Patho and Pharm Exam 1 Questions With Correct Answers

Patho and Pharm Exam 1 Questions With
Correct Answers

prescription drugs - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--may be addictive
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-may be too harmful for self-administration
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-treat complex conditions
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-require skill to administer
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-patient must receive authorization to receive the drug
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OTC drugs - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--do not require authorization from
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health care provider | |




-patients may treat themselves | | |




-no monitoring needed
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-overuse of these drugs can mask other problems
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pharmacology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-study of medicines, ranging | | | | | | |



from how drugs are administered to where they travel in the body, and
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the response produced.
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pharmacodynamics - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-study of mechanism of | | | | | | |



drug action and how the body responds
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,pharmacokinetics - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-study of drug movement | | | | | | |



through the body
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pharmacotherapeutics/pharmacotherapy - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- | | |



application of drugs for the purpose of disease prevention and
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treatment of suffering
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pharmacogenetics - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-genetic variations in | | | | | |



patients that alter response
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patho - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-suffering
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pathology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-investigation of the structural
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alterations in cells, tissues, & organs
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pathogenesis - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-pattern of tissue changes
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associated with the development of disease
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etiology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-cause of disease (hereditary,
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environment, malnutrition) |




Idiopathic - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-no identified cause
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,Iatrogenic - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-result of medical treatment
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nosocomial - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-disease as a result of
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hospitalization


history of pharmacology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--began with the early
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humans
-started using plants to relieve disease
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-herbal medicine oldest form
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-most cultures have practiced herbal medicine
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-many were accidental discoveries
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current pharmacology practice - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--focus on
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patient and improving quality of life to relieve human suffering
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-important part of the art and discipline of nursing
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drug - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--any substance taken to prevent, cure, or
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reduce the symptoms of a medical condition
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-a form of medical intervention
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, role of the nurse concerning drugs - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--
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administering the drug | |




-assessing the effects of the drug | | | | |




-teaching the patient about the drug
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therapeutic classification - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--what is being treated
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by the drug
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-same drug can be in two classifications
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pharmacologic classification - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--how the drug acts | | | | | | |




-more precise classification than therapeutic
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prototype - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--single drug from each classification
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-may compare all other medications in the class to this
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-usually first drug in its class
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-can be a combination of traditional and new drugs
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-helps with learning pharmacology
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epinephrine - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-(adrenalin) | | |




-therapeutic: anti-shock and anti-anaphylaxis drug | | | |




-bronchodilator