PHARMACOLOGY CONNECTIONS TO
NURSING PRACTICE EXAMINATION TEST
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
●● 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
●● Rationale for utilizing pharmacotherapy
NURSING PRACTICE EXAMINATION TEST
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
●● 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
●● Rationale for utilizing pharmacotherapy
