2024\2025 A+
Grade
What is required for a drug to move through the body?
a. Selectivity and effectiveness
b. Ability to cross membranes
c. Development of an electric charge
d. A transporter protein
- correct answer b. Ability to cross membranes
The nurse is preparing to give a medication for pain. The drug label states that it is "lipid soluble." What
would be the nurse's expectation about how easily this drug could pass through a cell membrane?
a. Slowly
b. Rapidly
c. Unpredictably
d. Variably
- correct answer b. Rapidly
Which is the most common way for drugs to cross cell membranes?
a. Direct penetration
b. Through channels and pores
c. Through transport systems
,d. Bound to albumin
- correct answer a. Direct penetration
A nurse prepares to administer an oral medication. Which form of the medication would the nurse
expect to have the most rapid onset of action?
a. Liquid
b. Tablet
c. Capsule
d. Gel cap
- correct answer a. Liquid
Which factor does NOT improve the rate of drug absorption?
a. Ability to dissolve readily
b. Large surface area
c. Rapid blood flow
d. Ionization
- correct answer d. Ionization
Which route of drug administration results in the most rapid absorption?
a. Oral
b. Subcutaneous
c. Intramuscular
d. Intravenous
- correct answer d. Intravenous
Which item represents an advantage to using the intravenous (IV) route to deliver medication?
, a. Control
b. Convenience
c. Cost
d. Ease
- correct answer a. Control
What is the minimum amount of time over which an IV drug should be injected in order to minimize
risk?
a. 10 seconds
b. 30 seconds
c. 60 seconds
d. 30 minutes
- correct answer c. 60 seconds
The nurse administers 100 mg of drug X by mouth. After the drug moves through the hepatic system,
there is very little active drug left in the general circulation. This illustrates which concept below?
a. Therapeutic range
b. First-pass effect
c. Biologic half-life
d. Plasma protein binding
- correct answer b. First-pass effect
Which of the following items describes the plasma drug level below which therapeutic effects will not
occur?
a. Therapeutic range
b. Onset
c. Minimum effective concentration (MEC)
