{"id":118262,"date":"2023-09-03T05:30:04","date_gmt":"2023-09-03T05:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=118262"},"modified":"2023-09-03T05:30:06","modified_gmt":"2023-09-03T05:30:06","slug":"focus-on-nursing-pharmacology-8th-edition-test-bank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/03\/focus-on-nursing-pharmacology-8th-edition-test-bank\/","title":{"rendered":"Focus on Nursing Pharmacology 8th Edition test bank"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Test Bank &#8211; Focus on Nursing Pharmacology (8th Edition by Karch) 1<br>Table of Contents<br>Table of Contents<br>1<br>Chapter 01 &#8211; Introduction to Drugs<br>Chapter 02 &#8211; Drugs and the Body<br>Chapter 03 &#8211; Toxic Effects of Drugs<br>Chapter 04 &#8211; The Nursing Process in Drug Therapy and Patient Safety<br>Chapter 05 &#8211; Dosage Calculations<br>Chapter 06 &#8211; Challenges to Effective Drug Therapy<br>Chapter 07 &#8211; Introduction to Cell Physiology<br>Chapter 08 &#8211; Antiinfective Agents<br>Chapter 09 &#8211; Antibiotics<br>Chapter 10 &#8211; Antiviral Agents<br>Chapter 11 &#8211; Antifungal Agents<br>Chapter 12 &#8211; Antiprotozoal Agents<br>Chapter 13 &#8211; Anthelmintic Agents<br>Chapter 14 &#8211; Antineoplastic Agents<br>Chapter 15 &#8211; Introduction to the Immune Response and Inflammation<br>Chapter 16 &#8211; Antiinflammatory, Antiarthritis, and Related Agents<br>Chapter 17 &#8211; Immune Modulators<br>Chapter 18 &#8211; Vaccines and Sera<br>Chapter 19 &#8211; Introduction to Nerves and the Nervous System<br>Chapter 20 &#8211; Anxiolytic and Hypnotic Agents<br>Chapter 21 &#8211; Antidepressant Agents<br>Chapter 22 &#8211; Psychotherapeutic Agents<br>Chapter 23 &#8211; Antiseizure Agents<br>Chapter 24 &#8211; Antiparkinsonism Agents<br>Chapter 25 &#8211; Muscle Relaxants<br>Chapter 26 &#8211; Narcotics, Narcotic Antagonists, and Antimigraine Agents<br>Chapter 27 &#8211; General and Local Anesthetic Agents<br>Chapter 28 &#8211; Neuromuscular Junction Blocking Agents<br>Chapter 29 &#8211; Introduction to the Autonomic Nervous System<br>Chapter 30 &#8211; Adrenergic Agonists<br>Chapter 31 &#8211; Adrenergic Antagonists<br>Chapter 32 &#8211; Cholinergic Agonists<br>Chapter 33 &#8211; Anticholinergic Agents<br>Chapter 34 &#8211; Introduction to the Endocrine System<br>Chapter 35 &#8211; Hypothalamic and Pituitary Agents<br>Chapter 36 &#8211; Adrenocortical Agents<br>Chapter 37 &#8211; Thyroid and Parathyroid Agents<br>Chapter 38 &#8211; Agents to Control Blood Glucose Levels<br>Chapter 39 &#8211; Introduction to the Reproductive System<br>Chapter 40 &#8211; Drugs Affecting the Female Reproductive System<br>Chapter 41 &#8211; Drugs Affecting the Male Reproductive System<br>Chapter 42 &#8211; Introduction to the Cardiovascular System<br>Chapter 43 &#8211; Drugs Affecting Blood Pressure<br>Chapter 44 &#8211; Agents for Treating Heart Failure<br>Chapter 45 &#8211; Antiarrhythmic Agents<br>Chapter 46 &#8211; Antianginal Agents<br>Chapter 47 &#8211; Lipid-Lowering Agents<br>Chapter 48 &#8211; Drugs Affecting Blood Coagulation<br>Chapter 49 &#8211; Drugs Used to Treat Anemias<br>Chapter 50 &#8211; Introduction to the Renal System<br>3<br>20<br>37<br>54<br>71<br>86<br>103<br>120<br>138<br>155<br>172<br>188<br>204<br>220<br>237<br>254<br>270<br>287<br>304<br>320<br>337<br>354<br>371<br>388<br>404<br>420<br>436<br>453<br>470<br>487<br>503<br>520<br>536<br>553<br>569<br>585<br>602<br>619<br>636<br>653<br>669<br>685<br>702<br>719<br>735<br>752<br>768<br>785<br>801<br>817<br>Test Bank &#8211; Focus on Nursing Pharmacology (8th Edition by Karch) 2<br>Chapter 51 &#8211; Diuretic Agents<br>Chapter 52 &#8211; Drugs Affecting the Urinary Tract and the Bladder<br>Chapter 53 &#8211; Introduction to the Respiratory System<br>Chapter 54 &#8211; Drugs Acting on the Upper Respiratory Tract<br>Chapter 55 &#8211; Drugs Acting on the Lower Respiratory Tract<br>Chapter 56 &#8211; Introduction to the Gastrointestinal System<br>Chapter 57 &#8211; Drugs Affecting Gastrointestinal Secretions<br>Chapter 58 &#8211; Drugs Affecting Gastrointestinal Motility<br>Chapter 59 &#8211; Antiemetic Agents<br>833<br>849<br>866<br>883<br>900<br>917<br>933<br>949<br>965<br>Test Bank &#8211; Focus on Nursing Pharmacology (8th Edition by Karch) 3<br>Chapter 01 &#8211; Introduction to Drugs<br>A nurse working in radiology administers iodine to a patient who is having a computed tomography (CT)<br>scan. The nurse working on the oncology unit administers chemotherapy to patients who have<br>cancer. At the Public Health Department, a nurse administers a measles-mumps-rubella (MMR)<br>vaccine to a 14-month-old child as a routine immunization. Which branch of pharmacology best<br>describes the actions of all three nurses?