PHARM Exam 1 Review

The nurse is about to administer morning medications, the nurse checks for the Right drug, Right dose, Right route, right patient, and Right time. What other rights should the nurse check for?

• Right Response

• Right Reason

• Right to refuse

• Right documentation

• Right physician

T or F. It is safe to use any abbreviations when documenting medication administration.

• True

• False

A patient's MAR has an order that reads as follows: "Atenolol 25mg once daily at 0900" Which action by the nurse is correct?

• The nurse does not give the drug.

• The nurse gives the drug orally.

• The nurse gives the drug intravenously.

• The nurse contacts the prescriber to clarify the dosage route.

The nurse is reviewing new medication orders that have been prescribed. The nurse will need to clarify which orders?

• Metoprolol 25mg once daily

• Colace as needed for constipation

• Metformin 1000mg PO twice daily

• Atorvastatin 10mg PO every night

• Lisinopril 10 mg PO every morning.

The nurse administers a medication that is metabolized in the liver before reaching systemic circulation. What is this process is called?

• Bioavailability

• First Pass effect

• Prodrug

• Half-life

Half life can defined as

• The time required for one half of a given drug to be removed from the body.

• The time required for one half of a given drug to be absorbed in the body.

Pharmacodynamics is?

• Study of what the drug does to the body.

• Study of how various dosage forms influence the way affects the body

• Study of what the body does to the drug

• Focuses on clinical use of drugs to prevent/treat disease

An agonist drug will

• Bind to receptor and the response is diminished.

• Binds to receptor and there is no response.

• Binds to receptor and there is a response.

• Competes with other drugs to bind to the receptor.

A patient has been diagnosed with kidney failure, which pharmacokinetic phase is would the patient experience problems with?

• Metabolism

• Distribution

• Absorption

• Excretion

The antidote for beta blockers is

• Glucagon

• Atropine

• Acetylcystine

• Sodium Bicarbonate