NURS 327 ADVANCED PREP PACK 2026
FULL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
◉What is a medications generic name?. Answer: It is a medications
name that is the same no matter who manufacturers it (i.e.
acetaminophen)
◉What is a medications trade name?. Answer: A manufacturers
name for a medication (i.e. Tylenol, waldryl, etc.)
◉What is a peak?. Answer: Highest concentration of medication in
an individual
◉What is a synergistic?. Answer: Effect of two medications is much
greater than effects of the sum of the medications 1+1=3
◉What is a trough?. Answer: Lowest concentration of medication in
an individual
◉What is absorption?. Answer: The movement of medication from
its site of administration into the blood.
, ◉What is an additive?. Answer: Sum of effects of two medications
1+1=2
◉What is an agonist?. Answer: Molecule that activates receptors
◉What is an antagonist?. Answer: Molecule that BLOCKS receptors
◉What is an excipient?. Answer: The fillers and other inert
substances that make up a medication tablet (that is not the
medication)
◉What is antagonistic?. Answer: One drug reduces or blocks effect
of other medications
1+1=0
◉What is distribution?. Answer: The process by which the
medication becomes available to body fluids and body tissues.
◉What is drug-induced photosensitivity?. Answer: Drug induced
skin reaction caused by sunlight exposure
FULL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
◉What is a medications generic name?. Answer: It is a medications
name that is the same no matter who manufacturers it (i.e.
acetaminophen)
◉What is a medications trade name?. Answer: A manufacturers
name for a medication (i.e. Tylenol, waldryl, etc.)
◉What is a peak?. Answer: Highest concentration of medication in
an individual
◉What is a synergistic?. Answer: Effect of two medications is much
greater than effects of the sum of the medications 1+1=3
◉What is a trough?. Answer: Lowest concentration of medication in
an individual
◉What is absorption?. Answer: The movement of medication from
its site of administration into the blood.
, ◉What is an additive?. Answer: Sum of effects of two medications
1+1=2
◉What is an agonist?. Answer: Molecule that activates receptors
◉What is an antagonist?. Answer: Molecule that BLOCKS receptors
◉What is an excipient?. Answer: The fillers and other inert
substances that make up a medication tablet (that is not the
medication)
◉What is antagonistic?. Answer: One drug reduces or blocks effect
of other medications
1+1=0
◉What is distribution?. Answer: The process by which the
medication becomes available to body fluids and body tissues.
◉What is drug-induced photosensitivity?. Answer: Drug induced
skin reaction caused by sunlight exposure