Pharmacology-- NU 578--Unit 1--#1
2025/2026 Exam Questions and Answers
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Drug - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Any chemical that can affect living processes.
Pharmacology - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The study of drugs and their interactions
with living systems
Clinical Pharmacology - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The study of drugs in humans.
Therapeutics - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The use of drugs to diagnose, prevent, or
treat disease or to prevent pregnancy.
Effectiveness - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A drug that elicits the responses for which it
is given.
,Safety - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A drug that cannot produce harmful effects-- even
if administered in very high doses and for a very long time.
Selectivity - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A drug that elicits only the response for which it
is given
Properties of an Ideal drug - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Reversible action,
Predictability, Ease of Administration, Freedom from drug interaction, Low
Cost, Chemical Stability, Possession of a Simple Generic name.
Therapeutic Objective - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The objective of drug therapy is to
provide maximum benefit with minimum harm.
Factors determining intensity of drug responses - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Administration, Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics
Pharmacokinetics - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The processes that determine how
much of an administered dose gets to its sites of action.
Pharmacokinetic Processes - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The impact of the body on
drugs. Drug absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion.
Pharmacodynamics - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The impact of drugs on the body.
, Six Rights of Drug Administration - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Right drug, patient,
dose, route, time, and documentation.
Seven aspects of drug therapy - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Pre-administration
assessment, dosage and administration, evaluating and promoting
therapeutic effects, minimizing adverse effects, minimizing adverse
reactions, making PRN decisions, and managing toxicity.
Assessment Phase - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Collecting data about the patient--
Collection of baseline data needed to evaluate therapeutic responses--
Collection of baseline data needed to evaluate adverse effects--
Identification of high-risk patients--Assessment of the patient's capacity for
self-care
Analysis Phase - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Analyze the data collected and form
Nursing Dx--Judge the appropriateness of the prescribed regimen--Identify
potential health problems that the drug might cause--Determine the
patient's capacity for self-care.
Planning phase - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Nurse delineates specific interventions--
Defining goals-- Establishing priorities--Identifying specific interventions--
Establishing criteria for evaluating success
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2025/2026 Exam Questions and Answers
| A+ Score Assured
Drug - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Any chemical that can affect living processes.
Pharmacology - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The study of drugs and their interactions
with living systems
Clinical Pharmacology - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The study of drugs in humans.
Therapeutics - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The use of drugs to diagnose, prevent, or
treat disease or to prevent pregnancy.
Effectiveness - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A drug that elicits the responses for which it
is given.
,Safety - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A drug that cannot produce harmful effects-- even
if administered in very high doses and for a very long time.
Selectivity - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A drug that elicits only the response for which it
is given
Properties of an Ideal drug - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Reversible action,
Predictability, Ease of Administration, Freedom from drug interaction, Low
Cost, Chemical Stability, Possession of a Simple Generic name.
Therapeutic Objective - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The objective of drug therapy is to
provide maximum benefit with minimum harm.
Factors determining intensity of drug responses - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Administration, Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics
Pharmacokinetics - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The processes that determine how
much of an administered dose gets to its sites of action.
Pharmacokinetic Processes - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The impact of the body on
drugs. Drug absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion.
Pharmacodynamics - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The impact of drugs on the body.
, Six Rights of Drug Administration - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Right drug, patient,
dose, route, time, and documentation.
Seven aspects of drug therapy - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Pre-administration
assessment, dosage and administration, evaluating and promoting
therapeutic effects, minimizing adverse effects, minimizing adverse
reactions, making PRN decisions, and managing toxicity.
Assessment Phase - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Collecting data about the patient--
Collection of baseline data needed to evaluate therapeutic responses--
Collection of baseline data needed to evaluate adverse effects--
Identification of high-risk patients--Assessment of the patient's capacity for
self-care
Analysis Phase - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Analyze the data collected and form
Nursing Dx--Judge the appropriateness of the prescribed regimen--Identify
potential health problems that the drug might cause--Determine the
patient's capacity for self-care.
Planning phase - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Nurse delineates specific interventions--
Defining goals-- Establishing priorities--Identifying specific interventions--
Establishing criteria for evaluating success
COPYRIGHT©PROFFKERRYMARTIN 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE.
PRIVACY STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
