NUR 141 Midterm Review Questions and Correct Answers
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Course
NUR 141
Institution
NUR 141
The nurse is preparing to administer a transdermal patch to a patient and finds that the patient already has a medication patch on his right upper chest. What will the nurse do? Remove the old patch and apply the new patch to a different, clean area.
A drug has a half-life of 4 hours. If at 8 AM t...
NUR 141 Midterm Review Questions and
Correct Answers
The nurse is preparing to administer a transdermal patch to a patient and finds that the
patient already has a medication patch on his right upper chest. What will the nurse do?
✅Remove the old patch and apply the new patch to a different, clean area.
A drug has a half-life of 4 hours. If at 8 AM the drug level is measured at 200 mg/L, at
what time would the drug level be 50 mg/L? ✅4 PM
When administering drugs, the nurse remembers that the duration of action of a drug is
defined as which of these? ✅The time period at which a drug's concentration is
sufficient to cause a therapeutic response
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? ✅Synergistic
Bioavailability means: ✅A measure of the extent of drug absorption for a given drug
and route
When calculating pediatric dosages, the nurse understands which method is most
accurate for dosing calculations? ✅Use of drug reference recommendations based on
patient's body mass
A mother of a one month old infant calls the clinic and asks the nurse if the medication
she is taking can be passed to her infant during breastfeeding. What is the nurse's best
response to the mother's question? ✅"Drugs can cross from mother to infant in breast
milk, it will depend on the specific drug you are taking."
The nurse includes which information as part of a complete medication history? ✅The
use of "street" drugs
Which teaching and learning outcome would best address a psychomotor domain
objective regarding application of a nitroglycerin patch? ✅The patient removes the old
patch before placing a new one and chooses an area free of hair or open wounds
Which action by the nurse is most correct when administering medications via
nasogastric tube or PEG tube? ✅Allow the fluid to flow by gravity
A nurse is reviewing data collected from a medication history, which of these are
considered objective data? ✅White blood cell count 22,000 mm, blood pressure
159/94 mm Hg, patients weight is 68 kg
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