<br>Pharmacoeconomics<br>Pharmacotherapeutics<br>Pharmacodynamics<br>Pharmacokinetics<br>Ans: B<br>Feedback:<br>Pharmacology is the study of the biologic effects of chemicals. Nurses are involved with clinical<br>pharmacology or pharmacotherapeutics, which is a branch of pharmacology that deals with the uses of<br>drugs to treat, prevent, and diagnose disease. The radiology nurse is administering a drug to help<br>diagnose a disease. The oncology nurse is administering a drug to help treat a disease.<br>Pharmacoeconomics includes any costs involved in drug therapy. Pharmacodynamics involves how a<br>drug affects the body and pharmacokinetics is how the body acts on the body.<br>A physician has ordered intramuscular (IM) injections of morphine, a narcotic, every 4 hours as needed for<br>pain in a motor vehicle accident victim. The nurse is aware this drug has a high abuse potential.<br>Under what category would morphine be classified?<br>Schedule I<br>Schedule II<br>Schedule III<br>Schedule IV<br>Ans: B<br>Feedback:<br>Narcotics with a high abuse potential are classified as Schedule II drugs because of severe dependence<br>Test Bank &#8211; Focus on Nursing Pharmacology (8th Edition by Karch) 4<br>liability. Schedule I drugs have high abuse potential and no accepted medical use. Schedule III drugs<br>have a lesser abuse potential than II and an accepted medical use. Schedule IV drugs have low abuse<br>potential and limited dependence liability.<br>When involved in phase III drug evaluation studies, what responsibilities would the nurse have?<br>Working with animals who are given experimental drugs<br>Choosing appropriate patients to be involved in the drug study<br>Monitoring and observing patients closely for adverse effects<br>Conducting research to determine effectiveness of the drug Ans: C<br>Feedback:<br>Phase III studies involve use of a drug in a vast clinical population in which patients are asked to record<br>any symptoms they experience while taking the drugs. Nurses may be responsible for helping collect<br>and analyze the information to be shared with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) but would not<br>conduct research independently because nurses do not prescribe medications. Use of animals in drug<br>testing is done in the preclinical trials. Select patients who are involved in phase II studies to participate<br>in studies where the participants have the disease the drug is intended to treat. These patients are<br>monitored closely for drug action and adverse effects. Phase I studies involve healthy human volunteers<br>who are usually paid for their participation. Nurses may observe for adverse effects and toxicity.<br>What concept is considered when generic drugs are substituted for brand name drugs?<br>Bioavailability<br>Critical concentration<br>Distribution<br>Half-life<br>Ans: A<br>Feedback:<br>Bioavailability is the portion of a dose of a drug that reaches the systemic circulation and is available to<br>act on body cells. Binders used in a generic drug may not be the same as those used in the brand name<br>drug. Therefore, the way the body breaks down and uses the drug may differ, which may eliminate a<br>generic drug substitution. Critical concentration is the amount of a drug that is needed to cause a<br>therapeutic effect and should not differ between generic and brand name medications. Distribution is<br>the phase of pharmacokinetics, which involves the movement of a drug to the body\u2019s tissues and is the<br>Test Bank &#8211; Focus on Nursing Pharmacology (8th Edition by Karch) 5<br>same in generic and brand name drugs. A drug\u2019s half-life is the time it takes for the amount of drug to<br>decrease to half the peak level, which should not change when substituting a generic medication.<br>A nurse is assessing the patient\u2019s home medication use. After listening to the patient list current<br>medications, the nurse asks what priority question?<br>Do you take any generic medications?<br>Are any of these medications orphan drugs?<br>Are these medications safe to take during pregnancy?