week 1 NURS 180 Pharm Exam questions with ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
accurate detailed answers ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Phase 1 clinical trial indicates? - correct answer✔✔done to find the highest dose of the new
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treatment that can be given safely without causing severe side effects ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
1. Drugs may elicit different responses depending on individual client factors. List these
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factors? - correct answer✔✔•Age ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
•Sex
•Body mass ||\\//||
•Health status ||\\//||
•Genetics
2. Physician has prescribed a brand name drug for the client. The client tells the nurse that
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the medication is too expensive. What is the best plan by the nurse? - correct
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answer✔✔have the dr prescribe the generic version ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
3. The nurse is teaching a class for clients about over-the-counter (OTC) medications. How
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does the nurse determine that education has been effective? - correct answer✔✔Read all
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labels carefully and call physician if there is any questions
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Advantages:
•No health care provider appointment required
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•Often less expensive than prescription drugs ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
•Patients may treat themselves safely if they carefully follow directions on the label and call ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
MD if instructions are not clear.
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,Disadvantages:
•Patient may choose wrong drug. ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
•Patient may not know reactions or interactions. ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
•Ineffective treatment may result in progression of disease. ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
4. Define pharmacotherapeutics? - correct answer✔✔the application of drugs for the
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purpose of treating disease and the treatment of suffering. ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
5. List examples of complement therapy? - correct answer✔✔•Natural plant extracts, herbs,
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vitamins, minerals, dietary supplements ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
•Acupuncture, hypnosis, biofeedback, massage, therapeutic touch ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
6. Describe the term therapeutic? - correct answer✔✔relating to the healing of disease
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7. Describe the prototype drug approach? - correct answer✔✔•Is well understood
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•Has known action and adverse effects
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•Is used to compare other drugs in the same pharmacologic class
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•May not be the most widely used drug in its class
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•Disagreements may exist over which drug should serve as prototype drug. ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
8. Describe mechanism of action? - correct answer✔✔how a drug produces an effect within
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the body. ||\\//||
9. List examples of medication trade names? - correct answer✔✔proprietary or brand
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names - written in upper case letters ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Example: Tylenol ||\\//||
Benadryl
, Aleve
Advil, Motrin ||\\//||
10. How does a laboratory become a FDA laboratory? - correct answer✔✔
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11. Describe clinical investigation? - correct answer✔✔•Takes place in three different stages
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termed clinical phase trials
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•Longest part of approval process ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
•Evaluates human benefits ||\\//|| ||\\//||
•Tests on healthy humans first, then on those with the target ailment
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12. Define controlled substances? - correct answer✔✔•Are restricted by the Controlled
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Substances Act of 1970 ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
•Are frequently abused||\\//|| ||\\//||
•Have a high potential for addiction or dependence
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•Have restricted use ||\\//|| ||\\//||
•Are placed into one of five schedules
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•Drugs that have a high potential for addiction are considered controlled substances.
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13. What are scheduled 2 medications? - correct answer✔✔•May be dispersed only in cases
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where therapeutic value has been determined
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•Drugs, substances, or chemicals defined as drugs with a high potential for abuse, with use
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potentially leading to severe psychological or physical dependence. These drugs are also ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
considered dangerous. ||\\//||
•Dilaudid, methadone, meperidine, morphine, fentanyl (cocaine also schedule II),Ritalin... ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
accurate detailed answers ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Phase 1 clinical trial indicates? - correct answer✔✔done to find the highest dose of the new
||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
treatment that can be given safely without causing severe side effects ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
1. Drugs may elicit different responses depending on individual client factors. List these
||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
factors? - correct answer✔✔•Age ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
•Sex
•Body mass ||\\//||
•Health status ||\\//||
•Genetics
2. Physician has prescribed a brand name drug for the client. The client tells the nurse that
||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
the medication is too expensive. What is the best plan by the nurse? - correct
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answer✔✔have the dr prescribe the generic version ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
3. The nurse is teaching a class for clients about over-the-counter (OTC) medications. How
||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
does the nurse determine that education has been effective? - correct answer✔✔Read all
||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
labels carefully and call physician if there is any questions
||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Advantages:
•No health care provider appointment required
||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
•Often less expensive than prescription drugs ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
•Patients may treat themselves safely if they carefully follow directions on the label and call ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
MD if instructions are not clear.
||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
,Disadvantages:
•Patient may choose wrong drug. ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
•Patient may not know reactions or interactions. ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
•Ineffective treatment may result in progression of disease. ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
4. Define pharmacotherapeutics? - correct answer✔✔the application of drugs for the
||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
purpose of treating disease and the treatment of suffering. ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
5. List examples of complement therapy? - correct answer✔✔•Natural plant extracts, herbs,
||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
vitamins, minerals, dietary supplements ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
•Acupuncture, hypnosis, biofeedback, massage, therapeutic touch ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
6. Describe the term therapeutic? - correct answer✔✔relating to the healing of disease
||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
7. Describe the prototype drug approach? - correct answer✔✔•Is well understood
||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
•Has known action and adverse effects
||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
•Is used to compare other drugs in the same pharmacologic class
||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
•May not be the most widely used drug in its class
||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
•Disagreements may exist over which drug should serve as prototype drug. ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
8. Describe mechanism of action? - correct answer✔✔how a drug produces an effect within
||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
the body. ||\\//||
9. List examples of medication trade names? - correct answer✔✔proprietary or brand
||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
names - written in upper case letters ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Example: Tylenol ||\\//||
Benadryl
, Aleve
Advil, Motrin ||\\//||
10. How does a laboratory become a FDA laboratory? - correct answer✔✔
||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
11. Describe clinical investigation? - correct answer✔✔•Takes place in three different stages
||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
termed clinical phase trials
||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
•Longest part of approval process ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
•Evaluates human benefits ||\\//|| ||\\//||
•Tests on healthy humans first, then on those with the target ailment
||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
12. Define controlled substances? - correct answer✔✔•Are restricted by the Controlled
||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Substances Act of 1970 ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
•Are frequently abused||\\//|| ||\\//||
•Have a high potential for addiction or dependence
||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
•Have restricted use ||\\//|| ||\\//||
•Are placed into one of five schedules
||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
•Drugs that have a high potential for addiction are considered controlled substances.
||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
13. What are scheduled 2 medications? - correct answer✔✔•May be dispersed only in cases
||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
where therapeutic value has been determined
||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
•Drugs, substances, or chemicals defined as drugs with a high potential for abuse, with use
||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
potentially leading to severe psychological or physical dependence. These drugs are also ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
considered dangerous. ||\\//||
•Dilaudid, methadone, meperidine, morphine, fentanyl (cocaine also schedule II),Ritalin... ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
