NSG 6005 Week 1 Assignment 3 Quiz
NSG 6005 Week 1 Assignment 3 Quiz
Question 1 .The U .S .Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulates:
Prescribing of drugs by MDs and NPs
The official labeling for all prescriptions and over-the-counter drugs
Off-label recommendations for prescribing
Pharmaceutical educational offerings
Question 2 .The U .S .Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA):
Registers the manufacturers of, and those who are prescribers of controlled substances .
Regulates NP prescribing at the state level
Sanctions providers who prescribe drugs off-label
Provides prescribers with a number they can use for insurance billing
Question 3 .Precautions that should be taken when prescribing controlled substances include:
Faxing the prescription for a Schedule II drug directly to the pharmacy
Using tamper-proof papers for all prescriptions written for controlled drugs
Keeping any presigned prescription pads in a locked drawer in the clinic
Using only numbers to indicate the amount of drug to be prescribed
Question 4 .Alterations in drug metabolism among Asians may lead to:
Slower metabolism of antidepressants, requiring lower doses
Faster metabolism of neuroleptics, requiring higher doses
Altered metabolism of omeprazole, requiring higher doses
Slower metabolism of alcohol, requiring higher doses
Question 5 .Incorporating IT into a patient encounter takes skill and tact .During the encounter, the provider can make the patient more comfortable with the IT the provider is using by:
Turning the screen around so the patient can see material being recorded
Not placing the computer screen between the provider and the patient
Both A and B
Neither A nor B
NSG 6005 Week 2 Assignment 2 Quiz
1 .Question : A patient’s nutritional intake and lab work reflect .This is critical to prescribing because:
Distribution of drugs to target tissue may be affected
The solubility of the drug will not match the site of absorption
There will be less free drug available to generate an effect
Drugs bound to albumin are readily excreted by the kidney
Question 2 .Drugs that have a significant first-pass effect:
Must be given by the enteral (oral) route only
Bypass the hepatic circulation
Are rapidly metabolized by the liver and may have little if any desired action
Are converted by the liver to more active and fat-soluble forms
Question 3 .An advantage of prescribing a sublingual medication is that the medication is:
Absorbed rapidly
Excreted rapidly
Metabolized minimally
Distributed equally
Question 4 .Which one of the following statements about bioavailability is true?
Bioavailability issues are especially important for drugs with narrow therapeutic ranges or sustained release mechanisms .
All brands of a drug have the same bioavailability .
Drugs that are administered more than once a day have greater bioavailability than drugs given once daily .
Combining an active drug with an inert substance does not affect bioavailability .
Question 5 .The route of excretion of a volatile drug will likely be:
The kidneys
The lungs
The bile and feces
The skin