WCU FUNDAMENTALS WEEK 5 STUDY GUIDE | NURSING PRACTICE QUESTIONS
& ANSWERS 2026/2027
What is a chemical name? - ANS ✔✔Precise description of the drug's chemical composition.
The chemical name identifies the drug's atomic and molecular structure using exact chemical
language and terminology.
What is a generic name? - ANS ✔✔The manufacturer who first develops the drug assigns the
name, and it is then listed in the U.S. Pharmacopeia.
What is a trade name? - ANS ✔✔Also known as brand or proprietary name. This is the name
under which a manufacturer markets the medication.
Classification - ANS ✔✔Effect of medication on body system
Symptoms the medication relieves
Medication's desired effect
Medication forms - ANS ✔✔Solid, liquid, other oral forms; topical, parenteral; forms for
instillation into body cavities
What is pharmacology? - ANS ✔✔the study of drugs and their interactions with living systems
What is acetaminophen (generic name), trade name? - ANS ✔✔Tylenol
What is pharmacotherapeutics? - ANS ✔✔The achievement of the desired therapeutic goal
from drug therapy.
, What is pharmacokinetics? - ANS ✔✔The effect of the body on the drug, once the drug enters
the body.
The study of how medications:
• Enter the body
• Are absorbed and distributed into cells, tissues, or organs
• Reach their site of action
• Alter physiological functions
• Are metabolized
• Exit the body
What is absorption? - ANS ✔✔The process by which a drug is transferred from its site of entry
into the body to the bloodstream.
What are the factors that influence absorption? - ANS ✔✔• Route of administration
• Ability of a medication to dissolve
• Blood flow to the site of administration
Which kind of drugs normally take the longest to absorb? - ANS ✔✔Drugs given orally.
Which drugs have little absorption? - ANS ✔✔Eye drops, eardrops, nasal sprays, respira-
tory inhalations, and transdermal drugs. This is because the action of these drugs are mostly
local, at the site of administration.
What is distribution? - ANS ✔✔It occurs after a drug has been absorbed into the bloodstream
and the drug is distributed throughout the body, becoming available to body fluids and body
tissues.
& ANSWERS 2026/2027
What is a chemical name? - ANS ✔✔Precise description of the drug's chemical composition.
The chemical name identifies the drug's atomic and molecular structure using exact chemical
language and terminology.
What is a generic name? - ANS ✔✔The manufacturer who first develops the drug assigns the
name, and it is then listed in the U.S. Pharmacopeia.
What is a trade name? - ANS ✔✔Also known as brand or proprietary name. This is the name
under which a manufacturer markets the medication.
Classification - ANS ✔✔Effect of medication on body system
Symptoms the medication relieves
Medication's desired effect
Medication forms - ANS ✔✔Solid, liquid, other oral forms; topical, parenteral; forms for
instillation into body cavities
What is pharmacology? - ANS ✔✔the study of drugs and their interactions with living systems
What is acetaminophen (generic name), trade name? - ANS ✔✔Tylenol
What is pharmacotherapeutics? - ANS ✔✔The achievement of the desired therapeutic goal
from drug therapy.
, What is pharmacokinetics? - ANS ✔✔The effect of the body on the drug, once the drug enters
the body.
The study of how medications:
• Enter the body
• Are absorbed and distributed into cells, tissues, or organs
• Reach their site of action
• Alter physiological functions
• Are metabolized
• Exit the body
What is absorption? - ANS ✔✔The process by which a drug is transferred from its site of entry
into the body to the bloodstream.
What are the factors that influence absorption? - ANS ✔✔• Route of administration
• Ability of a medication to dissolve
• Blood flow to the site of administration
Which kind of drugs normally take the longest to absorb? - ANS ✔✔Drugs given orally.
Which drugs have little absorption? - ANS ✔✔Eye drops, eardrops, nasal sprays, respira-
tory inhalations, and transdermal drugs. This is because the action of these drugs are mostly
local, at the site of administration.
What is distribution? - ANS ✔✔It occurs after a drug has been absorbed into the bloodstream
and the drug is distributed throughout the body, becoming available to body fluids and body
tissues.
