Test Bank for Pharmacology and the Nursing Process
10th Edition By Linda Lilley, Shelly Collins, Julie
Snyder Chapter 1-58 |Complete Guide 2024
,Chapter 01: The Nursing Process and Drug Therapy
Lilley: Pharmacology and the Nursing Process, 10th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The nurse is developing a human needs statement for a patient who has a new diagnosis of
heart failure. Identification of human needs statements occur with which of these activities?
a. Collection of patient data
b. Administering interventions
c. Deciding on patient outcomes
d. Documenting the patient‘s behavior
ANS: A
Identification of human needs occurs with the collection of patient data.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension)
TOP: Nursing Process: Human Needs Statement
MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
2. The patient is to receive oral guaifenesin twice a day. Today, the nurse was busy and gave the
medication 2 hours after the scheduled dose was due. What type of problem does this
represent?
a. ―Right time‖
b. ―Right dose‖
c. ―Right route‖
d. ―Right medication‖
ANS: A
―Right time‖ is correct because the medication was given more than 30 minutes after the
scheduled dose was due. ―Dose‖ is incorrect because the dose is not related to the time the
medication administration is scheduled. ―Route‖ is incorrect because the route is not affected.
―Medication‖ is incorrect because the medication ordered will not change.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Applying (Application)
TOP: Nursing Process: Implementation
MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Safety and Infection Control
3. The nurse has been monitoring the patient‘s progress on a new drug regimen since the first
dose and documenting the patient‘s therapeutic response to the medication. Which phase of
the nursing process do these actions illustrate?
a. Human needs statement
b. Planning
c. Implementation
d. Evaluation
ANS: D
Monitoring the patient‘s progress, including the patient‘s response to the medication, is part of
the evaluation phase. Planning, implementation, and human needs statement are not illustrated
by this example.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension) TOP: Nursing Process: Evaluation
, MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
4. The nurse is assigned to a patient who is newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes mellitus.
Which statement best illustrates an outcome criterion for this patient?
a. The patient will follow instructions.
b. The patient will not experience complications.
c. The patient will adhere to the new insulin treatment regimen.
d. The patient will demonstrate correct blood glucose testing technique.
ANS: D
―Demonstrating correct blood glucose testing technique‖ is a specific and measurable
outcome criterion. ―Following instructions‖ and ―not experiencing complications‖ are not
specific criteria. ―Adhering to new regimen‖ would be difficult to measure.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Applying (Application) TOP: Nursing Process: Planning
MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
5. Which activity best reflects the implementation phase of the nursing process for the patient
who is newly diagnosed with hypertension?
a. Providing education on keeping a journal of blood pressure readings
b. Setting goals and outcome criteria with the patient‘s input
c. Recording a drug history regarding over-the-counter medications used at home
d. Formulating human needs statements regarding deficient knowledge related to the
new treatment regimen
ANS: A
Education is an intervention that occurs during the implementation phase. Setting goals and
outcomes reflects the planning phase. Recording a drug history reflects the assessment phase.
Formulating human needs statements reflects analysis of data as part of planning.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Applying (Application)
TOP: Nursing Process: Implementation
MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
6. The medication order reads, ―Give ondansetron 4 mg, 30 minutes before beginning
chemotherapy to prevent nausea.‖ The nurse notes that the route is missing from the order.
What is the nurse‘s best action?
a. Give the medication intravenously because the patient might vomit.
b. Give the medication orally because the tablets are available in 4-mg doses.
c. Contact the prescriber to clarify the route of the medication ordered.
d. Hold the medication until the prescriber returns to make rounds.
ANS: C
A complete medication order includes the route of administration. If a medication order does
not include the route, the nurse must ask the prescriber to clarify it. The intravenous and oral
routes are not interchangeable. Holding the medication until the prescriber returns would
mean that the patient would not receive a needed medication.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Applying (Application)
TOP: Nursing Process: Implementation
MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
, 7. When the nurse considers the timing of a drug dose, which factor is appropriate to consider
when deciding when to give a drug?
a. The patient‘s ability to swallow
b. The patient‘s height
c. The patient‘s last meal
d. The patient‘s allergies
ANS: C
The nurse must consider specific pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic drug properties that may
be affected by the timing of the last meal. The patient‘s ability to swallow, height, and
allergies are not factors to consider regarding the timing of the drug‘s administration.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension)
TOP: Nursing Process: Assessment
MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
8. The nurse is performing an assessment of a newly admitted patient. Which is an example of
subjective data?
