Fundamentals of nursing Pharmacology
questions and answers 25/2026
Pharmacokinetics - Answer The absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion of drugs by
the body.
Pharmacodynamics - Answer The biochemical and physical effects of drugs and the mechanisms
of drug actions.
Pharmacotherapeutics - Answer The use of drugs to prevent and treat diseases.
Buccal - Answer in the pouch between check and teeth (prevent destruction or transformation in
stomach or small intestine)
Sublingual - Answer Under the tongue (prevent destruction or transformation in stomach or
small intestine)
Translingual - Answer On the tongue (prevent destruction or transformation in stomach or small
intestine)
Gastric - Answer -Allows direct administration of a drug into GI (through a tube placed directly
into GI call G-Tube)
-used when patients can't ingest orally
Intradermal - Answer needle inserted 10- to 15- degree angle so it punctures only the skin's
surface (mainly diagnostics)
Intramuscular (IM) - Answer Provide rapid systemic action and absorption of relatively large
doses (up to 3 mL)
-Aqueous suspensions
-solutions in oil
-drugs not available in oral
, Intravenous (IV) - Answer Directly into bloodstream through vein.
-drugs
-fluids
-blood or blood products
-diagnostic contrast agents
range from single dose to ongoing
Oral - Answer Safest, convenient and least expensive route.
-conscious to swallow
Rectal and Vaginal - Answer -suppositories
-ointments
-creams
-gels
treat irritation or infection
(some applied to mucosa can be absorbed systemically.)
Respiratory - Answer drugs available in gases can be administered into the respiratory system
through inhalation
-rapidly absorbed
-some self-administered (metered-dose inhaler)
-endotracheal tube (emergencies)
Subcutaneous (Subcut) - Answer small amounts injected beneath the dermis and into
subcutaneous tissue (upper arm, thigh, or abdomen). Moves more rapidly than oral.
-nonirritating aqueous solutions
-suspensions contained up to 1 mL of fluid
questions and answers 25/2026
Pharmacokinetics - Answer The absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion of drugs by
the body.
Pharmacodynamics - Answer The biochemical and physical effects of drugs and the mechanisms
of drug actions.
Pharmacotherapeutics - Answer The use of drugs to prevent and treat diseases.
Buccal - Answer in the pouch between check and teeth (prevent destruction or transformation in
stomach or small intestine)
Sublingual - Answer Under the tongue (prevent destruction or transformation in stomach or
small intestine)
Translingual - Answer On the tongue (prevent destruction or transformation in stomach or small
intestine)
Gastric - Answer -Allows direct administration of a drug into GI (through a tube placed directly
into GI call G-Tube)
-used when patients can't ingest orally
Intradermal - Answer needle inserted 10- to 15- degree angle so it punctures only the skin's
surface (mainly diagnostics)
Intramuscular (IM) - Answer Provide rapid systemic action and absorption of relatively large
doses (up to 3 mL)
-Aqueous suspensions
-solutions in oil
-drugs not available in oral
, Intravenous (IV) - Answer Directly into bloodstream through vein.
-drugs
-fluids
-blood or blood products
-diagnostic contrast agents
range from single dose to ongoing
Oral - Answer Safest, convenient and least expensive route.
-conscious to swallow
Rectal and Vaginal - Answer -suppositories
-ointments
-creams
-gels
treat irritation or infection
(some applied to mucosa can be absorbed systemically.)
Respiratory - Answer drugs available in gases can be administered into the respiratory system
through inhalation
-rapidly absorbed
-some self-administered (metered-dose inhaler)
-endotracheal tube (emergencies)
Subcutaneous (Subcut) - Answer small amounts injected beneath the dermis and into
subcutaneous tissue (upper arm, thigh, or abdomen). Moves more rapidly than oral.
-nonirritating aqueous solutions
-suspensions contained up to 1 mL of fluid
