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Nursing Practice: Pediatrics ()
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PHARMACOTHERAPEUTICS FOR ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSE PRESCRIBERS, 5TH EDITION WOO
ROBINSON TEST BANK
Chapter 1. The Role of the Nurse Practitioner as
Prescriber Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. Nurse practitioner prescriptive authority is regulated by:
1. The National Council of State Boards of Nursing
2. The U.S. Drug Enforcement
Administration 3. The State Board of Nursing
for each state
4. The State Board of Pharmacy
2. The benefits to the patient of having an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) prescriber
include:
1. Nurses know more about Pharmacology than other prescribers because they take it both
in their basic
Nurses care for the patient from a holistic approach and include the patient nursing
in decision making regarding their care. program and in
their APRN
program.
2.
3. APRNs are less likely to prescribe narcotics and other controlled substances.
4. APRNs are able to prescribe independently in all states, whereas a physician’s assistant needs
to have a physician supervising their practice.
3. Clinical judgment in prescribing includes:
1. Factoring in the cost to the patient of the medication
prescribed 2. Always prescribing
the newest medication
available for the disease process
3. Handing out drug samples to poor patients
4. Prescribing all generic medications to cut costs
4. Criteria for choosing an effective drug for a disorder include:
1. Asking the patient
what drug they Consulting nationally recognized guidelines for disease management think would work best for
them
2.
3. Prescribing medications that are available as samples before writing a prescription
4. Following U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration guidelines for prescribing
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5. Nurse
The demonstrated ability of nurse practitioners to control costs and improve practitioner
patient practice may
outcomes thrive under
health-care
reform because of:1.
2. The fact that nurse practitioners will be able to practice independently
3. The fact that nurse practitioners will have full reimbursement under healthcare reform
4. The ability to shift accountability for Medicaid to the state level
Chapter 1. The Role of the Nurse Practitioner as Prescriber
Answer Section
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. ANS: 3 PTS: 1
2. ANS: 2 PTS: 1
3. ANS: 1 PTS: 1
4. ANS: 2 PTS: 1
5. ANS: 1 PTS: 1
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Chapter 2. Review of the Basic Principles of Pharmacology
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. A patient’s nutritional intake and laboratory results reflect hypoalbuminemia. This is
critical to prescribing because:
1. Distribution of drugs to target tissue may be
affected. 2. The solubility of the drug will not
match the site of absorption.
3. There will be less free drug available to generate an effect.
4. Drugs bound to albumin are readily excreted by the kidneys.
2. Drugs that have a significant first-pass effect:
1. Must be given by the enteral (oral)
Are rapidly metabolized by the liver and may have little if any desired action
route only 2. Bypass the hepatic circulation
3.
4. Are converted by the liver to more active and fat-soluble forms
3. The route of excretion of a volatile drug will likely be the:
1. Kidneys
2. Lungs
3. Bile and feces
4. Skin
4. Medroxyprogesterone (Depo Provera) is prescribed intramuscularly (IM) to create a storage
reservoir of the drug. Storage reservoirs:
1. Assure that the drug will reach its intended
Increase the length of time a drug is available and active
target tissue 2. Are the reason for giving loading doses
3.
4. Are most common in collagen tissues
5. The NP chooses to give cephalexin every 8 hours based on knowledge of the drug’s:
1. Propensity to go to the target receptor
2. Biological half-life
3. Pharmacodynamics
4. Safety and side effects
6. Azithromycin dosing requires that the first day’s dosage be twice those of the other 4 days of the
prescription. This is considered a
loading Rapidly achieves drug levels in the therapeutic range dose. A loading dose: 1.
Latest EXAM questions and Answers
Nursing Practice: Pediatrics ()
, lOMoAR cPSD| 6536636
PHARMACOTHERAPEUTICS FOR ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSE PRESCRIBERS, 5TH EDITION WOO
ROBINSON TEST BANK
Chapter 1. The Role of the Nurse Practitioner as
Prescriber Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. Nurse practitioner prescriptive authority is regulated by:
1. The National Council of State Boards of Nursing
2. The U.S. Drug Enforcement
Administration 3. The State Board of Nursing
for each state
4. The State Board of Pharmacy
2. The benefits to the patient of having an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) prescriber
include:
1. Nurses know more about Pharmacology than other prescribers because they take it both
in their basic
Nurses care for the patient from a holistic approach and include the patient nursing
in decision making regarding their care. program and in
their APRN
program.
2.
3. APRNs are less likely to prescribe narcotics and other controlled substances.
4. APRNs are able to prescribe independently in all states, whereas a physician’s assistant needs
to have a physician supervising their practice.
3. Clinical judgment in prescribing includes:
1. Factoring in the cost to the patient of the medication
prescribed 2. Always prescribing
the newest medication
available for the disease process
3. Handing out drug samples to poor patients
4. Prescribing all generic medications to cut costs
4. Criteria for choosing an effective drug for a disorder include:
1. Asking the patient
what drug they Consulting nationally recognized guidelines for disease management think would work best for
them
2.
3. Prescribing medications that are available as samples before writing a prescription
4. Following U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration guidelines for prescribing
, lOMoAR cPSD| 6536636
5. Nurse
The demonstrated ability of nurse practitioners to control costs and improve practitioner
patient practice may
outcomes thrive under
health-care
reform because of:1.
2. The fact that nurse practitioners will be able to practice independently
3. The fact that nurse practitioners will have full reimbursement under healthcare reform
4. The ability to shift accountability for Medicaid to the state level
Chapter 1. The Role of the Nurse Practitioner as Prescriber
Answer Section
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. ANS: 3 PTS: 1
2. ANS: 2 PTS: 1
3. ANS: 1 PTS: 1
4. ANS: 2 PTS: 1
5. ANS: 1 PTS: 1
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Chapter 2. Review of the Basic Principles of Pharmacology
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. A patient’s nutritional intake and laboratory results reflect hypoalbuminemia. This is
critical to prescribing because:
1. Distribution of drugs to target tissue may be
affected. 2. The solubility of the drug will not
match the site of absorption.
3. There will be less free drug available to generate an effect.
4. Drugs bound to albumin are readily excreted by the kidneys.
2. Drugs that have a significant first-pass effect:
1. Must be given by the enteral (oral)
Are rapidly metabolized by the liver and may have little if any desired action
route only 2. Bypass the hepatic circulation
3.
4. Are converted by the liver to more active and fat-soluble forms
3. The route of excretion of a volatile drug will likely be the:
1. Kidneys
2. Lungs
3. Bile and feces
4. Skin
4. Medroxyprogesterone (Depo Provera) is prescribed intramuscularly (IM) to create a storage
reservoir of the drug. Storage reservoirs:
1. Assure that the drug will reach its intended
Increase the length of time a drug is available and active
target tissue 2. Are the reason for giving loading doses
3.
4. Are most common in collagen tissues
5. The NP chooses to give cephalexin every 8 hours based on knowledge of the drug’s:
1. Propensity to go to the target receptor
2. Biological half-life
3. Pharmacodynamics
4. Safety and side effects
6. Azithromycin dosing requires that the first day’s dosage be twice those of the other 4 days of the
prescription. This is considered a
loading Rapidly achieves drug levels in the therapeutic range dose. A loading dose: 1.
