NUR 131 Exam 1 Questions with Correct Answers Latest Update 2025-2026
1847 - Answers When did modern pharmacology start
Drug - Answers any substance that is taken to prevent, cure, or reduce symptoms of a medical
condition
Therapeutic Classification - Answers describes what it being treated by the drug
Pharmacologic Classification - Answers describes how the drug acts
Trade Name - Answers name assigned by pharmaceutical company. First letter always
capitalized. Only one name per drug
Generic Name - Answers name assigned by the United States Adopted Name Council. Always in
lower case
Bioavailability - Answers the rate and extent to which the active ingredient is absorbed from a
drug product and becomes available at the site of a drug action to produce its effect.
Oral, IV, IM, sublingual, subq - Answers Routes of administration with 100% bioavailability
Need to understand when administering medication - Answers Drug name, intended purpose,
effect, contraindications, special indications, adverse effects, why drug prescribed, how it's
supplied, how it's administered, nursing process
Greatest problem with patent medicines - Answers products claimed to cure any symptom or
disease
Pure Food and Drug Act - Answers how drugs were safely regulated
Sherley Act of 1912 - Answers Prohibited the sale of drugs labeled with false therapeutic claims
that were intended to defraud customer
Placebo - Answers serves as control for nontreatment group in experiements
Prescription Drug User Fee Act - Answers sped up the process for life-threatening illnesses
Giving elderly OTC medications - Answers Decrease dose, elderly can't metabolize medications
well
Schedule I Drug - Answers Highest potential for abuse. No medical use. MDMA, heroin,
marijuana, LSD
Schedule II Drug - Answers High potential for abuse. Some medical use. Methadone, opium,
morphine, cocaine, amphetamine
Processes of Pharmacokinetics - Answers Absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion
1847 - Answers When did modern pharmacology start
Drug - Answers any substance that is taken to prevent, cure, or reduce symptoms of a medical
condition
Therapeutic Classification - Answers describes what it being treated by the drug
Pharmacologic Classification - Answers describes how the drug acts
Trade Name - Answers name assigned by pharmaceutical company. First letter always
capitalized. Only one name per drug
Generic Name - Answers name assigned by the United States Adopted Name Council. Always in
lower case
Bioavailability - Answers the rate and extent to which the active ingredient is absorbed from a
drug product and becomes available at the site of a drug action to produce its effect.
Oral, IV, IM, sublingual, subq - Answers Routes of administration with 100% bioavailability
Need to understand when administering medication - Answers Drug name, intended purpose,
effect, contraindications, special indications, adverse effects, why drug prescribed, how it's
supplied, how it's administered, nursing process
Greatest problem with patent medicines - Answers products claimed to cure any symptom or
disease
Pure Food and Drug Act - Answers how drugs were safely regulated
Sherley Act of 1912 - Answers Prohibited the sale of drugs labeled with false therapeutic claims
that were intended to defraud customer
Placebo - Answers serves as control for nontreatment group in experiements
Prescription Drug User Fee Act - Answers sped up the process for life-threatening illnesses
Giving elderly OTC medications - Answers Decrease dose, elderly can't metabolize medications
well
Schedule I Drug - Answers Highest potential for abuse. No medical use. MDMA, heroin,
marijuana, LSD
Schedule II Drug - Answers High potential for abuse. Some medical use. Methadone, opium,
morphine, cocaine, amphetamine
Processes of Pharmacokinetics - Answers Absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion
