NURS 327- EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 100% CORRECT!!
Pharmacology - ANSWER the study of drugs and their interactions with living systems
Drug - ANSWER any chemical that affects the physiologic processes of a living
organism
Ideal drug - ANSWER effective, safe, selective
Generic name - ANSWER complicated, difficult to remember and pronounce
Trade name - ANSWER same drug can have multiple trade names
Nursing process - ANSWER Assessment
Diagnosis
Planning
Implementation
Evaluation
Patient Education - ANSWER Instruction to patient to promote health
6 rights of medication administration - ANSWER patient, drug, dose, time, route,
documentation
prn - ANSWER as needed
PO - ANSWER by mouth
Intravenous (IV) - ANSWER rapid, accurate, maintain drug level
intramuscular - ANSWER poorly soluble drugs, depot preparations
, oral administration (PO) - ANSWER easy, inexpensive,
pharmaceutic phase - ANSWER the drug becomes a solution so that it can cross the
biologic membrane, dissolution and disintegration, taking med getting It in way to absorb
protein binding - ANSWER the attachment of a drug molecule to a plasma or tissue
protein, effectively making the drug inactive but also keeping it within the body
Blood-brain barrier - ANSWER inhibits distribution of some drugs to the brain
Metabolism - ANSWER biotransformation of the drug by enzymes in the body
Hepatic Drug-Metabolizing Enzymes - ANSWER Most drug metabolism that takes place
in the liver is performed by the hepatic microsomal enzyme system, also known as the
P450 system
Pharmacodynamics - ANSWER what the drug does to the body
Plasma drug levels - ANSWER Minimum effective concentration
Therapeutic range
Toxic concentration
drug half life - ANSWER the time required for the amount of drug in the body to
decrease by 50%
maximal efficacy - ANSWER the largest effect that a drug can produce
relative potency - ANSWER the amount of drug we must give to elicit an effect
Agonisits - ANSWER molecules that activate receptors
Antagonists - ANSWER molecules that produce their effects by preventing receptor
activation
Additive - ANSWER sum of effects of two drugs
ANSWERS 100% CORRECT!!
Pharmacology - ANSWER the study of drugs and their interactions with living systems
Drug - ANSWER any chemical that affects the physiologic processes of a living
organism
Ideal drug - ANSWER effective, safe, selective
Generic name - ANSWER complicated, difficult to remember and pronounce
Trade name - ANSWER same drug can have multiple trade names
Nursing process - ANSWER Assessment
Diagnosis
Planning
Implementation
Evaluation
Patient Education - ANSWER Instruction to patient to promote health
6 rights of medication administration - ANSWER patient, drug, dose, time, route,
documentation
prn - ANSWER as needed
PO - ANSWER by mouth
Intravenous (IV) - ANSWER rapid, accurate, maintain drug level
intramuscular - ANSWER poorly soluble drugs, depot preparations
, oral administration (PO) - ANSWER easy, inexpensive,
pharmaceutic phase - ANSWER the drug becomes a solution so that it can cross the
biologic membrane, dissolution and disintegration, taking med getting It in way to absorb
protein binding - ANSWER the attachment of a drug molecule to a plasma or tissue
protein, effectively making the drug inactive but also keeping it within the body
Blood-brain barrier - ANSWER inhibits distribution of some drugs to the brain
Metabolism - ANSWER biotransformation of the drug by enzymes in the body
Hepatic Drug-Metabolizing Enzymes - ANSWER Most drug metabolism that takes place
in the liver is performed by the hepatic microsomal enzyme system, also known as the
P450 system
Pharmacodynamics - ANSWER what the drug does to the body
Plasma drug levels - ANSWER Minimum effective concentration
Therapeutic range
Toxic concentration
drug half life - ANSWER the time required for the amount of drug in the body to
decrease by 50%
maximal efficacy - ANSWER the largest effect that a drug can produce
relative potency - ANSWER the amount of drug we must give to elicit an effect
Agonisits - ANSWER molecules that activate receptors
Antagonists - ANSWER molecules that produce their effects by preventing receptor
activation
Additive - ANSWER sum of effects of two drugs
