NSG-318 PHARM EXAM WITH 100%
CORRECT ANSWERS 2025/2026
Describe basic concepts of medication safety - correct answers --Safety- the
condition of being safe from undergoing or causing hurt, injury, or loss
-6 rights of medication safety
•Right patient
•Right drug
•Right dose
•Right route
•Right time
•Right documentation
-QSEN- Quality and Safety Education for Nurses
-The Joint Commission- Accrediting body for health care organizations and
programs, National Patient Safety Goals is to improve patient safety
Pharmacology - correct answers -study or science of drugs
Drug - correct answers -any chemical that affects the physiologic process of a
living organism
,Nursing Implications - correct answers -Concepts the nurse must include in safely
administering medications
Identify the various routes of medication administration. - correct answers --
Sublingual, buccal
-Oral
-Transdermal, topical
-Instillation
-Inhalation
-Nasogastric and gastrostomy tubes
-Suppositories
-Parenteral
Discuss the measures followed by the nurse to ensure medications are
administered safely. - correct answers --Use 6 rights to medication administration
-Check vital signs
-Perform focused assessment
-Verify orders
-Clarify orders
-Environment that is clean and clear
-2 patient identifiers- Name and Date of Birth
-Use of scanning system
-Check medications at bedside
, List the components of a drug label. - correct answers -1) Active and Inactive
Ingredients
2) Dosage of each unit
3) Purpose
4) Uses of the product
5) Warnings
6) Dosage instructions or Directions
Differentiate among pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and
pharmacogenetics. - correct answers --Pharmacokinetics= The process of drug
movement throughout the body that is necessary to achieve drug action
•Drug absorption- drug movement from GI tract into bloodstream
•Disintegration- Breakdown of oral drug form into small particles
•Dissolution- Process of combining small drug particles with liquid to form a
solution
-Pharmacodynamics= The study of the effects of drugs on the body
•Primary effect- desirable response
•Secondary effect- desirable or undesirable
•Drug response relationship- potency-strength, therapeutic index
•Onset- time it takes for drug to reach maximum effective concentration
•Peak- Highest concentration in blood
CORRECT ANSWERS 2025/2026
Describe basic concepts of medication safety - correct answers --Safety- the
condition of being safe from undergoing or causing hurt, injury, or loss
-6 rights of medication safety
•Right patient
•Right drug
•Right dose
•Right route
•Right time
•Right documentation
-QSEN- Quality and Safety Education for Nurses
-The Joint Commission- Accrediting body for health care organizations and
programs, National Patient Safety Goals is to improve patient safety
Pharmacology - correct answers -study or science of drugs
Drug - correct answers -any chemical that affects the physiologic process of a
living organism
,Nursing Implications - correct answers -Concepts the nurse must include in safely
administering medications
Identify the various routes of medication administration. - correct answers --
Sublingual, buccal
-Oral
-Transdermal, topical
-Instillation
-Inhalation
-Nasogastric and gastrostomy tubes
-Suppositories
-Parenteral
Discuss the measures followed by the nurse to ensure medications are
administered safely. - correct answers --Use 6 rights to medication administration
-Check vital signs
-Perform focused assessment
-Verify orders
-Clarify orders
-Environment that is clean and clear
-2 patient identifiers- Name and Date of Birth
-Use of scanning system
-Check medications at bedside
, List the components of a drug label. - correct answers -1) Active and Inactive
Ingredients
2) Dosage of each unit
3) Purpose
4) Uses of the product
5) Warnings
6) Dosage instructions or Directions
Differentiate among pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and
pharmacogenetics. - correct answers --Pharmacokinetics= The process of drug
movement throughout the body that is necessary to achieve drug action
•Drug absorption- drug movement from GI tract into bloodstream
•Disintegration- Breakdown of oral drug form into small particles
•Dissolution- Process of combining small drug particles with liquid to form a
solution
-Pharmacodynamics= The study of the effects of drugs on the body
•Primary effect- desirable response
•Secondary effect- desirable or undesirable
•Drug response relationship- potency-strength, therapeutic index
•Onset- time it takes for drug to reach maximum effective concentration
•Peak- Highest concentration in blood