<br>Do you take any over-the-counter medications?<br>Ans: D<br>Feedback:<br>It is important for the nurse to specifically question use of over-the-counter medications because<br>patients may not consider them important. The patient is unlikely to know the meaning of orphan drugs<br>unless they too are health care providers. Safety during pregnancy, use of a generic medication, or<br>classification of orphan drugs are things the patient would be unable to answer but could be found in<br>reference books if the nurse wishes to research them.<br>After completing a course on pharmacology for nurses, what will the nurse know?<br>Everything necessary for safe and effective medication administration<br>Current pharmacologic therapy; the nurse will not require ongoing education for 5 years.<br>General drug information; the nurse can consult a drug guide for specific drug information.<br>The drug actions that are associated with each classification of medication Ans: C<br>Feedback:<br>After completing a pharmacology course nurses will have general drug information needed for safe and<br>effective medication administration but will need to consult a drug guide for specific drug information<br>before administering any medication. Pharmacology is constantly changing, with new drugs entering<br>the market and new uses for existing drugs identified. Continuing education in pharmacology is<br>essential to safe practice. Nurses tend to become familiar with the medications they administer most<br>often, but there will always be a need to research new drugs and also those the nurse is not familiar with<br>because no nurse knows all medications.<br>Test Bank &#8211; Focus on Nursing Pharmacology (8th Edition by Karch) 6<br>A nurse is instructing a pregnant patient concerning the potential risk to her fetus from a Pregnancy<br>Category B drug. What would the nurse inform the patient?<br>Adequate studies in pregnant women have demonstrated there is no risk to the fetus.<br>Animal studies have not demonstrated a risk to the fetus, but there have been no adequate studies in pregnant<br>women.<br>Animal studies have shown an adverse effect on the fetus, but there are no adequate studies in pregnant<br>women.<br>There is evidence of human fetal risk, but the potential benefits from use of the drug may beacceptable<br>despite potential risks.<br>Ans: B<br>Feedback:<br>Category B indicates that animal studies have not demonstrated a risk to the fetus. However, there have<br>not been adequate studies in pregnant women to demonstrate risk to a fetus during the first trimester of<br>pregnancy and no evidence of risk in later trimesters. Category A indicates that adequate studies in<br>pregnant women have not demonstrated a risk to the fetus in the first trimester or in later trimesters.<br>Category C indicates that animal studies have shown an adverse effect on the fetus, but no adequate<br>studies in humans. Category D reveals evidence of human fetal risk, but the potential benefits from the<br>use of the drugs in pregnant women may outweigh potential risks.<br>Discharge planning for patients leaving the hospital should include instructions on the use of over-thecounter (OTC) drugs. Which comment by the patient would demonstrate a good understanding of OTC<br>drugs?<br>OTC drugs are safe and do not cause adverse effects if taken properly.<br>OTC drugs have been around for years and have not been tested by the Food and Drug<br>Administration (FDA).<br>OTC drugs are different from any drugs available by prescription and cost less.<br>OTC drugs could cause serious harm if not taken according to directions.<br>Ans: D<br>Feedback:<br>It is important to follow package directions because OTCs are medications that can cause serious harm<br>if not taken properly. OTCs are drugs that have been determined to be safe when taken as directed;<br>however, all drugs can produce adverse effects even when taken properly. They may have originally<br>been prescription drugs that were tested by the FDA or they may have been grandfathered in when the<br>Test Bank &#8211; Focus on Nursing Pharmacology (8th Edition by Karch) 7<br>FDA laws changed. OTC education should always be included as a part of the hospital discharge<br>instructions.<br>What would be the best source of drug information for a nurse?