PHARMACOLOGY FOR CANADIAN HEALTH
CARE PRACTICE LILLEY COMPREHENSIVE
STUDY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
◉ Five steps of the nursing process.
Answer: 1) Assessment/data collection
2) Diagnosis (nursing)
3) Planning
-goals
-outcomes
4) Implementation - including patient education
5) Evaluation
◉ Drug Names.
Answer: chemical, generic, trade
◉ Drug Names: Chemical.
Answer: provides the exact description of medication's composition
◉ Drug Names: Generic.
,Answer: official or non-proprietary name, often derived from
chemical name
◉ Drug Names: Trade.
Answer: also known as brand or proprietary name. This is the name
under which a manufacturer markets the medication.
◉ Drug classification.
Answer: Categorization based on various characteristics, including
the chemical structure of a drug, the action of a drug, and/or the
therapeutic or anatomical use of a drug
◉ Pharmacological principles.
Answer: Pharmaceutics
Pharmacokinetics
Pharmacodynamics
Pharmacogenomics
Pharmacotherapeutics
Pharmacognosy
Pharmacoeconomics
Toxicology
◉ Pharmaceutics.
,Answer: the study of how various dosage forms influence the way in
which the drug affects the body
◉ Pharmacokinetics.
Answer: what the body does to the drug ADME (absorption,
distribution, metabolism, excretion)
◉ Absorption.
Answer: -Bioavailability
-First pass effect
-Routes: enteral, sublingual, buccal, topical, transdermal, inhalation
route, and parenteral.
◉ Bioavailability.
Answer: A measure of the extent of drug absorption for a given drug
and route (from 0% to 100%).
◉ first pass effect.
Answer: reduces the bioavailability of the drug to less than 100%
◉ enteral route.
Answer: -Absorbed into the systemic circulation through the oral or
gastric mucosa or the small intestine.
, -Oral, Sublingual, Buccal, Rectal
◉ parenteral route.
Answer: -Other than enteral and topical
Intravenous
Intramuscular
Subcutaneous
Intradermal
Intraarterial
Intrathecal
Intraarticular
◉ intravenous.
Answer: fastest route to direct delivery into the blood circulation
◉ intramuscular.
Answer: into the muscle
◉ subcutaneous.
Answer: pertaining to under the skin
◉ intradermal.
CARE PRACTICE LILLEY COMPREHENSIVE
STUDY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
◉ Five steps of the nursing process.
Answer: 1) Assessment/data collection
2) Diagnosis (nursing)
3) Planning
-goals
-outcomes
4) Implementation - including patient education
5) Evaluation
◉ Drug Names.
Answer: chemical, generic, trade
◉ Drug Names: Chemical.
Answer: provides the exact description of medication's composition
◉ Drug Names: Generic.
,Answer: official or non-proprietary name, often derived from
chemical name
◉ Drug Names: Trade.
Answer: also known as brand or proprietary name. This is the name
under which a manufacturer markets the medication.
◉ Drug classification.
Answer: Categorization based on various characteristics, including
the chemical structure of a drug, the action of a drug, and/or the
therapeutic or anatomical use of a drug
◉ Pharmacological principles.
Answer: Pharmaceutics
Pharmacokinetics
Pharmacodynamics
Pharmacogenomics
Pharmacotherapeutics
Pharmacognosy
Pharmacoeconomics
Toxicology
◉ Pharmaceutics.
,Answer: the study of how various dosage forms influence the way in
which the drug affects the body
◉ Pharmacokinetics.
Answer: what the body does to the drug ADME (absorption,
distribution, metabolism, excretion)
◉ Absorption.
Answer: -Bioavailability
-First pass effect
-Routes: enteral, sublingual, buccal, topical, transdermal, inhalation
route, and parenteral.
◉ Bioavailability.
Answer: A measure of the extent of drug absorption for a given drug
and route (from 0% to 100%).
◉ first pass effect.
Answer: reduces the bioavailability of the drug to less than 100%
◉ enteral route.
Answer: -Absorbed into the systemic circulation through the oral or
gastric mucosa or the small intestine.
, -Oral, Sublingual, Buccal, Rectal
◉ parenteral route.
Answer: -Other than enteral and topical
Intravenous
Intramuscular
Subcutaneous
Intradermal
Intraarterial
Intrathecal
Intraarticular
◉ intravenous.
Answer: fastest route to direct delivery into the blood circulation
◉ intramuscular.
Answer: into the muscle
◉ subcutaneous.
Answer: pertaining to under the skin
◉ intradermal.
