NSG 318 FINAL EXAM BLUE PRINT
WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS
2025/2026
6 Rights of Medication Safety - correct answers -- Right client
- Right drug
- Right dose
- Right route
- Right time
- Right documentation
Nurse Responsibilities - correct answers -› Use of 6 rights to medication
administration
› Check vital signs
› Perform focused assessment
› Verify prescriptions
› Clarify prescriptions
› Environment that is clean and clear
› 2 client identifiers
› Use of scanning system
› Check medications at bedside
,Pharmacokinetics - correct answers -- The process of drug movement throughout
the body that is necessary to achieve drug action
Pharmacokinetic Phase - correct answers --Absorption
-Distribution
-Metabolism
-Excretion
Pharmacodynamic phase - correct answers --Receptor binding
-Post-receptor effects
-Chemical reaction
Pharmacokinetics: Drug absorption - correct answers --Drug movement from GI
tract into bloodstream
Pharmacokinetics: Disintegration - correct answers --Breakdown of oral drug form
into small particles
Pharmacokinetics: Dissolution - correct answers --Process of combining small drug
particles with liquid to form a solution
Pharmacokinetics: Absorption Methods - correct answers --Passive transport
›Diffusion
›Facilitated diffusion
,-Active transport
›Requires energy and carrier substance (enzyme)
-Pinocytosis
›Cell carries drug across membrane by engulfing drug particles.
Pharmacokinetics: ›Factors affecting absorption - correct answers --Blood
circulation
-Pain, stress
-Food texture, fat content, temperature
-pH
-Route of administration
Pharmacokinetics: ›Drug movement from GI tract to liver - correct answers --Via
portal vein
-First pass effect
-Bioavailability
Pharmacokinetics: ›Factors affecting bioavailability - correct answers --Drug form
-Route of administration
-Gastric mucosa and motility
-Administration with food and other drugs
-Changes in liver metabolism
Pharmacokinetics: ›Drug distribution - correct answers --Protein binding
, -Free drugs
-Volume of drug distribution (Vd)
-Blood Brain Barrier (BBB)
Pharmacokinetics: ›Drug metabolism (biotransformation) - correct answers --Half-
life (t½)
-Loading dose
-Liver
›Aspartate transaminase (AST)
›Alanine aminotransferase (ALT)
›Alkaline phosphatase (ALP)
Pharmacokinetics: ›Drug excretion (elimination) - correct answers --Kidneys
›Creatinine clearance
›BUN
›Glomerular filtration rate
-Liver (bile)
-Feces
-Lungs
-Saliva, sweat, breast milk
Pharmacokinetics: ›Factors that affect drug excretion: - correct answers --Drugs
that affect renal excretion
WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS
2025/2026
6 Rights of Medication Safety - correct answers -- Right client
- Right drug
- Right dose
- Right route
- Right time
- Right documentation
Nurse Responsibilities - correct answers -› Use of 6 rights to medication
administration
› Check vital signs
› Perform focused assessment
› Verify prescriptions
› Clarify prescriptions
› Environment that is clean and clear
› 2 client identifiers
› Use of scanning system
› Check medications at bedside
,Pharmacokinetics - correct answers -- The process of drug movement throughout
the body that is necessary to achieve drug action
Pharmacokinetic Phase - correct answers --Absorption
-Distribution
-Metabolism
-Excretion
Pharmacodynamic phase - correct answers --Receptor binding
-Post-receptor effects
-Chemical reaction
Pharmacokinetics: Drug absorption - correct answers --Drug movement from GI
tract into bloodstream
Pharmacokinetics: Disintegration - correct answers --Breakdown of oral drug form
into small particles
Pharmacokinetics: Dissolution - correct answers --Process of combining small drug
particles with liquid to form a solution
Pharmacokinetics: Absorption Methods - correct answers --Passive transport
›Diffusion
›Facilitated diffusion
,-Active transport
›Requires energy and carrier substance (enzyme)
-Pinocytosis
›Cell carries drug across membrane by engulfing drug particles.
Pharmacokinetics: ›Factors affecting absorption - correct answers --Blood
circulation
-Pain, stress
-Food texture, fat content, temperature
-pH
-Route of administration
Pharmacokinetics: ›Drug movement from GI tract to liver - correct answers --Via
portal vein
-First pass effect
-Bioavailability
Pharmacokinetics: ›Factors affecting bioavailability - correct answers --Drug form
-Route of administration
-Gastric mucosa and motility
-Administration with food and other drugs
-Changes in liver metabolism
Pharmacokinetics: ›Drug distribution - correct answers --Protein binding
, -Free drugs
-Volume of drug distribution (Vd)
-Blood Brain Barrier (BBB)
Pharmacokinetics: ›Drug metabolism (biotransformation) - correct answers --Half-
life (t½)
-Loading dose
-Liver
›Aspartate transaminase (AST)
›Alanine aminotransferase (ALT)
›Alkaline phosphatase (ALP)
Pharmacokinetics: ›Drug excretion (elimination) - correct answers --Kidneys
›Creatinine clearance
›BUN
›Glomerular filtration rate
-Liver (bile)
-Feces
-Lungs
-Saliva, sweat, breast milk
Pharmacokinetics: ›Factors that affect drug excretion: - correct answers --Drugs
that affect renal excretion
