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NUR155 / NUR 155 Test 4 Foundations of Nursing – Galen
**QUESTION: What affects absorption?**
**Answer:** Route, blood flow, age, BMI (obesity).
**QUESTION: What affects metabolism?**
**Answer:** Age, weight, mobility, hydration, and liver
function.
**QUESTION: When do you verify medications?**
**Answer:** Before pulling, when pulling, and before giving it
to the patient.
**QUESTION: What is pharmacodynamics?**
**Answer:** What the body does with the medication on a
cellular level.
**QUESTION: How can pharmacodynamics be classified?**
**Answer:** Local (topical) or systemic (IV).
**QUESTION: What should you do if a patient has a reaction
while administering medication?**
**Answer:**
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- Stop the medication (if IV).
- Assess the patient.
- Call the provider to report the reaction.
- Inform the charge nurse.
**QUESTION: What should you do when applying a topical
medication?**
**Answer:** Wear gloves, clean the site, assess skin integrity.
**QUESTION: What is the angle for a subcutaneous
injection?**
**Answer:**
- 90 degrees with pinched skin.
- 30 degrees without pinched skin.
**QUESTION: What should you do before educating a
patient?**
**Answer:** Assess health literacy and education level.
**QUESTION: What should you do when first meeting a
patient?**
**Answer:** Inform the patient about the procedure and ask for
consent.
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**QUESTION: What is the best way to promote dignity in a
dying person?**
**Answer:** Allow the patient to reminisce.
**QUESTION: What affects distribution?**
**Answer:** Adipose tissue, muscle, and cardiac function.
**QUESTION: When does a nurse recognize that a client needs
more education about Lidoderm patch placement?**
**Answer:** When the client applies the patch to the previous
site.
**QUESTION: What is the best method of educating a
discouraged client?**
**Answer:** Have them participate in activities.
**QUESTION: How should the nurse respond when a client
talks about losing their family six months ago?**
**Answer:** Encourage the grieving process.
**QUESTION: Where should a strong-dose medication be
administered in a patient with BMI ≤15 kg/m²?**
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**Answer:** Ventrogluteal site.
**QUESTION: How does a nurse recognize unresolved grief in
a patient?**
**Answer:** If the client’s spouse died two years ago and they
are still emotionally unstable.
**QUESTION: What affects excretion?**
**Answer:** Hydration, kidneys, sweat, saliva, breath, breast
milk.
**QUESTION: How do you administer optic medication?**
**Answer:**
- Roll the medication in hand to bring it to room temperature.
- Place drops in the corner of the eye (nasolacrimal duct).
- Apply pressure to prevent systemic absorption.
**QUESTION: How should ear and eye medications be
administered?**
**Answer:**
- Administer at room temperature.
- Wait 10-15 minutes before removing a cotton ball (if
applicable).