a. Weight 155 pounds
b. Pulse 72 beats/minute
c. The patient reports that he uses the herbal product ginkgo
d. The patient‘s complete blood count results
ANS: C
Subjective data include information shared through the spoken word by any reliable source,
such as the patient. Objective data may be defined as any information gathered through the
senses or that which is seen, heard, felt, or smelled. A patient‘s pulse, weight, and laboratory
tests are all examples of objective data.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension)
TOP: Nursing Process: Assessment
MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
MULTIPLE RESPONSE
1. When giving medications, the nurse will follow the rights of medication administration. The
rights include the right documentation, the right reason, the right response, and the patient‘s
right to refuse. Which of these are additional rights? (Select all that apply.)
a. Right drug
b. Right route
c. Right dose
d. Right diagnosis
e. Right time
f. Right patient
ANS: A, B, C, E, F
Additional rights of medication administration must always include the right drug, right dose,
right time, right route, and right patient. The right diagnosis is incorrect.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering (Knowledge)
TOP: Nursing Process: Implementation
, MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Safety and Infection Control
OTHER
1. Place the phases of the nursing process in the correct order, with 1 as the first phase and 5 as
the last phase.
a. Planning
b. Evaluation
c. Assessment
d. Implementation
e. Human needs statement
ANS:
C, E, A, D, B
The nursing process is an ongoing process that begins with assessing and continues with
human needs statement, planning, implementing, and evaluating.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Applying (Application) TOP: Nursing Process: General
MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
Chapter 02: Pharmacologic Principles
Lilley: Pharmacology and the Nursing Process, 10th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The patient is receiving two different drugs. At current dosages and dosage forms, both drugs
have the same concentration of the active ingredient. Which term is used to identify this
principle?
a. Bioequivalent
b. Synergistic
c. Prodrugs
d. Steady state
ANS: A
Two drugs absorbed into the circulation in the same amount (in specific dosage forms) have
the same bioavailability; thus, they are bioequivalent. A drug‘s steady state is the physiologic
state in which the amount of drug removed via elimination is equal to the amount of drug
absorbed from each dose. The term synergistic refers to two drugs, given together, with a
resulting effect that is greater than the sum of the effects of each drug given alone. A prodrug
is an inactive drug dosage form that is converted to an active metabolite by various
biochemical reactions once it is inside the body.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension)
TOP: Nursing Process: Implementation
MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity: Pharmacological and Parenteral Therapies
2. When given an intravenous medication, the patient says to the nurse, ―I usually take pills.
Why does this medication have to be given in the arm?‖ What is the nurse‘s best answer?
, a. ―The medication will cause fewer adverse effects when given intravenously.‖
b. ―The intravenous medication will have delayed absorption into the body‘s tissues.‖
c. ―The action of the medication will begin sooner when given intravenously.‖
d. ―There is a lower chance of allergic reactions when drugs are given intravenously.‖
ANS: C
An intravenous (IV) injection provides the fastest route of absorption. The IV route does not
affect the number of adverse effects, nor does it cause delayed tissue absorption (it results in
faster absorption). The IV route does not affect the number of allergic reactions.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension)
TOP: Nursing Process: Implementation
MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity: Pharmacological and Parenteral Therapies
3. The nurse is administering parenteral drugs. Which statement is true regarding parenteral
drugs?
a. Parenteral drugs bypass the first-pass effect.
b. Absorption of parenteral drugs is affected by reduced blood flow to the stomach.
c. Absorption of parenteral drugs is faster when the stomach is empty.
d. Parenteral drugs exert their effects while circulating in the bloodstream.
ANS: A
Drugs given by the parenteral route bypass the first-pass effect. Reduced blood flow to the
stomach and the presence of food in the stomach apply to enteral drugs (taken orally), not to
parenteral drugs. Parenteral drugs must be absorbed into cells and tissues from the circulation
before they can exert their effects; they do not exert their effects while circulating in the
bloodstream.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension) TOP: Nursing Process: General
MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity: Pharmacological and Parenteral Therapies
4. When monitoring the patient receiving an intravenous infusion to reduce blood pressure, the
nurse notes that the patient‘s blood pressure is extremely low, and the patient is lethargic and
difficult to awaken. This would be classified as which type of adverse drug reaction?
a. Adverse effect
b. Allergic reaction
c. Idiosyncratic reaction
d. Pharmacologic reaction
ANS: D
A pharmacologic reaction is an extension of a drug‘s normal effects in the body. In this case,
the antihypertensive drug lowered the patient‘s blood pressure levels too much. The other
options do not describe a pharmacologic reaction. An adverse effect is a predictable,
well-known adverse drug reaction that results in minor or no changes in patient management.
