Test Bank for Understanding Pharmacology Essentials for Medication Safety, 2nd Edition by M. Linda Workman & LaCharity

,Chapter 01: Drug Regulation, Actions, and Responses
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Workman & LaCharity: Understanding Pharmacology: Essentials for Medication
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sSafety, 2nd
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MULTIPLE

s s CHOICE

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1. Which health care professional has the major responsibility for ss ss ss s s ss ss ss ss



ssdispensing prescribed drugs under the direction of a ss s s s s s s s s s s s s



s pharmacist?
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a. Physician
b Nurse practitioner s s



.
c. Licensed nurse s s



d Pharmacy technician mm



.


ANS: D
The physician and
s s nurse
s s practitioner have the major responsibility s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s



for prescribing drugs, not dispensing them. The licensed nurse has
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the primary responsibility for administering drugs, although under some
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circumstances a licensed nurse may dispense prescribed drugs but this
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is not his or her major responsibility in drug therapy. The
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pharmacy technician has the major responsibility of dispensing
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prescribed drugs under the direction of a licensed pharmacist.
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DIF: Cognitive s s Level: s s s s Remembering REF: p. 3

2. Which term describes s s s s s s the effect of s s s s a s s drug that s s s s improves body
function? s s



a. Side effect s s s s



b Intended action mm



.
c. Adverse reaction s s



d Idiosyncratic
. response


ANS: B
The purpose of drug therapy is to take
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reduce, or correct a health problem.
s s This s s s s s s s s ss s s ss s s s s s s s s response is any s s s s s s s s s s



drug’s
s s intended action also known as a s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s ss s s s s therapeutic response. ss

,DIF: Cognitive s s Level: s s s s Remembering REF: p. 3

3. Which s s type s s s s of s s drug s s s s name s s s s is s s s s ―owned‖ s s s s by s s the s s s s company s s that s s manufactures
it?
a. Generic name s s




b Chemical
name
ss

, .
c. Category
name s s



d Trade name mm



.


ANS: D
The chemical name is a drug’s exact chemical composition. The
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generic name is the name
s s assigned to the drug
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Adopted
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and is not owned by anyone. The category name refers to the
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type of drug (what it does or what it is used for) and is
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not an actual drug name. The trade
s s s s name (brand name)
s s is
s s the s s s s s s s s s s s s ss s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s



name provided and
s s s s owned by a specific drug’s manufacturer.
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DIF: Cognitive s s Level: s s Remembering REF: p. 4

4.
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a. Penicillin
b Insulin
.
c. NSAIDs
d Calcium
.


ANS: B
A high alert drug is one in which harm is likely to result
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if given at the wrong dose, to the wrong patient, or not
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given to the correct patient. Drugs classified as high alert
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drugs include potassium, narcotics (opioids), insulin, cancer
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chemotherapy drugs, and heparin (or any drug that strongly
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affects blood clotting). Penicillin, NSAIDs, and calcium
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considered
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DIF: Cognitive s s Level: s s s s Remembering REF: p. 4

5. What term for
s s s s is
that has same action s s s s the s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s



a drug the as s s s s s s s s



a s s naturally occurring body or enzyme? ss s s s s s s s s s s



hormone s s



a. Agonist
b Blocking
. agent
c. Chemical
d Duplicator
.