Nur 3145: Pharmacology Exam 1 part 1
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
What is a drug? - CORRECT ANSWER any chemical that can affect living processes
What is pharmacology? - CORRECT ANSWER study of drugs and their interactions with
living systems
What is clinical pharmacology? - CORRECT ANSWER study of drugs in humans
What are therapeutics (aka pharmacotherapeutics)? - CORRECT ANSWER use of drugs
to diagnose, prevent, or treat disease or to prevent pregnancy
What is the IDEAL drug? - CORRECT ANSWER EFFECTIVE, SAFE, SELECTIVE!!!
What does the intensity of drug responses depend on? - CORRECT
ANSWER administration (dose, route, timing, errors, adherence), pharmacokinetics
(absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion), pharmacodynamics (drug-receptor binding,
functional state, placebo effects)
What are the individual variations for the intensity of drug responses? - CORRECT
ANSWER physiologic, pathologic, genetics (pharmacogenomics), interactions &
comorbidities, diet, tolerance, placebo effect, failure to take
What are the five rights of drug administration? - CORRECT ANSWER right drug, right
patient, right dose, right route, right time--others: right assessment, right documentation, right
evaluation, right of patient to education, right of patient to refuse
What is the application of pharmacology for patient care? - CORRECT
ANSWER preadministration assessment, dosage & administration, promoting therapeutic
, effects, minimizing adverse effects & interactions, making prn decisions, evaluation response to
medication, managing toxicity
What is the application of pharmacology for patient education? - CORRECT
ANSWER drug name & therapeutic category, dosage, schedule, route & technique for
administration, expected response & time to response, non-drug measures to improve response,
treatment duration, drug storage, major adverse effects to watch for, drug-drug & drug-food
interactions, who to call for therapeutic failure, adverse reactions, & interactions
What is the nursing process in drug therapy? - CORRECT ANSWER assess (baseline
data), analyze & nursing diagnosis, plan, implement, evaluate
What does clinical judgement refer to in drug therapy? - CORRECT ANSWER recognize
cues, analyze cues, prioritize hypotheses, planning, implementation, evaluation
What did the federal pure food and drug act, 1906, establish? - CORRECT ANSWER drug
quality, purity, & labeling; created FDA
What did the food, drug, and cosmetic act, 1938, establish? - CORRECT ANSWER drug
testing for safety
What did the Harris-Kefauver Amendment, 1962, establish? - CORRECT ANSWER drug
testing for effectiveness!!!
What did the Controlled Substances Act, 1970, establish? - CORRECT ANSWER drug
schedules--abuse potential
What did the speed up drug approval process, 1992, establish? - CORRECT
ANSWER permission for accelerated drug approval & prescription drug user fee act
What are some pediatric studies? - CORRECT ANSWER best pharmaceuticals for
children act, 2002, pediatric research equity act, 2003
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
What is a drug? - CORRECT ANSWER any chemical that can affect living processes
What is pharmacology? - CORRECT ANSWER study of drugs and their interactions with
living systems
What is clinical pharmacology? - CORRECT ANSWER study of drugs in humans
What are therapeutics (aka pharmacotherapeutics)? - CORRECT ANSWER use of drugs
to diagnose, prevent, or treat disease or to prevent pregnancy
What is the IDEAL drug? - CORRECT ANSWER EFFECTIVE, SAFE, SELECTIVE!!!
What does the intensity of drug responses depend on? - CORRECT
ANSWER administration (dose, route, timing, errors, adherence), pharmacokinetics
(absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion), pharmacodynamics (drug-receptor binding,
functional state, placebo effects)
What are the individual variations for the intensity of drug responses? - CORRECT
ANSWER physiologic, pathologic, genetics (pharmacogenomics), interactions &
comorbidities, diet, tolerance, placebo effect, failure to take
What are the five rights of drug administration? - CORRECT ANSWER right drug, right
patient, right dose, right route, right time--others: right assessment, right documentation, right
evaluation, right of patient to education, right of patient to refuse
What is the application of pharmacology for patient care? - CORRECT
ANSWER preadministration assessment, dosage & administration, promoting therapeutic
, effects, minimizing adverse effects & interactions, making prn decisions, evaluation response to
medication, managing toxicity
What is the application of pharmacology for patient education? - CORRECT
ANSWER drug name & therapeutic category, dosage, schedule, route & technique for
administration, expected response & time to response, non-drug measures to improve response,
treatment duration, drug storage, major adverse effects to watch for, drug-drug & drug-food
interactions, who to call for therapeutic failure, adverse reactions, & interactions
What is the nursing process in drug therapy? - CORRECT ANSWER assess (baseline
data), analyze & nursing diagnosis, plan, implement, evaluate
What does clinical judgement refer to in drug therapy? - CORRECT ANSWER recognize
cues, analyze cues, prioritize hypotheses, planning, implementation, evaluation
What did the federal pure food and drug act, 1906, establish? - CORRECT ANSWER drug
quality, purity, & labeling; created FDA
What did the food, drug, and cosmetic act, 1938, establish? - CORRECT ANSWER drug
testing for safety
What did the Harris-Kefauver Amendment, 1962, establish? - CORRECT ANSWER drug
testing for effectiveness!!!
What did the Controlled Substances Act, 1970, establish? - CORRECT ANSWER drug
schedules--abuse potential
What did the speed up drug approval process, 1992, establish? - CORRECT
ANSWER permission for accelerated drug approval & prescription drug user fee act
What are some pediatric studies? - CORRECT ANSWER best pharmaceuticals for
children act, 2002, pediatric research equity act, 2003