<br>Drug Facts and Comparisons<br>A nurse\u2019s drug guide<br>A drug package insert<br>The Physicians\u2019 Drug Reference (PDR) Ans: B<br>Feedback:<br>A nurse\u2019s drug guide provides nursing implications and patient teaching points that are most useful to<br>nurses in addition to need-to-know drug information in a very user friendly organizational<br>style.Lippincott\u2019s Nursing Drug Guide (LNDG) has drug monographs organized alphabetically and<br>includes nursing implications and patient teaching points. Numerous other drug handbooks are also on<br>the market and readily available for nurses to use. Although other drug reference books such as Drug<br>Facts and Comparisons, PDR, and drug package inserts can all provide essential drug information, they<br>will not contain nursing implications and teaching points and can be more difficult to use than nurse\u2019s<br>drug guides.<br>The nurse is preparing to administer a medication from a multidose bottle. The label is torn and soiled but the<br>name of the medication is still readable. What is the nurse\u2019s priority action?<br>Discard the entire bottle and contents and obtain a new bottle.<br>Find the drug information and create a new label for the bottle.<br>Ask another nurse to verify the contents of the bottle.<br>Administer the medication if the name of the drug can be clearly read.<br>Ans: A<br>Feedback:<br>When the drug label is soiled obscuring some information the safest action by the nurse is to discard the<br>bottle and contents because drug labels contain a great deal of important information, far more than just<br>the name of the drug. Concentration of the drug, expiration date, administration directions, and<br>precautions may be missing from the label and so put the patient at risk. Looking up drug information<br>in a drug handbook or consulting with another nurse will not supply the expiration date or<br>concentration of medication. Be safe and discard the bottle and its contents.<br>Test Bank &#8211; Focus on Nursing Pharmacology (8th Edition by Karch) 8<br>What aspect of pharmacology does a nurse study? (Select all that apply.)<br>Chemical pharmacology<br>Molecular pharmacology<br>Impact of drugs on the body<br>The body\u2019s response to a drug<br>Adverse and anticipated drug effects Ans:<br>C, D, E<br>Feedback:<br>Nurses study pharmacology from a pharmacotherapeutic level, which includes the effect of drugs on<br>the body, the body\u2019s response to drugs, and both expected and unexpected drug effects. Chemical and<br>molecular pharmacology (Options A and B) are not included in nursing pharmacology courses.<br>The nurse, providing patient teaching about home medication use to an older adult, explains that even when<br>drugs are taken properly they can produce negative or unexpected effects. What are these negative<br>or unexpected effects called?<br>Teratogenic effects<br>Toxic effects<br>Adverse effects<br>Therapeutic effects<br>Ans: C<br>Feedback:<br>Negative or unexpected effects are known as adverse or side effects. Teratogenic effects are adverse<br>effects on the fetus and not a likely concern for an older adult. Toxic effects occur when medication is<br>taken in larger than recommended dosages caused by an increase in serum drug levels. Therapeutic<br>effects are the desired actions for which the medication is prescribed.<br>After administering a medication, for what would the nurse assess the patient?<br>Test Bank &#8211; Focus on Nursing Pharmacology (8th Edition by Karch) 9<br>Drug effects<br>Allergies<br>Pregnancy<br>Preexisting conditions<br>Ans: A<br>Feedback:<br>After the medication is administered, the nurse assesses the patient for drug affects, both therapeutic<br>and adverse. The nurse would assess the patient for allergies, preexisting conditions, and pregnancy<br>before administering a medication.<br>The nurse receives an order to administer an unfamiliar medication and obtains a nurse\u2019s drug guide<br>published four years earlier. What is the nurse\u2019s most prudent action?<br>Find a more recent reference source.<br>Use the guide if the drug is listed.<br>Ask another nurse for drug information.<br>Verify the information in the guide with the pharmacist.<br>Ans: A<br>Feedback:<br>The nurse is responsible for all medications administered and must find a recent reference source to<br>ensure the information learned about the medication is correct and current. Using an older drug guide<br>could be dangerous because it would not contain the most up-to-date information. Asking another nurse<br>or the pharmacist does not guarantee accurate information will be obtained and could harm the patient<br>if the information is wrong.