NUR 600 EXAM 1 NEWEST 2025 ACTUAL EXAM

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NUR 600 EXAM 1 NEWEST 2025 ACTUAL EXAM

COMPLETE 150 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT

DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)

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Nurse practitioner prescriptive authority is regulated by:

• The National Council of State Boards of Nursing
• The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
• The State Board of Nursing for each state
• The State Board of Pharmacy

ANSWER: The State Board of Nursing for each state

Physician Assistant (PA) prescriptive authority is regulated by:

• The National Council of State Boards of Nursing
• The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
• The State Board of Nursing
• The State Board of Medical Examiners

ANSWER: The State Board of Medical Examiners

Clinical judgment in prescribing includes:

• Factoring in the cost to the patient of the medication

prescribed

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• Always prescribing the newest medication available for the

disease process

• Handing out drug samples to poor patients
• Prescribing all generic medications to cut costs

ANSWER: Factoring in the cost to the patient of the medication

prescribed

Criteria for choosing an effective drug for a disorder include:

• Asking the patient what drug they think would work best for

them

• Consulting nationally recognized guidelines for disease

management

• Prescribing medications that are available as samples before

writing a prescription

• Following U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)

guidelines for prescribing

ANSWER: Consulting nationally recognized guidelines for

disease management

Nurse practitioner practice may thrive under health-care reform

due to:

• The demonstrated ability of nurse practitioners to control

costs and improve patient outcomes

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• The fact that nurse practitioners will be able to practice

independently

• The fact that nurse practitioners will have full reimbursement

under health-care reform

• The ability to shift accountability for Medicaid to the state

level

ANSWER: The demonstrated ability of nurse practitioners to

control costs and improve patient outcomes

A patient's nutritional intake and lab work reflects

hypoalbuminemia. 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

ANSWER: Distribution of drugs to target tissue may be affected

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

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• Are converted by the liver to more active and fat-soluble

forms

ANSWER: Are rapidly metabolized by the liver and may have

little if any desired action

The route of excretion of a volatile drug will likely be:

• The kidneys
• The lungs
• The bile and feces
• The skin

ANSWER: The lungs

Medroxyprogesterone (Depo Provera) is prescribed IM to create

a storage reservoir of the drug. Storage reservoirs:

• Assure that the drug will reach its intended target tissue
• Are the reason for giving loading doses
• Increase the length of time a drug is available and active
• Are most common in collagen tissues

ANSWER: Increase the length of time a drug is available and

active

The NP chooses to give cephalexin every 8 hours based on

knowledge of the drug's: