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1. What is the name under which a drug is listed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)?Official
2. What is the most comprehensive reference available to research a drug interaction? Drug
Interaction Facts
3. The physician has written an order for a drug with which the nurse is unfamiliar. Which section of
the Physicians' Desk Reference (PDR) is most helpful to get information about the drug?
Brand and Generic Name section
4. Meperidine (Demerol) is a narcotic with a high potential for physical and psychological
dependency. Under which classification does this drug fall? II
5. What would the FDA do to expedite drug development and approval for an outbreak of smallpox,
for which there is no known treatment? Fast track the investigational drug
6. The nurse is administering Lomotil, a Schedule V drug. Which statement is true about this drug's
classification? Abuse potential for this drug is low
7. The nurse planning patient teaching regarding drug names would include which statement? All of
the above (The official name is the name under which the drug is listed by the U.S. Food and
Drug Administration (FDA), The first letter of the generic name is not capitalized, Brand
names are easier to pronounce, spell, and remember )
8. When categorizing, the nurse is aware that which drug would be considered Schedule II?
Percodan
9. The nurse administers an initial dose of a steroid to a patient with asthma. Thirty minutes after
administration, the nurse finds the patient agitated and stating that "everyone is out to get me."
What is the term for this unusual reaction? Idiosyncratic reaction
10. Which is the best description of when drug interactions occur? On the alteration of the effect of
one drug by another drug
11. What occurs when two drugs compete for the same receptor site, resulting in increased activity of
the first drug? Displacement
12. What do drug blood levels indicate? They determine if the amount of drug in the body is in a
therapeutic range
13. What is the process by which a drug is transported by circulating body fluids to receptor sites?
Distribution
14. The nurse administers 50 mg of a drug at 6:00 AM that has a half life of 8 hours. What time will it
be when 25 mg of the drug has been eliminated from the body? 2:00 PM
15. A patient developed hives and itching after receiving a drug for the first time. Which instruction by
the nurse is accurate? Stop the medication and encourage the patient to wear a medical alert
bracelet that explains the allergy
16. When obtaining a patient's health history, which assessment data would the nurse identify as
having the most effect on drug metabolism? History of liver disease
17. A physician's order indicates to administer a medication to the patient via the percutaneous route.
The nurse can anticipate that the patient will receive this medication: topically
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