NUR1140 PHARMACOLOGY EXAMS
1. What is a drug's generic name? - ANSWER-assigned by the
manufacturer that first develops the drug
2. What are the 3 names every drug has? - ANSWER-- chemical
- generic
- trade
3. What is a prototype drug? - ANSWER-the well-understood, has known
adverse and action effects
4. What is it called when a medication causes harmful action, such as an
allergic reaction, that prevents further use of the medication? -
ANSWER-Adverse effect
5. What is known as the intended beneficial effects of the drug? -
ANSWER-Therapeutic effects
6. An adolescent confides in the school nurse that the adolescent is
arguing daily with her mother and often wonders whether her mother
loves her. The school nurse recognizes that the student faces which of
the following risk factors for altered family health? - ANSWER-A
psychosocial risk factor
7. Which statement is true regarding Friedman's theory of family-
centered nursing care? - ANSWER-The role of the family is essential in
every level of nursing practice.
8. Drugs that can be purchased without a prescription are known as.. -
ANSWER-over-the-counter drugs
,9. Dugs considered dangerous because of their potential for human abuse
or misuse are known as... - ANSWER-controlled substances
10. What is the study of a drug's mechanism of action and its
biological and physiological effects> - ANSWER-Pharmacodyamics
11. What is the field of medicine that studies drug use in the
treatment of disease? - ANSWER-pharmacotherapeutics
12. What is pharmacokinetics? - ANSWER-The study of absoportion,
blood levels, distribution, metabolism, and excretion of drugs
13. What is Pharmacotherapy? - ANSWER-the treatment of disease
with medicines
14. What is therapeutic classification? - ANSWER-describes what is
being treated by the drug
15. What is pharmacologic classification? - ANSWER-the way a drug
works at the molecular, tissue, or body system level
16. What are controlled substances? - ANSWER-Drugs that have a
high potential for abuse or addiction
17. What is a schedule I drug? - ANSWER-Drugs with no accepted
medical use and a high potential for abuse, no therapeutic value
, 18. Which scheduled drug has a moderate abuse and physical
dependance potential, but a high psychological dependence? -
ANSWER-Schedule III Drugs
19. What are schedule II drugs? - ANSWER-Addictive drugs with
limited medical use who are therapeutic with a prescription
20. T/F: Schedule IV Drugs have the highest abuse potential. -
ANSWER-False:
21. They have a lower abuse potential and can be therapeutic with
prescription
22. What is a teratogen? - ANSWER-an agent or factor that causes
malformation of an embryo.
23. What are the 5 teratogen drug classifications? - ANSWER-A, B, C,
D&X
24. Category A teratogens are... - ANSWER-safe for fetus
25. Category B teratogens are... - ANSWER-have not shown fetal risk
or adverse effect. Risks have not been confirmed in controlled studies
in women
26. Category C teratogens - ANSWER-have revealed adverse effects
on the fetus
27. Category D teratogens are... - ANSWER-There is confirmation of
human fetal risk, but the benefits from use in pregnant women may be
acceptable despite the risk
1. What is a drug's generic name? - ANSWER-assigned by the
manufacturer that first develops the drug
2. What are the 3 names every drug has? - ANSWER-- chemical
- generic
- trade
3. What is a prototype drug? - ANSWER-the well-understood, has known
adverse and action effects
4. What is it called when a medication causes harmful action, such as an
allergic reaction, that prevents further use of the medication? -
ANSWER-Adverse effect
5. What is known as the intended beneficial effects of the drug? -
ANSWER-Therapeutic effects
6. An adolescent confides in the school nurse that the adolescent is
arguing daily with her mother and often wonders whether her mother
loves her. The school nurse recognizes that the student faces which of
the following risk factors for altered family health? - ANSWER-A
psychosocial risk factor
7. Which statement is true regarding Friedman's theory of family-
centered nursing care? - ANSWER-The role of the family is essential in
every level of nursing practice.
8. Drugs that can be purchased without a prescription are known as.. -
ANSWER-over-the-counter drugs
,9. Dugs considered dangerous because of their potential for human abuse
or misuse are known as... - ANSWER-controlled substances
10. What is the study of a drug's mechanism of action and its
biological and physiological effects> - ANSWER-Pharmacodyamics
11. What is the field of medicine that studies drug use in the
treatment of disease? - ANSWER-pharmacotherapeutics
12. What is pharmacokinetics? - ANSWER-The study of absoportion,
blood levels, distribution, metabolism, and excretion of drugs
13. What is Pharmacotherapy? - ANSWER-the treatment of disease
with medicines
14. What is therapeutic classification? - ANSWER-describes what is
being treated by the drug
15. What is pharmacologic classification? - ANSWER-the way a drug
works at the molecular, tissue, or body system level
16. What are controlled substances? - ANSWER-Drugs that have a
high potential for abuse or addiction
17. What is a schedule I drug? - ANSWER-Drugs with no accepted
medical use and a high potential for abuse, no therapeutic value
, 18. Which scheduled drug has a moderate abuse and physical
dependance potential, but a high psychological dependence? -
ANSWER-Schedule III Drugs
19. What are schedule II drugs? - ANSWER-Addictive drugs with
limited medical use who are therapeutic with a prescription
20. T/F: Schedule IV Drugs have the highest abuse potential. -
ANSWER-False:
21. They have a lower abuse potential and can be therapeutic with
prescription
22. What is a teratogen? - ANSWER-an agent or factor that causes
malformation of an embryo.
23. What are the 5 teratogen drug classifications? - ANSWER-A, B, C,
D&X
24. Category A teratogens are... - ANSWER-safe for fetus
25. Category B teratogens are... - ANSWER-have not shown fetal risk
or adverse effect. Risks have not been confirmed in controlled studies
in women
26. Category C teratogens - ANSWER-have revealed adverse effects
on the fetus
27. Category D teratogens are... - ANSWER-There is confirmation of
human fetal risk, but the benefits from use in pregnant women may be
acceptable despite the risk
