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Pharm Wk 1 Quiz
Nightingale Pharmacology Week 1 Quiz
Question | Answer |
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What are the properties of an ideal drug? (Select all that apply) | Predictability. Chemical stability. Ease of administration. |
"The nurse receives an order to give morphine 5mg IV every 2 hours PRN pain." Which action is not part of the six rights of drug administration? | Assessing the patient's pain level 15-30 minutes after giving the medication. |
"A patient has been receiving IV PCN for pneumonia for several days and begins to complain of generalized itching. The nurse auscultates bilateral wheezing and notes temp of 38.5C(101F). Which is the correct action by the nurse? | Hold the next dose and notify the prescriber of the symptoms. |
"A nurse is teaching nursing students about the use of nonproprietary names for drugs" The nurse tells them which fact about nonproprietary names? | They are assigned by the U.S> Adopted Names Council |
"A nursing student asks a nurse about pharmaceutical research and wants to know the purpose of randomization in drug trials." The nurse explains that randomization is used to do what? | To ensure that differences in outcomes are the result of treatment and not differences in subjects. |