Test Bank for Introduction to Clinical Pharmacology 8th Edition by Edmunds.
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Test Bank for Introduction to Clinical Pharmacology 8th Edition by Edmunds.
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Chapter 1: Pharmacology and the Nursing Process in LPN Practice
Edmunds: Introduction to Clinical Pharmacology, 8th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. A patient states that he occasionally takes an over-the-counter laxative for constipation. What is this in
a. Objective data
b. Inspection
c. Subjective data
d. Alternative therapy
ANS: C
Subjective data describes the information given by the patient or family and includes the concerns or sy
DIF: Cognitive Level: Apply REF: p. 3 OBJ: 2
TOP: The Nursing Process KEY: Nursing Process Step: Assessment
MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity
2. Which represents the correct order of the steps of the nursing process?
a. Assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, evaluation
b. Planning, assessment, diagnosis, implementation, evaluation
c. Assessment, planning, implementation, diagnosis, evaluation
d. Diagnosis, planning, implementation, evaluation, assessment
ANS: A
The nursing process consists of five major steps in this order: assessment, diagnosis, planning, implem
DIF: Cognitive Level: Remember REF: pp. 1-2 | Fig. 1-1
OBJ: 1 TOP: The Nursing Process KEY: Nursing Process Step: N/A
MSC: NCLEX: N/A
3. The statement, “The patient will be able to self-administer an aerosol nebulizer treatment by the date o
of which step of the nursing process?
a. Implementation
b. Diagnosis
c. Evaluation
d. Planning
ANS: D
The patient-focused care plan should include any medications that will be given on either a short-term
example, goals may be written to apply ointments or patches or to show the patient how he can give hi
treatment.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Apply REF: pp. 4-5 OBJ: 4
TOP: The Nursing Process KEY: Nursing Process Step: Planning
MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity
4. A medication should be withheld when which is true?
a. The physician omits the trade name in the order.
b. There has been a change in the patient’s condition.
c. The medication improves the patient’s symptoms.
d. The patient is asleep.
ANS: B
You must use good judgment in carrying out a medication order. If, in your judgment, there has been a
condition that raises concerns about whether a medication should be given, it should be withheld (not g
can be answered by the patient’s physician.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Remember REF: p. 5 OBJ: 3
TOP: Medication Administration KEY: Nursing Process Step: Planning
, 6. What do the six “rights” of medication administration include?
a. Drug, time, dose, doctor, route, and documentation
b. Drug, time, dose, patient, route, and documentation
c. Drug, diagnosis, time, patient, route, and documentation
d. Dose, time, doctor, patient, route, and drug
ANS: B
There are six “rights” of medication administration that the nurse must always keep in mind. You must
right time, in the right dose, to the right patient, by the right route, and use the right documentation to r
given.
7. Which nursing action should ensure that a medication is given to the right patient?
a. Checking the patient’s identification bracelet
b. Verifying the medication record with the chart
c. Verifying the room number with the chart
d. Asking the patient to state his or her birth date and Social Security number
ANS: A
Each patient should be asked his or her name as the nurse checks the identification bracelet. In a hospit
never be given to a patient who is not wearing an identification bracelet.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understand REF: p. 7 OBJ: 3
TOP: Medication Administration KEY: Nursing Process Step: Implementation
MSC: NCLEX: Safe, Effective Care Environment
8. The nurse should document drug administration at which time?
a. At the end of each shift
b. As soon as possible after administration
c. Just before administration
d. Any time during the nurse’s shift
ANS: B
A note about how and when the nurse gave the drug should be made on the patient’s chart as soon as p
administered. There is a greater chance of error if meds are not charted as soon as they are given.
9. Which nursing action is an example of the evaluation step in medication administration?
a. Obtaining the clotting time results of a patient on an anticoagulant
b. Asking the patient if he or she has any allergies to medications
c. Checking a drug reference to verify the action of the drug
d. Explaining to the patient the possible side effects of the drug
ANS: A
Evaluation of what happens when the nurse administers a drug helps the health care provider decide w
drug or make a change. After administering a drug, an important role of the nurse is following up to ev
(e.g., obtaining results of clotting time tests ordered by the physician for a patient on an anticoagulant).
10. A nurse must check for which two specific types of patient responses to drug therapy?
a. Action coding and action transferred
b. Drug feedback and drug uptake
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