NURS 327 MASTER STUDY SHEET 2026
VERIFIED QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
◉Define Medications. Answer: therapeutic effect
◉Define Pharmacology. Answer: The study of drugs and their
interactions with living systems
◉Describe protein binding. Answer: Medications are distributed in
the plasma bound to protein
Different drugs have a greater tendency to bind to protein
Only FREE drugs are active and can create a pharmacologic response
competition exists between drugs for protein-binding sites
◉How can we prevent medication administration errors?. Answer:
Safe work environment, maintain a culture of safety, involve the
patient, commit to patient rights, question medications and evaluate
response, address near misses, label medicines, take care with
anticoagulants, record and pass along correct info
,◉How do receptorless drugs work?. Answer: They act through
physical or chemical interactions with the body
◉How is intramuscular/subcutaneous abbreviated in an order?.
Answer: IM/Subcut/Subq
◉How is oral administration abbreviated in an order?. Answer: PO
◉How is peak and trough of drugs used?. Answer: Used to
determine kinetics of critical drugs
◉If a medication is broken down a lot before reaching the intended
site does it have a high or low first pass effect?. Answer: HIGH
◉If we give someone 800mg of a medication with a 4 hour half life
at 8am, how much drug will be left at 4pm?. Answer: 200mg (400mg
at noon and then 200 mg at 4pm)
REMEMBER it is half of the amount of drug in the body at that time
every four hours
◉If we give someone 800mg of a medication with a 4 hour half life
at 8am, how much drug will be left at noon?. Answer: 400mg
, ◉What are common routes of administration of medication?.
Answer: Oral, instillation, inhaler, sublingual, transdermal patch,
topical, intramuscular, subcutaneous, intravenous, suppository
◉What are drug receptors?. Answer: Any functional macromolecule
in a cell to which a drug binds to produce its effects
◉What are examples of nonrenal routes of drug excretion?. Answer:
Breast milk, bile, lungs, sweat/saliva(think of example of someone
running on treadmill the day after heavy drinking that smells like
alcohol)
◉What are examples of receptorless drugs?. Answer: Antacids and
laxatives
◉What are examples of renal drug excretion?. Answer: Glomerular
filtration, passive reabsorption, active transport
◉What are factors affecting absorption related to medication?.
Answer: Lipid solubility, physical properties, physical forms,
chemical nature, dosage forms
◉What are factors affecting absorption related to the body?.
Answer: Surface area, blood flow, pH, presence of other substances,
GI motility, diseases
VERIFIED QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
◉Define Medications. Answer: therapeutic effect
◉Define Pharmacology. Answer: The study of drugs and their
interactions with living systems
◉Describe protein binding. Answer: Medications are distributed in
the plasma bound to protein
Different drugs have a greater tendency to bind to protein
Only FREE drugs are active and can create a pharmacologic response
competition exists between drugs for protein-binding sites
◉How can we prevent medication administration errors?. Answer:
Safe work environment, maintain a culture of safety, involve the
patient, commit to patient rights, question medications and evaluate
response, address near misses, label medicines, take care with
anticoagulants, record and pass along correct info
,◉How do receptorless drugs work?. Answer: They act through
physical or chemical interactions with the body
◉How is intramuscular/subcutaneous abbreviated in an order?.
Answer: IM/Subcut/Subq
◉How is oral administration abbreviated in an order?. Answer: PO
◉How is peak and trough of drugs used?. Answer: Used to
determine kinetics of critical drugs
◉If a medication is broken down a lot before reaching the intended
site does it have a high or low first pass effect?. Answer: HIGH
◉If we give someone 800mg of a medication with a 4 hour half life
at 8am, how much drug will be left at 4pm?. Answer: 200mg (400mg
at noon and then 200 mg at 4pm)
REMEMBER it is half of the amount of drug in the body at that time
every four hours
◉If we give someone 800mg of a medication with a 4 hour half life
at 8am, how much drug will be left at noon?. Answer: 400mg
, ◉What are common routes of administration of medication?.
Answer: Oral, instillation, inhaler, sublingual, transdermal patch,
topical, intramuscular, subcutaneous, intravenous, suppository
◉What are drug receptors?. Answer: Any functional macromolecule
in a cell to which a drug binds to produce its effects
◉What are examples of nonrenal routes of drug excretion?. Answer:
Breast milk, bile, lungs, sweat/saliva(think of example of someone
running on treadmill the day after heavy drinking that smells like
alcohol)
◉What are examples of receptorless drugs?. Answer: Antacids and
laxatives
◉What are examples of renal drug excretion?. Answer: Glomerular
filtration, passive reabsorption, active transport
◉What are factors affecting absorption related to medication?.
Answer: Lipid solubility, physical properties, physical forms,
chemical nature, dosage forms
◉What are factors affecting absorption related to the body?.
Answer: Surface area, blood flow, pH, presence of other substances,
GI motility, diseases
