PHARMACOLOGY EXAM 1: CHAPTERS
1-9 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH 100%
CORRECT ANSWERS L LATEST
VERSION 2025/2026.
The Nursing Process - ANS a research -supported organizational framework for professional
nursing practice
5 Steps of nursing process - ANS Assessment
Diagnosis
Planning
Implementation
Evaluation
The nurse answers a patient's call light and finds the patient sitting up in bed and requesting
pain medication. What will the nurse do first? - ANS ACCESS the pt's pain and pain level.
(Assessment is ALWAYS 1st)
The "Rights" of Medication Administration - ANS Right drug, right dose, right patient, right
route, right time, right reason, right documentation
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, A nurse makes an error when administering medications to a patient. Which action by the nurse
requires the supervising nurse to intervene? - ANS The nurse records completion of an
INCIDENT REPORT in the medical record.
Drug definition - ANS any chemical substance that is capable of affecting a physiologic
process through a mechanical process
Chemical name
Generic name
Trade name - ANS describes drug's chemical composition & molecular structure
name given by the U.S Adopted Names Council
registered trademark (company drug name)
Prototypical drugs - ANS first drug in a class of drugs
Pharmaceutics - ANS HOW we get the drug into our body
liquid, capsule, powder, IV, etc.
Pharmacokinetics - ANS WHAT the body does to the drug
Pharmacodynamics - ANS WHAT the drug does to the body
Bioavailability - ANS how much of the drug gets into the bloodstream
First pass effect - ANS can be good or bad
large first pass= liver will metabolize it to nothing and smaller amount will be bioavailable
Transdermal drug
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1-9 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH 100%
CORRECT ANSWERS L LATEST
VERSION 2025/2026.
The Nursing Process - ANS a research -supported organizational framework for professional
nursing practice
5 Steps of nursing process - ANS Assessment
Diagnosis
Planning
Implementation
Evaluation
The nurse answers a patient's call light and finds the patient sitting up in bed and requesting
pain medication. What will the nurse do first? - ANS ACCESS the pt's pain and pain level.
(Assessment is ALWAYS 1st)
The "Rights" of Medication Administration - ANS Right drug, right dose, right patient, right
route, right time, right reason, right documentation
1 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
, A nurse makes an error when administering medications to a patient. Which action by the nurse
requires the supervising nurse to intervene? - ANS The nurse records completion of an
INCIDENT REPORT in the medical record.
Drug definition - ANS any chemical substance that is capable of affecting a physiologic
process through a mechanical process
Chemical name
Generic name
Trade name - ANS describes drug's chemical composition & molecular structure
name given by the U.S Adopted Names Council
registered trademark (company drug name)
Prototypical drugs - ANS first drug in a class of drugs
Pharmaceutics - ANS HOW we get the drug into our body
liquid, capsule, powder, IV, etc.
Pharmacokinetics - ANS WHAT the body does to the drug
Pharmacodynamics - ANS WHAT the drug does to the body
Bioavailability - ANS how much of the drug gets into the bloodstream
First pass effect - ANS can be good or bad
large first pass= liver will metabolize it to nothing and smaller amount will be bioavailable
Transdermal drug
2 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
