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Pharmacology Test 1 (ECPI) Questions
and Answers 100% Pass
How is medication administered buccally? - ✔✔Cheek Pocket
What are the 5 rights of Medication Administration? - ✔✔Right: Drug, dose, time, route, patient
What is the nurses rationale for applying the nursing process in medication therapy? - ✔✔Ensures
medication is administered safely and accurately.
How does the nurse evaluate the effectiveness of discharge teaching? - ✔✔Have the patient teach back
What are the components of a correct physicians order for medication? - ✔✔PT Name, Date, Drug Name,
Drug Dose, Drug Amount, Drug Route, Drug Frequency & prescribers signature
Your patient is on thiazide diuretic to treat heart failure. What are problems that the client should be told
to watch? - ✔✔Electrolyte imbalance, rashes, fatigue, leg cramps & dehydration
What is the age range for a neonate? - ✔✔less than 1 month of age (newborn)
when administering medication to pediatric patients the nurse takes into account which physiological
criteria? - ✔✔organs are immature
For the elderly, what are common responses to taking sedatives? - ✔✔Confusion, daytime sedation,
ataxia, lethargy, increased risk for falls, lose balance
which two lab findings should the nurse be aware of in determining an elderly patients ability to excrete
medication? - ✔✔BUN and liver absorption
Emily Charlene, ©2025 All Rights Reserved.
Pharmacology Test 1 (ECPI) Questions
and Answers 100% Pass
How is medication administered buccally? - ✔✔Cheek Pocket
What are the 5 rights of Medication Administration? - ✔✔Right: Drug, dose, time, route, patient
What is the nurses rationale for applying the nursing process in medication therapy? - ✔✔Ensures
medication is administered safely and accurately.
How does the nurse evaluate the effectiveness of discharge teaching? - ✔✔Have the patient teach back
What are the components of a correct physicians order for medication? - ✔✔PT Name, Date, Drug Name,
Drug Dose, Drug Amount, Drug Route, Drug Frequency & prescribers signature
Your patient is on thiazide diuretic to treat heart failure. What are problems that the client should be told
to watch? - ✔✔Electrolyte imbalance, rashes, fatigue, leg cramps & dehydration
What is the age range for a neonate? - ✔✔less than 1 month of age (newborn)
when administering medication to pediatric patients the nurse takes into account which physiological
criteria? - ✔✔organs are immature
For the elderly, what are common responses to taking sedatives? - ✔✔Confusion, daytime sedation,
ataxia, lethargy, increased risk for falls, lose balance
which two lab findings should the nurse be aware of in determining an elderly patients ability to excrete
medication? - ✔✔BUN and liver absorption
Emily Charlene, ©2025 All Rights Reserved.
