Pharmacology Midterm Review

Nurse Aria is teaching Ethan and Nora about different ways to take medicine. She asks, "If I give you a buccal medication, where should you place it?"

• Rectum

• Deltoid

• Cheek

• Vagina

Lily and Michael are in their nursing lab, and they need to remove medication from an ampule for their practice session. Which type of needle should they choose to do this safely?

• Insulin Needle

• Spinal Needle

• Filter Needle

• Blunt-tip Needle

Imagine Scarlett just took her medicine. Which term describes how that medication travels from where she took it into her bloodstream?

• Metabolism

• Excretion

• Absorption

• Distribution

Lily, Benjamin, and Aria are learning about how the body handles medications. Can you help them figure out which organ is primarily responsible for the metabolism of medications?

• Heart

• Lungs

• Liver

• Kidneys

Scarlett and Ethan are learning how to mix insulins in the same syringe. Which insulin should they withdraw from the vial first?

• The cloudy insulin

• The longer acting insulin

• The shorter acting insulin

• You should never mix insulins

Michael, Nora, and Abigail are practicing how to give subcutaneous insulin injections in their nursing class. Which angle of insertion should they use to make sure the insulin is delivered correctly?

• 5 degrees

• 35 degrees

• 15 degrees

• 75 degrees

Aria and Jackson are studying pharmacokinetics. They wonder: during which phase might protein-binding play a key role?

• Absorption

• Distribution

• Metabolism

• Excretion

Noah and Aria are studying for their pharmacy exam. They come across a list of prescription abbreviations. Which one should they confidently use, knowing it's an approved abbreviation?

• QD

• SC

• IU

• PO

Aria is about to receive an antitussive medication, and she’s curious about how it works. She asks the nurse for an explanation. How should the nurse respond to Aria?

• This medication makes it easier for you to cough out secretions

• This medication draws water into your lungs to break up your secretions

• This medication kills the bacteria causing your cough

• This medication works to suppress your need to cough

Charlotte, Aria, and Nora are studying for their pharmacology exam. Charlotte asks, "Which of the following antihistamines is known to be more sedating than the others?" Can you help her out?

• Diphenhydramine

• Loratadine

• Fexofenadine

• Cetirizine