P a g e | 1 ATI NURS -ADVANCED PHARMACOLOGY FINAL EXAM UPDATED QUESTIONS AND COMPLETE WELL DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALE 100% CORRECT AND VERIFIED BY EXPERTS A+GRADED Bio-equivalence? Means that 2 drugs contain the same active ingredients and are identical in strength or concentration, dosage form, and route of administration and have essentially the same rate and extent of bio-availability. Why would long-term malnutrition affect medication distribution? Decreased protein binding sites for meds to be transported on. =ncreased drug levels or the med will have a stronger effect on the patient. Define metabolism of medications? Method by which drugs are biotransformed or inactivated? What are the 2 types of prescriptive authority permitted in nursing legislation? 1. Dependent authority 2. =ndependent authority Describe dependent authority? Requires that the physician has ultimate authority through counter-signature of scripts or a written agreement betweenP a g e | 2 the NP and the physician that outlines the need for chart review, discussion, and oversight with the physician collaborator. Describe independent authority? =t allows the NP to prescribe alone. =t could still be restricted,for example by excluding the prescribing of controlled substances or limiting the scripts to a certain drug formulary. :ow do you