A preceptor is instructing a group of nurse practitioner learners about pharmacokinetics. The preceptor correctly identifies which of the following as the four basic steps in pharmacokinetics.

Which statement is LEAST accurate?

Which drug inhibits alcohol dehydrogenase?

The nurse practitioner is seeing a new patient who reports shortness of breath with exercise or when walking uphill. What should the nurse practitioner prescribe for the patient?

Due to potentially decreased renal function, which of the following medications require caution when prescribed to older adults?

Which nonpharmacologic measures are included in the management of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)?

A nurse practitioner reviews the patient’s chart before prescribing bethanechol for postoperative urinary retention. Which preexisting condition would be a contraindication to using this drug?

The nurse practitioner should order which of the following antagonists, if serious hemorrhage occurs during heparin therapy?

A patient explains to the nurse practitioner that her levothyroxine seems to work better when she gets it filled a Bob’s Pharmacy and if she takes the levothyroxine from Violet’s Pharmacy, she feels tired and sluggish. Which statement by the nurse practitioner would accurately explain this phenomenon to the patient?

A woman who is 20 weeks’ pregnant came to the medical floor with a two-week history of infrequent passage of stool, hard stool, and abdominal pain. The patient’s only history is gestational diabetes; she currently takes insulin detemir. She reports no known allergies. The patient is diagnosed with constipation. Which drug regimen is best for the patient’s symptoms?