UNDERSTANDING
PHARMACOLOGY
ESSENTIALS FOR
MEDICATION SAFETY:
CHAPTER 1: DRUG
REGULATION, ACTIONS,
AND RESPONSES
[Document subtitle]
[DATE]
[COMPANY NAME]
[Company address]
, Certainly! Here are all the questions numbered for you:
1. A _______ is any small molecule that changes a body function by working at the chemical
and cell levels.
2. When a plan to prevent or improve a health problem includes the use of drugs, it is called:
3. List some everyday drugs:
4. Some people use the term ______ for substances that are used to treat health problems
and the term _____ for substances that are harmful or can be abused.
5. The prescriber's role in drug therapy is to:
6. State-approved prescribers may include:
7. The pharmacist's role is to:
8. The pharmacy technician's role is to:
9. The nurse's role is to:
10. In some states, medical assistants can administer drugs to patients under the direction of
a:
11. Because nurses often are the last checkpoint for safe drug therapy, they must know the:
12. The body makes some of its own drugs in the form of:
13. The chemicals the body makes are called:
14. Give an example of intrinsic drugs:
15. Other drugs are made outside of the body and must be taken into the body to change
cell, organ, or body action. These drugs are known as:
16. The study of drugs and how they work (______) is concerned mainly with extrinsic drugs.
17. The reason a drug is prescribed is that it has at least one desired effect that improves
body functions; this is called the:
18. Minor effects of a drug on body cells or tissues that are not the intended actions are
known as:
19. All drugs have at least ______ intended actions and at least ______ side effects.
20. The safety of any drug is determined by:
21. What are the three types of drug names?
PHARMACOLOGY
ESSENTIALS FOR
MEDICATION SAFETY:
CHAPTER 1: DRUG
REGULATION, ACTIONS,
AND RESPONSES
[Document subtitle]
[DATE]
[COMPANY NAME]
[Company address]
, Certainly! Here are all the questions numbered for you:
1. A _______ is any small molecule that changes a body function by working at the chemical
and cell levels.
2. When a plan to prevent or improve a health problem includes the use of drugs, it is called:
3. List some everyday drugs:
4. Some people use the term ______ for substances that are used to treat health problems
and the term _____ for substances that are harmful or can be abused.
5. The prescriber's role in drug therapy is to:
6. State-approved prescribers may include:
7. The pharmacist's role is to:
8. The pharmacy technician's role is to:
9. The nurse's role is to:
10. In some states, medical assistants can administer drugs to patients under the direction of
a:
11. Because nurses often are the last checkpoint for safe drug therapy, they must know the:
12. The body makes some of its own drugs in the form of:
13. The chemicals the body makes are called:
14. Give an example of intrinsic drugs:
15. Other drugs are made outside of the body and must be taken into the body to change
cell, organ, or body action. These drugs are known as:
16. The study of drugs and how they work (______) is concerned mainly with extrinsic drugs.
17. The reason a drug is prescribed is that it has at least one desired effect that improves
body functions; this is called the:
18. Minor effects of a drug on body cells or tissues that are not the intended actions are
known as:
19. All drugs have at least ______ intended actions and at least ______ side effects.
20. The safety of any drug is determined by:
21. What are the three types of drug names?