<br>What would the nurse provide when preparing a patient for discharge and home medication selfadministration?<br>Personal contact information to use if the patient has questions<br>Thorough medication teaching about drugs and the drug regimen<br>Over-the-counter medications to use to treat potential adverse effects<br>Test Bank &#8211; Focus on Nursing Pharmacology (8th Edition by Karch) 10<br>A sample size package of medication to take home until prescription is filled Ans: B<br>Feedback:<br>The nurse is responsible for providing thorough medication teaching about drugs and the drug regimen<br>to ensure the patient knows how to take the medication and when to notify the provider. The nurse<br>never provides personal contact information to a patient. If adverse effects arise, the patient is taught to<br>call the health care provider and should not self-medicate with over-the-counter drugs, which could<br>mask serious symptoms. The nurse never dispenses medication because it must be properly labeled for<br>home use; this is done by the pharmacy.<br>In response to the patient\u2019s question about how to know whether drugs are safe, the nurse explains that all<br>medications undergo rigorous scientific testing controlled by what organization?<br>Food and Drug Administration (FDA)<br>Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA)<br>Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)<br>Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) Ans: A<br>Feedback:<br>The FDA is responsible for controlling and regulating the development and sale of drugs in the United<br>States, allowing new drugs to enter the market only after being subjected to rigorous scientific testing.<br>The DEA regulates and controls the use of controlled substances. The CDC monitors and responds to<br>infectious diseases. The JCAHO is an accrediting body that inspects acute care facilities to ensure<br>minimum standards are met.<br>The nurse, assisting with Phase I drug studies, is talking with a woman who asks, Why can\u2019t I<br>participate in this study? What would be the nurse\u2019s best response?<br>Drugs pose a greater risk to women of reproductive age.<br>Drugs are only tested on men because they are stronger.<br>Women are more prone to adverse effects from medications.<br>Drugs affect women differently than they affect women.<br>Test Bank &#8211; Focus on Nursing Pharmacology (8th Edition by Karch) 11<br>Ans: A<br>Feedback:<br>Phase I drug trials usually involve healthy male volunteers because chemicals may exert an unknown<br>and harmful effect on ova in women which could result in fetal damage when the woman becomes<br>pregnant. Drugs are tested on both men and women, but women must be fully informed of risks and<br>sign a consent stating they understand the potential for birth defects. Women are not more prone to<br>adverse effects of medications. Although some drugs may affect women differently than men, this is a<br>rationale for why drugs need to be tested on women, not an explanation of why women are not included<br>in a phase I study.<br>The patient tells the nurse about a new drug being tested to treat the disease she was diagnosed with and asks<br>the nurse whether the doctor can prescribe a medication still in the preclinical phase of testing. What<br>is the nurse\u2019s best response?<br>The doctor would have to complete a great deal of paperwork to get approval to prescribe that drug.<br>Sometimes pharmaceutical companies are looking for volunteers to test a new drug and the doctor could give<br>them your name.<br>Drugs in the preclinical phase of testing are only tested on animals and so would not be available to you.<br>Drugs in the preclinical phase of testing are given only to healthy young men and so would not be available<br>to you.<br>Ans: C<br>Feedback:<br>During the preclinical phase of testing drugs are tested on animals and are not available to patients. In<br>phase I, the drug is tested on volunteers who are usually healthy young men. It is only in phase III<br>studies that the drug is made available to prescribers who agree to closely monitor patients getting the<br>medication.