1. Question: Which phase of the nursing process requires the nurse to establish a comprehensive baseline of data concerning a particular patient?
2. Question: The nurse monitors the fulfillment of goals, and may revise them, during which phase of the nursing process?
3. Question: The nurse includes which information as part of a complete medication profile? (Select all that apply.) a. Use of “street” drugs

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4. Question: When considering the various routes of drug elimi-nation, the nurse is aware that elimination occurs mainly by which routes?
5. Question: Drug half-life is defined as the amount of time required for 50% of a drug to
6. Question: The nurse recognizes that drugs given by which route will be altered by the first-pass effect? (Select all that apply.)
7. Question: The nurse is reviewing a list of a patient’s medications and notes that one of the drugs is known to have a low therapeutic index. Which statement accurately explains this concept?
8. Question: The nurse prepares to obtain a patient’s blood sample from a central line for a drug level that is to be drawn just before that medication’s next dose. What is the timing of this blood draw known as?
9. Question: Match each field of study with the corresponding job description of a person working in that field.
10. Question: Lisa is researching botanical and zoologic sources of drugs to treat multiple sclerosis. She is part of a university research team that is currently experimenting with varying the biochemical composition and therapeutic effects of several possible new drugs.
11. Question: Jeffrey works for a pharmaceutical corporation. One of its new drugs looks very promising, and Jeffrey’s company is experimenting with dosage forms for this investigational new drug. He is responsible for measuring the relationship between the physiochemical properties of the dosage form and the clinical therapeutic response.
12. Question: Micah is performing a cost–benefit analysis to compare the effectiveness of two blood pressure medications for a health insurance company.
13. Question: Devonresearchesvariouspoisonsandisparticularlyconcernedwiththedetection and treatment of the effects of drugs and other chemicals in certain mammals.
14. Question: Diane and Phil have spent the past 3 years gathering family histories, legal case reports, and current clinical data to identify possible genetic factors that influence individuals’ responses to meperidine and related drugs.
15. Question: David works on a study that is gathering data on the use of two different drugs for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis.
16. Question: Leslie’s laboratory monitors drug distribution rates between various body compartments from absorption through excretion. Recently, her laboratory was able to suggest a positive change in the dosage regimen for an injectable drug, bringing her firm a prestigious award.
17. Question: Gregory’s research unit recently recommended two new contraindications for the use of a newly marketed drug after discovering previously unknown biochemical and physiologic interactions of this drug with another, unrelated drug.
18. Question: Which physiologic factor is most responsible for the differences in the pharmacokinetic and pharmaco-dynamic behavior of drugs in neonates and adults?
19. Question: Understanding the role of the kidney in the elimination of drugs from the body, which laboratory test assessment is priority in evaluating kidney function?
20. Question: Mostdrugreferencesproviderecommendedpediatricdosagesbasedonwhichof the following?
21. Question: When giving medications to older adults, the nurse will keep in mind the changes that occur as a result of aging. Which statements regarding changes in the older patient are true? (Select all that apply.)
22. Question: Which factor would have the greatest effect on medication response in the new born?
23. Question: When reviewing drug classifications, the nurse knows that drugs classified as category C-I, which are to be dispensed “only with an approved protocol,” include which drugs?
24. Question: When a healthcare provider is writing a prescription for a drug, he or she is not Question: permitted to mark a refill on the prescription if the drug falls into which category?
25. Question: The nurse is aware that the ethical principle of “Do no harm” is known by which name?
26. Question: The nurse is performing an admission assessment. Which finding is considered part of the cultural assessment?
27. Question: While reviewing a newsletter about medications, the nurse notices that one drug has a new black box warning from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). What does this warning entail? (Select all that apply.)
28. Question: Whichtermappliestodifferencesobservedinpatients’responsetomedications based on ethnicity?
29. Question: Any preventable unexpected response to a drug involving inappropriate medication use by a patient or healthcare professional, which may or may not cause
30. Question: A(n) is defined as an unexpected, unintended, or excessive response to a medication given at therapeutic dosages (as opposed to over-dose) and is one type of adverse drug event.
31. Question: A(n) is an immunologic reaction resulting from an unusual sensitivity of a patient to a particular medication.
32. Question: A(n) reaction is any abnormal and unexpected response to a medication, other than an allergic reaction, that is peculiar to an individual patient.
33. Question: A nurse is preparing for an education session on safe medication administration. Which is the best example of a learning activity that involves the cognitive domain?
34. Question: The nurse is developing a discharge plan regarding a patient’s medications. When is the ideal time to begin discharge planning?
35. Question: The nurse is providing discharge teaching for a patient who has a new colostomy after a partial colectomy. Reading material at which grade level is most useful for patient education materials?
36. Question: An important first step in developing a teaching plan for a patient is
37. Question: Which drug classes are commonly used as over-the-counter(OTC) remedies? (Select all that apply.)
38. Question: The nurse is reviewing drug therapy with OTC medications. Which is an advantage of OTC remedies?
39. Question: A patient is taking paroxetine, a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI), as part of treatment for depression. The patient tells the nurse that he has taken herbal products in the past and shows a list to the nurse. Which herbal product, if taken by the patient who is taking an SSRI, could cause an interaction?
40. Question: A patient is asking about side effects of over the counter (OTC) drugs such as NSAIDs. The nurse would be correct in identifying which potential side effects? (Select all that apply.)
41. Question: During a clinic visit for a yearly examination, a patient asks the nurse about medications to take for heartburn. The patient shows the nurse the medication bottles that she had in her medicine cabinet. Which of these would be appropriate to use for the patient’s heartburn, after checking for contraindications and other drug interactions? (Select all that apply.)