PNR217 - Test 1 Questions and Answers Already Passed Latest Update 2025-2026
Pharmacology - Answers the study of drugs and their interactions with living systems
therapeutic - Answers prevention of disease and treatment
What is a bulk forming agent? - Answers Metamucil (psymilum mucilloid)
what is a stimulate? - Answers increases peristalsis by irritating the bowel to relieve
constipation
What is a stimulate medication? - Answers Biscodyl(Dulcolax)
What is surfactant? - Answers stool softener
what is a surfactant medication? - Answers Docustate (colace)
What is a drug - Answers chemical agent capable of a biological respinse
What is a Biologic? - Answers Substance that is made from a living organism or its products and
is used in the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, or cure of a disease
What is a prescription drug? - Answers a drug that can be obtained only with a written order
from a doctor and can be purchased only at a pharmacy, could potentially be addictive
What is the Advantage to prescription drugs? - Answers therapeutic action can be monitored
and examined and the max therapy can happen
What is the Canadian drug regulation - Answers protect the public, ensure safety and efficacy of
drugs
Preclinical investigation - Answers involves extensive laboratory research
patent protection - Answers gives the right to sell the medication
therapeautic is based off what? - Answers what the drug does clinically, anti depressant,
antihypertensive
how the drug works is considered what? - Answers Pharmacology
Mechanism of Action - Answers how a drug produces its physiological effect in the body
Bioavailability - Answers A measure of the extent of drug absorption for a given drug and route
(from 0% to 100%).
if the GI tract is moving quickly, will there be more or less drug absorbed? - Answers less drug
would be absorbed. It doesn't have enough time to be absorbed into the system
What is a controlled Drug? - Answers A drug that has a potential for abuse, that has restrictions
, placed on it by federal and state legislation. Narcotics and opioids, they need to be monitored
Why can't enteric coated drugs be crushed? - Answers they are slow releasing
If a patient has resp rate of 8 and blood pressure of 92/60 Would you continue to give the opioid
- Answers Absolutely not, this falls below the ranges and could lower rates more
Pharmokinetics - Answers the study of drugs within the body, absorption , distribution,
metabolism, excretion
Absorption - Answers Process of a drug going from site of administration, crossing membranes
and entering circulation
Distribution - Answers How the drug is transported by the blood to the site of action. It requires
adequate cardiac output and tissue perfusion
drug-protein complexes - Answers Drug that has bound reversibly to a plasma protein,
particularly albumin, that makes the drug unavailable for distribution to body tissues.
Metablosim - Answers makes the drug easy to be excreted from the body
what organ does most of the filtering for drugs? - Answers the liver
If a patient has out of range BUN and creatinine levels, what organ isn't functioning properly? -
Answers The kidneys
If the patient has a failing liver what should you be careful of when administering medications? -
Answers toxicity, the liver can't filter properly
What is a Prodrug? - Answers A drug that requires metabolism in order to produce therapeutic
effects
Excretion - Answers Process by which metabolic wastes are eliminated from the body
Where does excretion occur? - Answers kidneys
plasma half life - Answers the length of time required for the plasma concentration of a
medication to decrease by one-half after administration
Loading dose - Answers A higher dose used first so the medication can act quicker
Maintenance dose - Answers the dose of drug that maintains or keeps the drug in the
therapeutic range
Pharmodynamics - Answers The process by which a medication works on the body.
frequency distribution curve - Answers a graphical representation of the number of patients
responding to a drug action at different doses
Pharmacology - Answers the study of drugs and their interactions with living systems
therapeutic - Answers prevention of disease and treatment
What is a bulk forming agent? - Answers Metamucil (psymilum mucilloid)
what is a stimulate? - Answers increases peristalsis by irritating the bowel to relieve
constipation
What is a stimulate medication? - Answers Biscodyl(Dulcolax)
What is surfactant? - Answers stool softener
what is a surfactant medication? - Answers Docustate (colace)
What is a drug - Answers chemical agent capable of a biological respinse
What is a Biologic? - Answers Substance that is made from a living organism or its products and
is used in the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, or cure of a disease
What is a prescription drug? - Answers a drug that can be obtained only with a written order
from a doctor and can be purchased only at a pharmacy, could potentially be addictive
What is the Advantage to prescription drugs? - Answers therapeutic action can be monitored
and examined and the max therapy can happen
What is the Canadian drug regulation - Answers protect the public, ensure safety and efficacy of
drugs
Preclinical investigation - Answers involves extensive laboratory research
patent protection - Answers gives the right to sell the medication
therapeautic is based off what? - Answers what the drug does clinically, anti depressant,
antihypertensive
how the drug works is considered what? - Answers Pharmacology
Mechanism of Action - Answers how a drug produces its physiological effect in the body
Bioavailability - Answers A measure of the extent of drug absorption for a given drug and route
(from 0% to 100%).
if the GI tract is moving quickly, will there be more or less drug absorbed? - Answers less drug
would be absorbed. It doesn't have enough time to be absorbed into the system
What is a controlled Drug? - Answers A drug that has a potential for abuse, that has restrictions
, placed on it by federal and state legislation. Narcotics and opioids, they need to be monitored
Why can't enteric coated drugs be crushed? - Answers they are slow releasing
If a patient has resp rate of 8 and blood pressure of 92/60 Would you continue to give the opioid
- Answers Absolutely not, this falls below the ranges and could lower rates more
Pharmokinetics - Answers the study of drugs within the body, absorption , distribution,
metabolism, excretion
Absorption - Answers Process of a drug going from site of administration, crossing membranes
and entering circulation
Distribution - Answers How the drug is transported by the blood to the site of action. It requires
adequate cardiac output and tissue perfusion
drug-protein complexes - Answers Drug that has bound reversibly to a plasma protein,
particularly albumin, that makes the drug unavailable for distribution to body tissues.
Metablosim - Answers makes the drug easy to be excreted from the body
what organ does most of the filtering for drugs? - Answers the liver
If a patient has out of range BUN and creatinine levels, what organ isn't functioning properly? -
Answers The kidneys
If the patient has a failing liver what should you be careful of when administering medications? -
Answers toxicity, the liver can't filter properly
What is a Prodrug? - Answers A drug that requires metabolism in order to produce therapeutic
effects
Excretion - Answers Process by which metabolic wastes are eliminated from the body
Where does excretion occur? - Answers kidneys
plasma half life - Answers the length of time required for the plasma concentration of a
medication to decrease by one-half after administration
Loading dose - Answers A higher dose used first so the medication can act quicker
Maintenance dose - Answers the dose of drug that maintains or keeps the drug in the
therapeutic range
Pharmodynamics - Answers The process by which a medication works on the body.
frequency distribution curve - Answers a graphical representation of the number of patients
responding to a drug action at different doses
