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Chaptern01:nDrugnRegulation,nActions,nandnResponses
Workmann&nLaCharity:nUnderstandingnPharmacology:nEssentialsnfornMedicationnSafety,n2ndn
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MULTIPLEnCHOICEnB

ASICnCONCEPTS

1. Whichnhealthncarenprofessionalnhasnthenmajornresponsibilitynforndispensingnprescribedn
drugsnundernthendirectionnofnanpharmacist?
a. Physician
b Nursenpractitioner
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c. Licensednnurse
d Pharmacyntechnician
.


ANS:n D
Thenphysiciannandnnursenpractitionernhaventhenmajornresponsibilitynfornprescribingndrugs,nnotndi
spensingnthem.nThenlicensednnursenhasnthenprimarynresponsibilitynfornadministeringndrugs,naltho
ughnundernsomencircumstancesnanlicensednnursenmayndispensenprescribedndrugsnbutnthisnisnnotnhi
snornhernmajornresponsibilityninndrugntherapy.nThenpharmacyntechniciannhasnthenmajornresponsib
ilitynofndispensingnprescribedndrugsnundernthendirectionnofnanlicensednpharmacist.

DIF: CognitivenLevel:nRemembering REF: p.n3

2. Whichntermndescribesntheneffectnofnandrugnthatnimprovesnbodynfunction?
a. Sideneffect
b Intendednaction
.
c. Adversenreaction
d Idiosyncraticnresponse
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ANS:n B
Thenpurposenofndrugntherapynisntontakenandrugntonprevent,nreduce,norncorrectnanhealthnproblem.nT
hisnresponsenisnanyndrug’snintendednactionnalsonknownnasnantherapeuticnresponse.

DIF: CognitivenLevel:nRemembering REF: p.n3

3. Whichntypenofndrugnnamenisn“owned”nbynthencompanynthatnmanufacturesnit?
a. Genericnname
b Chemicalnname

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c. Categorynname
d Tradenname
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ANS:n D
Thenchemicalnnamenisnandrug’snexactnchemicalncomposition.nThengenericnnamenisnthennamenassig
nedntonthendrugnbynthenU.S.nAdoptednNamesnCouncilnandnisnnotnownednbynanyone.nThencategorynn
amenrefersntonthentypenofndrugn(whatnitndoesnornwhatnitnisnusednfor)nandnisnnotnannactualndrugnname.n
Thentradennamen(brandnname)nisnthennamenprovidednandnownednbynanspecificndrug’snmanufacturer
.

DIF: CognitivenLevel:nRemembering REF: p.n4

4. Whichndrugnorndrugnclassnisnan“highnalert”ndrug?
a. Penicillin
b Insulin
.
c. NSAIDs
d Calcium
.


ANS:n B
Anhighnalertndrugnisnoneninnwhichnharmnisnlikelyntonresultnifngivennatnthenwrongndose,ntonthenwrongnpa
tient,nornnotngivenntonthencorrectnpatient.nDrugsnclassifiednasnhighnalertndrugsnincludenpotassium,nnar
coticsn(opioids),ninsulin,ncancernchemotherapyndrugs,nandnheparinn(ornanyndrugnthatnstronglynaffect
snbloodnclotting).nPenicillin,nNSAIDs,nandncalciumnarennotnconsiderednhighnalertndrugs.

DIF: CognitivenLevel:nRemembering REF: p.n4

5. Whatnisnthentermnfornandrugnthatnhasnthensamenactionnasnannaturallynoccurringnbodynh
ormonenornenzyme?
a. Agonist
b Blockingnagent
.
c. Chemical
d Duplicator
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ANS:n A
Andrugnagonistnisnannextrinsicndrugnthatnactivatesnthenreceptornsitesnofnancellnandnmimicsnthena
ctionsnofnnaturallynoccurringnbodynsubstancesn(intrinsicndrugs).nAnblockingnagentnisnandrug