1. Once you graduate from an NP program, in order to prescribe you'll need
Answer -Advanced nurse prescriber license
-DEA #
2. What is the purpose of a DEA #?
Answer Needed to prescribed scheduled drugs
3. Rules for prescribing Schedule II drugs
Answer -Written script needed
-1 month suppl...
NP Advanced Pharmacology Exam 1
1.Once you graduate from an NP program, in order to prescribe you'll need
Answer -Advanced nurse prescriber license
-DEA #
2.What is the purpose of a DEA #?
Answer Needed to prescribed scheduled drugs
3.Rules for prescribing Schedule II drugs
Answer -Written script needed
-1 month supply only
-No refills
4.What is the PDMP?
Answer Prescription Drug Monitoring Program
Used to effectively track patient's controlled substance uses across
different health facilities (in the same state)
5.What are clinical practice guidelines? Answer Recommendations that are intended to optimize patient care that are informed by a systematic review of the evidence and an assessment of the benefits/harms of alternative care practices
Ex
sepsis, CAP
6.Common causes of medication errors
Answer -Illegible writing
-Drug names that sound alike
-Medications that look alike
-Administering a drug with the wrong route
7.What is pharmacokinetics? What are its 4 categories?
Answer What the body does to the drug
1.Absorption
2.Metabolism
3.Distribution
4.Excretion
8.Quickest route of absorption? Slowest?
Answer IV = quickest IM = slowest .What is the most common way drugs pass through cell membranes?
Answer Pas- sive diffusion
10.What characteristics of a drug allow it to pass most quickly through cell membranes (usually through passive diffusion)?
Answer Small, uncharged (unionized), lipid soluble--pass through membrane without any energy
11.What does it mean when a drug is ionized?
Answer It means that the drug is stuck in the compartment it was ionized in and has to be moved to the next compartment (cannot be absorbed into the bloodstream)
12.Where do weak acids absorb?
Answer Stomach
13.Where do weak bases absorb?
Answer Small intestine .pH of stomach
Answer 2-4
15.pH of small intestine
Answer 6-7
16.pH of large intestine
Answer 6-7
17.pH of bloodstream
Answer 7.35-7.45
18.pH of bladder
Answer 5-8
19.pH of breastmilk
Answer 7.1
20.Where will a drug absorb if it is a weak base that ionizes at a pH of 4 and lower?
Answer In the small intestine (since the stomach has a pH of 2-4, so the drug will become ionized and move to the small intestine where it will be able to absorb into the bloodstream)
21.How can we manipulate the urine pH in cases of overdose?
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