An allergic reaction (also known as a hypersensitivity reaction) involves the patient‘s immune
system. An idiosyncratic reaction is unexpected and is defined as a genetically determined
abnormal response to normal dosages of a drug.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension) TOP: Nursing Process: General
MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity: Pharmacological and Parenteral Therapies
,5. The nurse is reviewing pharmacology terms for a group of newly graduated nurses. Which
sentence defines a drug‘s half-life?
a. The time it takes for the drug to cause half of its therapeutic response
b. The time it takes for one half of the original amount of a drug to reach the target
cells
c. The time it takes for one half of the original amount of a drug to be removed from
the body
d. The time it takes for one half of the original amount of a drug to be absorbed into
the circulation
ANS: C
A drug‘s half-life is the time it takes for one half of the original amount of a drug to be
removed from the body. It is a measure of the rate at which drugs are removed from the body.
The other options are incorrect definitions of half-life.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension) TOP: Nursing Process: General
MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity: Pharmacological and Parenteral Therapies
6. When administering drugs, the nurse remembers that the duration of action of a drug is
defined as which of these?
a. The time it takes for a drug to elicit a therapeutic response
b. The amount of time needed to remove a drug from circulation
c. The time it takes for a drug to achieve its maximum therapeutic response
d. The time period at which a drug‘s concentration is sufficient to cause a therapeutic
response
ANS: D
Duration of action is the time during which drug‘s concentration is sufficient to elicit a
therapeutic response. The other options do not define duration of action. A drug‘s onset of
action is the time it takes for the drug to elicit a therapeutic response. A drug‘s peak effect is
the time it takes for the drug to reach its maximum therapeutic response. Elimination is the
length of time it takes to remove a drug from circulation.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension) TOP: Nursing Process: General
MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity: Pharmacological and Parenteral Therapies
7. When reviewing the mechanism of action of a specific drug, the nurse reads that the drug
works by selective enzyme interaction. Which of these processes describes selective enzyme
interaction?
a. The drug alters cell membrane permeability.
b. The drug‘s effectiveness within the cell walls of the target tissue is enhanced.
c. The drug is attracted to a receptor on the cell wall, preventing an enzyme from
binding to that receptor.
d. The drug binds to an enzyme molecule and inhibits or enhances the enzyme‘s
action with the normal target cell.
ANS: D
With selective enzyme interaction, the drug attracts the enzymes to bind with the drug instead
of allowing the enzymes to bind with their normal target cells. As a result, the target cells are
protected from the action of the enzymes. This results in a drug effect. The actions described
in the other options do not occur with selective enzyme interactions.
, DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension) TOP: Nursing Process: General
MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity: Pharmacological and Parenteral Therapies
8. When administering a new medication to a patient, the nurse reads that it is highly protein
bound. Assuming that the patient‘s albumin levels are normal, the nurse would expect which
result, as compared to a medication, that is not highly protein bound?
a. Renal excretion will be faster.
b. The drug will be metabolized quickly.
c. The duration of action of the medication will be shorter.
d. The duration of action of the medication will be longer.
ANS: D
Drugs that are bound to plasma proteins are characterized by longer duration of action. Protein
binding does not make renal excretion faster, does not speed up drug metabolism, and does
not cause the duration of action to be shorter.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Applying (Application) TOP: Nursing Process: Planning
MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity: Pharmacological and Parenteral Therapies
9. The patient is experiencing chest pain and needs to take a buccal form of nitroglycerin. Where
does the nurse instruct the patient to place the tablet?
a. Under the tongue
b. On top of the tongue
c. At the back of the throat
d. In the space between the cheek and the gum
ANS: D
Drugs administered via the buccal route are placed in the space between the cheek and the
gum. Drugs administered via the sublingual route are placed under the tongue. The other
options are incorrect.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension)
TOP: Nursing Process: Implementation
MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity: Pharmacological and Parenteral Therapies
10. The nurse is administering medications to the patient who is in renal failure resulting from
end-stage renal disease. The nurse is aware that patients with kidney failure would most likely
have problems with which pharmacokinetic phase?
