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PHARMACOTHERAPEUTICS FOR ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSE EXAM 2024/250 ACTUAL EXAM WITH CORRECT DETAILED AND VERIFIED ANSWERS/NEWEST UPDATE /ALREADY GRADED A+ Caregiver practitioner prescriptive authority is regulated by: 1. The National Council of State Boards of Nursing 2. The U.S. Drug Enforce...

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PHARMACOTHERAPEUTICS FOR ADVANCED
PRACTICE NURSE EXAM 2024/250 ACTUAL EXAM
WITH CORRECT DETAILED AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS/NEWEST UPDATE 2024-2025/ALREADY
GRADED A+

Caregiver practitioner prescriptive authority is regulated by:
1. The National Council of State Boards ofNursing

2. The U.S. Drug EnforcementAdministration
3. The State Board of Nursing for eachstate

4. The State Board of Pharmacy - Accurate ANS:>>:3. The State Board of
Nursing foreach state


The benefits to the client of having anAdvanced Practice Registered
Caregiver (APRN) prescriber include:


1. Caregivers know more about Pharmacologythan other prescribers because
they take it both in their basic nursing program and in their APRN program.
2. Caregivers care for the client from a holisticapproach and include the client
in decision making regarding their care.
3. APRNs are less likely to prescribe narcotics and other controlled
substances.

4. APRNs are able to prescribe independently in all states, whereas a
physician's assistant needs to have a physician supervising their practice. -
Accurate ANS :>>:2. Caregivers care for the client from a holistic approach and
include the client in decision making regardingtheir care.

,Clinical judgment in prescribing includes:

1. Factoring in the cost to the client of themedication prescribed
2. Always prescribing the newest medication available for the
diseaseprocess
3. Handing out drug samples to poorclients

4. Prescribing all generic medications to cutcosts - Accurate ANS :>>:1.
Factoring in the cost to the client of the medication prescribed


Criteria for choosing an effective drug for adisorder include:

1. Asking the client what drug they thinkwould work best for them
2. Consulting nationally recognized guidelines for disease
management
3. Prescribing medications that are available as samples before
writing aprescription
4. Following U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration guidelines for
prescribing -Accurate ANS :>>:2. Consulting nationally recognized
guidelines for disease management

Caregiver practitioner practice may thrive underhealth-care reform because of:


1. The demonstrated ability of Caregiver practitioners to control costs and
improveclient outcomes

2. The fact that Caregiver practitioners will beable to practice
independently

3. The fact that Caregiver practitioners will havefull reimbursement under
health-care reform

4. The ability to shift accountability for Medicaid to the state level -
Accurate ANS :>>:1. The demonstrated ability of

,Caregiver practitioners to control costs and improve client outcomes


A client's nutritional intake and laboratoryresults reflect hypoalbuminemia. This
is critical to prescribing because:

1. Distribution of drugs to target tissue maybe affected.
2. The solubility of the drug will not matchthe site of absorption.
3. There will be less free drug available togenerate an effect.
4. Drugs bound to albumin are readilyexcreted by the kidneys. –

Accurate ANS :>>:1. Distribution of drugs totarget tissue may be affected.

Drugs that have a significant first-passeffect:
1. Must be given by the enteral (oral) routeonly
2. Bypass the hepatic circulation
3. Are rapidly metabolized by the liver andmay have little if any desired
action
4. Are converted by the liver to more activeand fat-soluble forms –
Accurate ANS :>>:3. Are rapidly metabolizedby the liver and may have little if
any desired action

The route of excretion of a volatile drug willlikely be the:


1. Kidneys
2. Lungs
3. Bile and feces
4. Skin - Accurate ANS :>>:2. Lungs


Medroxyprogesterone (Depo Provera) is prescribed intramuscularly (IM) to
create astorage reservoir of the drug. Storage reservoirs:

, 1. Assure that the drug will reach itsintended target tissue

2. the reason for giving loading doses
3. Increase the length of time a drug isavailable and active

4. Are most common in collagen tissues - Accurate ANS :>>:3. Increase
the length oftime a drug is available and active

The NP chooses to give cephalexin every 8hours based on knowledge of the
drug's:


1. Propensity to go to the target receptor
2. Biological half-life
3. Pharmacodynamics

4. Safety and side effects - Accurate ANS :>>:2. Biological
half-life


Azithromycin dosing requires that the firstday's dosage be twice those of the
other


4 days of the prescription. This is considered a loading dose. A loading dose:


1. Rapidly achieves drug levels in thetherapeutic range
2. Requires four- to five-half-lives to attain
3. Is influenced by renal function
4. Is directly related to the drug circulatingto the target tissues
- Accurate ANS:>>:1.

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