Latest Updated Version!! NSG6005
Advanced Pharmacology Final Exam
Question and Answers [100% Correct]
2025
**Role of Nurse Practitioners (NPs)** - **Title Protection:** NPs have regulated titles, ensuring protection under nursing boards. - **Oversight:** Five states have shared oversig...
Latest Updated Version!! NSG6005
Advanced Pharmacology Final Exam
Question and Answers [100% Correct]
2025
**Role of Nurse Practitioners (NPs)**
- **Title Protection:** NPs have regulated titles, ensuring protection under nursing boards.
- **Oversight:** Five states have shared oversight with medical boards.
- **Scope of Practice:** Defined by the NP's licensure.
- **Autonomy:** In 24 states, NPs operate independently.
- **Collaboration Requirements:** 20 states mandate collaboration with a physician, while three states
require direct supervision.
- **Prescriptive Authority:** Some states allow NPs to prescribe medications based on established
protocols.
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**Role of Physician Assistants (PAs)**
- **Title Protection:** All states provide title protection for PAs.
- **Prescriptive Authority:** PAs are authorized to prescribe medications across the board.
- **Formulary Restrictions:** Five states limit the types of drugs PAs can prescribe.
- **Schedule Drug Restrictions:** In 15 states, PAs are only permitted to prescribe Schedule III to V
controlled substances.
- **Practice Oversight:** PAs are supervised by a licensed MD.
- **Licensing Authority:** Medical boards regulate practice and licensure.
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**Factors Influencing Clinical Judgment**
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, - Is prescribing a medication the most suitable treatment option?
- Which medications are effective for the given condition?
- What are the therapy objectives—cure or maintenance?
- Regularly monitor the treatment's effectiveness in achieving the set goals.
- Assess for potential drug duplications and avoid polypharmacy.
- Consider whether the drug is available over-the-counter or requires a prescription.
- Evaluate the cost of the medication.
- Ensure that the information source is credible and evidence-based practice (EBP).
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**Pharmacotherapeutics**
- This field combines pharmacology, pathophysiology, and therapeutic practices.
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**Pharmacokinetics**
- Refers to how the body processes medications, focusing on the body's actions on drugs.
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**Pharmacodynamics**
- Examines the effects of medications on the body, including their actions at the cellular level to produce
therapeutic effects.
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**Branches of Pharmacology**
- **Pharmacokinetics**: The study of drug absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion.
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