PHARMACOLOGY CONNECTIONS TO
NURSING PRACTICE ADAMS URBAN
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
◉ Pharmacotherapy.
Answer: The application of drugs for the purpose of disease
prevention and treatment of suffering
◉ Pharmacology.
Answer: The Study of Medicines
◉ Indications.
Answer: The conditions for which a drug is approved
◉ Therapeutic Drug Classification.
Answer: Describes what is being treated by the drug or simply states
what condition is being treated.
◉ Pharmacologic Classification.
Answer: Describes the drug acts or how the drug produces its effect
in the body (mechanism of action)
,◉ Prototype Drug.
Answer: A single drug from a class of drugs to which all other
medicines in the class are compared to.
◉ Why study prototype drugs.
Answer: Allow for predictions on actions and adverse effects on
other drugs in the class
◉ Chemical Names of Drugs.
Answer: Assigned by the IUPAC
Only one chemical name for each drug
Helpful in predicting a drug's physical and chemical properties
◉ Generic Names of Drugs.
Answer: Assigned by the United States Adopted Name Council.
Only one generic name for each drug.
◉ ending of _lol is used in what generic class of drugs.
Answer: beta-adrenergic drugs
◉ ending of _statin indicates what generic class of drugs.
, Answer: lipid lowering drugs
◉ Trade Name of Drugs.
Answer: Indicates a proprietary, product, or brand name
◉ Exclusivity Period.
Answer: Period in which competing companies are not allowed to
market generic versions of a drug product.
◉ Combination Drugs.
Answer: Drugs with more than one active generic ingredient.
Poses a problem with naming one generic per drug.
Often brand name combination drugs contain generic drugs.
◉ Bioavailability.
Answer: The rate and extent to which the active ingredient is
absorbed from a drug product and becomes available at the site of
drug action to produce its effect. (distribution)
Of most concern when using critical drugs and those with a narrow
safety margin.
◉ What is the perfect drug?.
Answer: One that is safe and effective
NURSING PRACTICE ADAMS URBAN
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
◉ Pharmacotherapy.
Answer: The application of drugs for the purpose of disease
prevention and treatment of suffering
◉ Pharmacology.
Answer: The Study of Medicines
◉ Indications.
Answer: The conditions for which a drug is approved
◉ Therapeutic Drug Classification.
Answer: Describes what is being treated by the drug or simply states
what condition is being treated.
◉ Pharmacologic Classification.
Answer: Describes the drug acts or how the drug produces its effect
in the body (mechanism of action)
,◉ Prototype Drug.
Answer: A single drug from a class of drugs to which all other
medicines in the class are compared to.
◉ Why study prototype drugs.
Answer: Allow for predictions on actions and adverse effects on
other drugs in the class
◉ Chemical Names of Drugs.
Answer: Assigned by the IUPAC
Only one chemical name for each drug
Helpful in predicting a drug's physical and chemical properties
◉ Generic Names of Drugs.
Answer: Assigned by the United States Adopted Name Council.
Only one generic name for each drug.
◉ ending of _lol is used in what generic class of drugs.
Answer: beta-adrenergic drugs
◉ ending of _statin indicates what generic class of drugs.
, Answer: lipid lowering drugs
◉ Trade Name of Drugs.
Answer: Indicates a proprietary, product, or brand name
◉ Exclusivity Period.
Answer: Period in which competing companies are not allowed to
market generic versions of a drug product.
◉ Combination Drugs.
Answer: Drugs with more than one active generic ingredient.
Poses a problem with naming one generic per drug.
Often brand name combination drugs contain generic drugs.
◉ Bioavailability.
Answer: The rate and extent to which the active ingredient is
absorbed from a drug product and becomes available at the site of
drug action to produce its effect. (distribution)
Of most concern when using critical drugs and those with a narrow
safety margin.
◉ What is the perfect drug?.
Answer: One that is safe and effective