<br>The nurse is caring for a patient who had a severe, acute, previously unseen adverse effect of a drug in Phase<br>III testing. The patient asks, After all the testing done on this drug, didn\u2019t they know this adverse effect<br>could occur? What is the nurse\u2019s best response? (Select all that apply.)<br>Pharmaceutical companies sometimes underreport problems to make more money.<br>Your response to this medication will be reported to the drug company and the Food and Drug<br>Administration (FDA).<br>When a drug begins to be used by a large clinical market, new adverse effects may be found.<br>Test Bank &#8211; Focus on Nursing Pharmacology (8th Edition by Karch) 12<br>The pharmaceutical company weighs the benefits of the drug with the severity of adverse effects.<br>After a drug reaches phase III testing it is considered an accepted drug and will not be recalled.<br>Ans: B, C<br>Feedback:<br>When a new and unexpected adverse effect occurs, especially one of a serious nature, it is reported to<br>the drug company who reports it to the FDA immediately. When a large number of people begin using<br>the drug in phase III studies, it is not unusual to identify adverse effects not previously noted. It would<br>be both unprofessional and inaccurate to imply that pharmaceutical companies put profit ahead of<br>patient concern because lawsuits would remove any potential profit if a drug proves harmful. The FDA<br>is responsible for weighing risk versus benefit in deciding whether to allow the drug to move to the<br>next phase of testing. Drugs found to have serious adverse effects can be removed from the market at<br>any time.<br>The telephone triage nurse receives a call from a patient asking for a prescription for a narcotic to manage<br>his surgical pain. The nurse explains that narcotic prescriptions must be written and cannot becalled in<br>to the pharmacy. The patient says, Why are narcotics so difficult to get a prescription for? What is<br>the nurse\u2019s best response?<br>The Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) determines the risk for addiction and the Food and Drug<br>Administration (FDA) enforces their control.<br>The increase in the number of drug addicts has made the rules stronger.<br>The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) regulates use of controlled substances to reduce the<br>risk of injury.<br>Controlled substances like narcotics are controlled by the FDA and the DEA. Ans:<br>D<br>Feedback:<br>Controlled substances are controlled by the FDA and the DEA: the DEA enforces control while the<br>FDA determines abuse potential. Regulations related to controlled substances have remained strict and<br>specific and have not been significantly impacted by substance abusers. The CDC is not involved in<br>control of narcotics and other controlled substances.<br>The nurse explains the Drug Enforcement Agency\u2019s (DEA\u2019s) schedule of controlled substances to the<br>nursing assistant who asks, Do you ever get a prescription for Schedule I medications? What is the<br>nurse\u2019s best response?<br>Schedule I medications have no medical use so they are not prescribed.<br>Test Bank &#8211; Focus on Nursing Pharmacology (8th Edition by Karch) 13<br>Schedule I medications have the lowest risk for abuse and do not require a prescription.<br>Schedule I medications are only prescribed in monitored units for patient safety.<br>Schedule I medications are found in antitussives and antidiarrheals sold over the counter.<br>Ans: A<br>Feedback:<br>Schedule I medications have no medical use and are never prescribed. Schedule V medications have the<br>lowest risk for abuse and are found mostly in antitussives and antidiarrheals but they are not sold over<br>the counter.<br>The nurse, working on the maternity unit, receives a call from a pregnant woman asking how she can know<br>whether a medication is safe to take while pregnant. What is the nurse\u2019s best response?<br>You can take any drug indicated as a Category A.<br>No medications should be taken during pregnancy.<br>Never take medication until you receive approval from your health care provider.<br>Most medications are safe but you need to weigh benefit against risk.<br>Ans: C<br>Feedback:<br>The best response to a pregnant woman asking about medication usage is to talk with her obstetric<br>practitioner because the best advice will come from someone who knows their health and pregnancy<br>history. While Category A drugs have no known risk, they may be contraindicated by the woman\u2019s<br>health condition or pregnancy issues and many pregnant women would not know what it means to be a<br>Category A drug. Medications can be helpful during pregnancy if taken safely and appropriately.