PHARMACOLOGY CLEAR AND SIMPLE 2026
ASSESSMENT SCRIPT QUESTION DETAILED
RESPONSES
◉ Pharmacology.
Answer: The study of medicine.
◉ Pharmacotherapy/Pharmacotherapeutics.
Answer: Application of drugs for the purpose of disease prevention
and treatment of suffering.
◉ Indications and Contraindications.
Answer: The conditions for which a drug is approved are its
indications. Every drug has at least one indication. Some drugs are
used for conditions for which they have not been approved; these
are called unlabeled or off- label indications.
◉ Therapeutic classification.
Answer: -Based on their usefulness in treating a specific disease
-The key to therapeutic classification is to simply state what
condition is being treated by the particular drug.
-The prefix anti- refers to therapeutic classification.
,◉ Pharmacologic Classification.
Answer: -Addresses a drugs mechanism of action or how a drug
produces its effect in the body.
-More specific than therapeutic
-Requires biochemistry and pathophysiology
◉ Chemical name.
Answer: -Assigned using standard nomenclature.
-A drug has only one chemical name
-Helpful in predicting a drugs physical and chemical properties.
◉ Generic name.
Answer: Name assigned by the United States Adopted Name Council.
Less complicated and easy to remember.
◉ Trade Name.
Answer: Sometimes called the proprietary product, or brand name is
assigned by the pharmaceutical company maketing the drug.
◉ Exclusivity.
Answer: Typical length of exclusivity for a new drug is 5 years.
, ◉ Combination drug.
Answer: Drugs with more than one active generic ingredient.
◉ Pros and Cons of Generic Drugs.
Answer: Generic drugs are less expensive than brand name drugs, by
they may differ in bioavailability. (The rate at which drug produces
its effect.)
◉ The nurses responsibility for knowledge in regards to
pharmacotherapeutics....
Answer: Is what drug is ordered including name and drug
classification, intended or proposed used, effects on the body,
contraindications, special considerations (how age, weight, body fat
distribution, and pathophysiologic states affect pharmacotheraputic
response), expected and potential adverse events, why the drug was
prescribed how the drug is supplied by the pharmacy,
administration of the drug, and what considerations apply to the
patient.
◉ The major goal to study pharmacology....
Answer: is to eliminate medication errors and to limit the number
and severity of adverse drug events.
◉ To prevent medication errors RN's can.
ASSESSMENT SCRIPT QUESTION DETAILED
RESPONSES
◉ Pharmacology.
Answer: The study of medicine.
◉ Pharmacotherapy/Pharmacotherapeutics.
Answer: Application of drugs for the purpose of disease prevention
and treatment of suffering.
◉ Indications and Contraindications.
Answer: The conditions for which a drug is approved are its
indications. Every drug has at least one indication. Some drugs are
used for conditions for which they have not been approved; these
are called unlabeled or off- label indications.
◉ Therapeutic classification.
Answer: -Based on their usefulness in treating a specific disease
-The key to therapeutic classification is to simply state what
condition is being treated by the particular drug.
-The prefix anti- refers to therapeutic classification.
,◉ Pharmacologic Classification.
Answer: -Addresses a drugs mechanism of action or how a drug
produces its effect in the body.
-More specific than therapeutic
-Requires biochemistry and pathophysiology
◉ Chemical name.
Answer: -Assigned using standard nomenclature.
-A drug has only one chemical name
-Helpful in predicting a drugs physical and chemical properties.
◉ Generic name.
Answer: Name assigned by the United States Adopted Name Council.
Less complicated and easy to remember.
◉ Trade Name.
Answer: Sometimes called the proprietary product, or brand name is
assigned by the pharmaceutical company maketing the drug.
◉ Exclusivity.
Answer: Typical length of exclusivity for a new drug is 5 years.
, ◉ Combination drug.
Answer: Drugs with more than one active generic ingredient.
◉ Pros and Cons of Generic Drugs.
Answer: Generic drugs are less expensive than brand name drugs, by
they may differ in bioavailability. (The rate at which drug produces
its effect.)
◉ The nurses responsibility for knowledge in regards to
pharmacotherapeutics....
Answer: Is what drug is ordered including name and drug
classification, intended or proposed used, effects on the body,
contraindications, special considerations (how age, weight, body fat
distribution, and pathophysiologic states affect pharmacotheraputic
response), expected and potential adverse events, why the drug was
prescribed how the drug is supplied by the pharmacy,
administration of the drug, and what considerations apply to the
patient.
◉ The major goal to study pharmacology....
Answer: is to eliminate medication errors and to limit the number
and severity of adverse drug events.
◉ To prevent medication errors RN's can.
