NURS 1140: Exam 1
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
CORRECT ANSWERS
GRADED A+ LATEST 100%
GUARANTEED PASS
Schedule 5 drugs - CORRECT ANSWER-Limited potential for abuse, Ex: cough syrup w/codeine.
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of 1938 - CORRECT ANSWER-Requires the FDA to
determine the safety of drugs before marketing and to ensure that certain labeling
specifications and standards in advertising are met in the marketing of products.
The Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act (Controlled Substances Act) -
CORRECT ANSWER-designed to improve the administration and regulation of the
manufacturing, distribution, and dispensing of drugs that require control by the government
because of their high incidence of abuse.
The US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) - CORRECT ANSWER-organized to enforce the
Controlled Substances Act, to gather intelligence, to train its officers, and to conduct research in
the area of dangerous drugs and drug abuse.
Agonists - CORRECT ANSWER-Drugs that interact with a receptor to stimulate a response
, Antagonists - CORRECT ANSWER-Drugs that attach to a receptor but do not stimulate a
response (block)
Partial Agonists - CORRECT ANSWER-drugs that interact with a receptor to stimulate a response
but inhibit other responses
parenteral route - CORRECT ANSWER-dispensation of medications via a needle into the skin
layers (IV, IM, Subcutaneous)
enteral route - CORRECT ANSWER-Administration of drugs directly into the GI tract by oral,
rectal, or nasogastric means
percutaneous route - CORRECT ANSWER-drugs given through the skin or mucous membrane
(inhalation, sublingual, topical)
Pharmacokinetics - CORRECT ANSWER-the study of drug movement throughout the body
LADME - CORRECT ANSWER-liberation, absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion
Liberation - CORRECT ANSWER-The release of a drug, regardless of route, from its dosage form.
Absorption - CORRECT ANSWER-The process whereby a drug is transferred from its site of entry
into the body to the circulating fluids of the body (i.e., blood and lymph).
Distribution - CORRECT ANSWER-The ways in which a drug is transported throughout the body
by the circulating body fluids to the sites of action or to the receptors that the drug affects.
Metabolism - CORRECT ANSWER-The process whereby the body inactivates drugs.
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
CORRECT ANSWERS
GRADED A+ LATEST 100%
GUARANTEED PASS
Schedule 5 drugs - CORRECT ANSWER-Limited potential for abuse, Ex: cough syrup w/codeine.
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of 1938 - CORRECT ANSWER-Requires the FDA to
determine the safety of drugs before marketing and to ensure that certain labeling
specifications and standards in advertising are met in the marketing of products.
The Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act (Controlled Substances Act) -
CORRECT ANSWER-designed to improve the administration and regulation of the
manufacturing, distribution, and dispensing of drugs that require control by the government
because of their high incidence of abuse.
The US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) - CORRECT ANSWER-organized to enforce the
Controlled Substances Act, to gather intelligence, to train its officers, and to conduct research in
the area of dangerous drugs and drug abuse.
Agonists - CORRECT ANSWER-Drugs that interact with a receptor to stimulate a response
, Antagonists - CORRECT ANSWER-Drugs that attach to a receptor but do not stimulate a
response (block)
Partial Agonists - CORRECT ANSWER-drugs that interact with a receptor to stimulate a response
but inhibit other responses
parenteral route - CORRECT ANSWER-dispensation of medications via a needle into the skin
layers (IV, IM, Subcutaneous)
enteral route - CORRECT ANSWER-Administration of drugs directly into the GI tract by oral,
rectal, or nasogastric means
percutaneous route - CORRECT ANSWER-drugs given through the skin or mucous membrane
(inhalation, sublingual, topical)
Pharmacokinetics - CORRECT ANSWER-the study of drug movement throughout the body
LADME - CORRECT ANSWER-liberation, absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion
Liberation - CORRECT ANSWER-The release of a drug, regardless of route, from its dosage form.
Absorption - CORRECT ANSWER-The process whereby a drug is transferred from its site of entry
into the body to the circulating fluids of the body (i.e., blood and lymph).
Distribution - CORRECT ANSWER-The ways in which a drug is transported throughout the body
by the circulating body fluids to the sites of action or to the receptors that the drug affects.
Metabolism - CORRECT ANSWER-The process whereby the body inactivates drugs.