a. Absorption
b. Distribution
c. Metabolism
d. Excretion
ANS: D
The kidneys are the organs that are most responsible for drug excretion. Renal function does
not affect the absorption and distribution of a drug. Renal function may affect metabolism of
drugs to a small extent.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Applying (Application)
TOP: Nursing Process: Assessment
MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity: Pharmacological and Parenteral Therapies
,11. A patient who has advanced cancer is receiving opioid medications around the clock to keep
him comfortable as he nears the end of his life. Which term best describes this type of
therapy?
a. Palliative therapy
b. Maintenance therapy
c. Empiric therapy
d. Supplemental therapy
ANS: A
The goal of palliative therapy is to make the patient as comfortable as possible. It is typically
used in the end stages of illnesses when all attempts at curative therapy have failed.
Maintenance therapy is used for the treatment of chronic illnesses such as hypertension.
Empiric therapy is based on clinical probabilities and involves drug administration when a
certain pathologic condition has an uncertain but high likelihood of occurrence based on the
patient‘s initial presenting symptoms. Supplemental therapy (or replacement therapy) supplies
the body with a substance needed to maintain normal function.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension)
TOP: Nursing Process: Implementation
MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity: Pharmacological and Parenteral Therapies
12. The patient is stating that he has a headache and asks the nurse which over-the-counter
medication form would work the fastest to help reduce the pain. Which medication form will
the nurse suggest?
a. A capsule
b. A tablet
c. A powder
d. An enteric-coated tablet
ANS: C
Of the types of oral medications listed, the powder form would be absorbed the fastest, thus
having a faster onset. The tablet, the capsule, and, finally, the enteric-coated tablet would be
absorbed next, in that order.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Applying (Application)
TOP: Nursing Process: Implementation
MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity: Pharmacological and Parenteral Therapies
13. The nurse will be injecting a drug into the superficial skin layers immediately underneath the
epidermal layer of skin. Which route does this describe?
a. Intradermal
b. Subcutaneous
c. Intramuscular
d. Transdermal
ANS: A
, Injections under the more superficial skin layers immediately underneath the epidermal layer
of skin and into the dermal layer are known as intradermal injections. Injections into the fatty
subcutaneous tissue under the dermal layer of skin are referred to as subcutaneous injections.
Injections into the muscle beneath the subcutaneous fatty tissue are referred to as
intramuscular injections. Transdermal drugs are applied to the skin via an adhesive patch.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering (Knowledge)
TOP: Nursing Process: Implementation
MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity: Pharmacological and Parenteral Therapies
MULTIPLE RESPONSE
1. Which drugs would be affected by the first-pass effect when administered? (Select all that
apply.)
a. Morphine given by IV push injection
b. Sublingual nitroglycerin tablet
c. Diphenhydramine elixir
d. Levothyroxine (Synthroid) tablet
e. Transdermal nicotine patches
f. Esomeprazole capsule
g. Penicillin given by IV piggyback infusion
ANS: C, D, F
Orally administered drugs (elixirs, tablets, and capsules) undergo the first-pass effect, because
they are metabolized in the liver after being absorbed into the portal circulation from the small
intestine. IV medications (IV push and IV piggyback) enter the bloodstream directly and do
not go directly to the liver. Sublingual tablets and transdermal patches also enter the
bloodstream without going directly to the liver, thus avoiding the first-pass effect.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Applying (Application) TOP: Nursing Process: General
MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity: Pharmacological and Parenteral Therapies
COMPLETION
1. A drug dose that delivers 10 mg has a half-life of 5 hours. Identify how much drug will
remain in the body after one half-life.
ANS:
5 mg
A drug‘s half-life is the time required for one half of an administered dose of a drug to be
eliminated by the body, or the time it takes for the blood level of a drug to be reduced by 50%.
Therefore, one half of 10 mg equals 5 mg.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Applying (Application)
TOP: Nursing Process: Implementation
MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity: Pharmacological and Parenteral Therapies
Chapter 03: Lifespan Considerations
Lilley: Pharmacology and the Nursing Process, 10th Edition
