Deck 15: Using Medications Safely and Effectively

Question 1

If these were classified as a distinct disease, they would be ranked as the fifth leading cause of death in the United States:

A) drug side effects
B) accidental overdoses
C) polypharmacy
D) adverse drug events

Answer 1

adverse drug events

Question 2

Of the top 15 drugs linked most often to fatalities, four are opioid pain relievers and three are:

A) antidepressants.
B) antipsychotics.
C) anticoagulants.
D) estrogens.

Answer 2

antipsychotics.

Question 3

Your 75-year-old patient is having surgery. Which of the following herbal products may increase the risk of bleeding?

A) saw palmetto
B) St. John's wort
C) ginkgo biloba
D) valerian root

Answer 3

ginkgo biloba

Question 4

Resources to identify drugs that are potentially inappropriate for use in adults over age 65 because of their adverse effects include:

A) Beers list.
B) STOPP tool.
C) Physician Desk Reference.
D)1 and 2

Question 5

Pharmacokinetics is composed of four basic actions. This action describes where the drug goes once it gets into the body:

A) excretion
B) metabolism
C) distribution
D) absorption

Question 6

This action of pharmacokinetics typically inactivates a drug:

A) metabolism
B) excretion
C) absorption
D) distribution

Question 7

This term is used to describe the physiological response to a drug, or what the drug does to the body:

A) pharmacokinetics
B) metabolism
C) pharmacology
D) pharmacodynamics

Question 8

The routes of drug administration include:

A) oral and enteral.
B) parenteral.
C) mucosal and percutaneous.
D) all of the above

Question 9

This drug route makes use of the GI track for drug absorption but bypasses the oral route:

A) parenteral
B) percutaneous
C) enteral
D) mucosal

Question 10

The core of accurate drug administration is:

A) start low, and go slow.
B) the five "rights."
C) less is more.
D) check, and recheck.

Question 11

According to Berardi, older adults are the leading consumers of:

A) anticoagulants.
B) pain medications.
C) antidepressants.
D) over-the-counter products.

Question 12

These products are not recommended for use in most older adults due to the risk for worsening hypertension, diabetes, benign prostatic hypertrophy, arrhythmias, heart disease, and glaucoma:

A) decongestants
B) antihistamines
C) NSAIDs
D) guaifenesin