NR 565 MIDTERM EXAM 3 LATEST VERSIONS
ACTUAL EXAM NEWEST 2025 COMPLETE QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED
ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+||BRAND NEW
VERSION!!
What are medication examples of Schedule II
drugs? - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..-Ativan & Valium
-Fentanyl
-Oxycodone
-Methadone
What medications are Schedule III drugs? -
✔✔ANSW✔✔..-Xanax
-Tramadol
-anabolic steroids
-<90mg of codeine
What medications are Schedule IV drugs? -
✔✔ANSW✔✔..-Ativan
-Tramadol
-Methadone
-Adderall
,Which schedule drugs can APRNs prescribe? -
✔✔ANSW✔✔..Schedule II through Schedule IV
examples of reasons for medication non-
adherence - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..-too busy
-too expensive
-ran out
-forgetting
-traveling & busy
Distribution in medication in elderly can be
affected in what ways? - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..-
decreased lean mass
-decreased albumin
-decreased body fat
-slower gastric acidity
-slower absorption results in delayed response
In the elderly decrease albumin and decreased
lean mass affects medications how? -
✔✔ANSW✔✔..medication binds to protein so
decreased protein affects how medication is
absorbed and distributed
,In elderly decreased body fat affects
medications how? - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..need fat to
transport medications and some drug
metabolism is dependent on body weight
When prescribing medication, we must
understand that liver function declines with age
due to.... - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..decreased blood flow
to the liver, decreased hepatic enzymes
What is the most important cause of adverse
drug reactions? -
✔✔ANSW✔✔..***overprescribing/polypharmacy
***decreased renal excretion
-high drug dosages (start low & go slow)
-lack of monitoring medications
What can a poor metabolism phenotype do to a
metabolism of a drug? - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..-slow or
increase absorption
-slow the metabolism
-keep drug in body longer
-increase toxicity
, How does poor metabolism affect a high or low
therapeutic index? - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..-increase
drug toxicity
(example plavix - clots & increased platelets)
Black box warning for Opioids -
✔✔ANSW✔✔..respiratory depression
Black box warning for Fentanyl -
✔✔ANSW✔✔..FATAL respiratory depression
Black box warning for Methadone (NP cannot
prescribe) - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..QT interval
prolongation
Black box warning for Codeine -
✔✔ANSW✔✔..-breastfeeding and infant death
can occur
-10% of dose converts to morphine
Black box warning for hydromorphone &
oxymorphone (NP cannot prescribe long acting
ACTUAL EXAM NEWEST 2025 COMPLETE QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED
ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+||BRAND NEW
VERSION!!
What are medication examples of Schedule II
drugs? - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..-Ativan & Valium
-Fentanyl
-Oxycodone
-Methadone
What medications are Schedule III drugs? -
✔✔ANSW✔✔..-Xanax
-Tramadol
-anabolic steroids
-<90mg of codeine
What medications are Schedule IV drugs? -
✔✔ANSW✔✔..-Ativan
-Tramadol
-Methadone
-Adderall
,Which schedule drugs can APRNs prescribe? -
✔✔ANSW✔✔..Schedule II through Schedule IV
examples of reasons for medication non-
adherence - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..-too busy
-too expensive
-ran out
-forgetting
-traveling & busy
Distribution in medication in elderly can be
affected in what ways? - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..-
decreased lean mass
-decreased albumin
-decreased body fat
-slower gastric acidity
-slower absorption results in delayed response
In the elderly decrease albumin and decreased
lean mass affects medications how? -
✔✔ANSW✔✔..medication binds to protein so
decreased protein affects how medication is
absorbed and distributed
,In elderly decreased body fat affects
medications how? - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..need fat to
transport medications and some drug
metabolism is dependent on body weight
When prescribing medication, we must
understand that liver function declines with age
due to.... - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..decreased blood flow
to the liver, decreased hepatic enzymes
What is the most important cause of adverse
drug reactions? -
✔✔ANSW✔✔..***overprescribing/polypharmacy
***decreased renal excretion
-high drug dosages (start low & go slow)
-lack of monitoring medications
What can a poor metabolism phenotype do to a
metabolism of a drug? - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..-slow or
increase absorption
-slow the metabolism
-keep drug in body longer
-increase toxicity
, How does poor metabolism affect a high or low
therapeutic index? - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..-increase
drug toxicity
(example plavix - clots & increased platelets)
Black box warning for Opioids -
✔✔ANSW✔✔..respiratory depression
Black box warning for Fentanyl -
✔✔ANSW✔✔..FATAL respiratory depression
Black box warning for Methadone (NP cannot
prescribe) - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..QT interval
prolongation
Black box warning for Codeine -
✔✔ANSW✔✔..-breastfeeding and infant death
can occur
-10% of dose converts to morphine
Black box warning for hydromorphone &
oxymorphone (NP cannot prescribe long acting