<br>Although risk benefit needs to be weighed, it should occur with advice from the obstetric practitioner.<br>A patient asks the nurse, What is a Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) number? What is the nurse\u2019s best<br>response?<br>DEA Numbers are given to physicians and pharmacists when they register with the DEA to prescribe<br>and dispense controlled substances.<br>Physicians must have a DEA number in order to prescribe any type of medication for patients.<br>DEA numbers are case numbers given when someone breaks the law involving a controlled substance.<br>Test Bank &#8211; Focus on Nursing Pharmacology (8th Edition by Karch) 14<br>DEA numbers are contact numbers to talk with someone at the DEA when questions arise about controlled<br>substances.<br>Ans: A<br>Feedback:<br>All pharmacists and physicians must register with the DEA. They are given numbers that are required<br>before they can dispense or prescribe controlled substances. DEA numbers are only needed when<br>prescribing controlled substances. A DEA number is neither a case number nor a phone number.<br>When moving to another state, what is the nurse responsible for becoming familiar with?<br>Local policies and procedures for controlled substance administration<br>Local provider\u2019s Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) number for prescribing controlled substances<br>The agency monitoring controlled substances in the new state<br>Board of Nursing regulations of controlled substances in the new state Ans:<br>A<br>Feedback:<br>The nurse needs to learn local policies and procedures for controlled substance administration because<br>they can vary with some local governments more rigorous than others. Nurses do not memorize a<br>provider\u2019s DEA numbers. The DEA is a federal agency that monitors controlled substances in all states.<br>State boards of nursing do not regulate controlled substances but may regulate how controlled<br>substances are administered by nurses.<br>The patient looks at the prescription provided by the doctor and asks the nurse whether he can request a<br>generic substitution. The nurse answers No when noting what on the prescription?<br>No refills<br>DAW<br>Brand name used on prescription<br>Patient older than 65 years of age Ans: B<br>Test Bank &#8211; Focus on Nursing Pharmacology (8th Edition by Karch) 15<br>Feedback:<br>DAW stands for dispense as written and means that the doctor does not want a generic substituted for<br>the prescribed medication. Requesting no refills does not preclude the substitution of a generic<br>medication. Even when the brand name is ordered, the pharmacist can substitute a generic equivalent so<br>long as the prescriber does not write DAW. Generic substitutions are not impacted by the patient\u2019s age.<br>The patient asks the nurse why generic drugs would be used and voices concerns that only the brand name<br>product will be safe. What is the nurse\u2019s best response?<br>Generic drugs are often less expensive.<br>Some quality control problems have been found with generic drugs.<br>Most generic drugs are very safe and can be cost effective as well.<br>Although initial cost is higher for a brand name it may cost less in the long run.<br>Ans: C<br>Feedback:<br>Most generic medications are completely safe and may be identical to the brand name drug except<br>generic medications are often less expensive, but this does not address the patient\u2019s concern about<br>safety. Although some quality control issues have occurred in the past, this does not address the<br>patient\u2019s concerns regarding safety or explain why generic drugs are prescribed and used. Although<br>some doctors believe initial cost is higher but will cost less over time, this response also does not<br>address the patient\u2019s concerns.<br>While studying for the test, the nursing student encounters the following drug: papaverine (Pavabid). What<br>does the nursing student identify the name Pavabid as?<br>The generic name<br>The chemical name<br>The brand name<br>The chemical and generic name Ans: C<br>Feedback:<br>Several clues indicate the brand name including capitalization of the first letter in the name and in<br>parentheses. 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