TEST BANK UNDERSTANDING
PHARMACOLOGY ESSENTIALS FOR
MEDICATION SAFETY 2ND EDITION
WORKMAN AND LACHARITY.LATEST
EDITION WITH COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT REVISED
ANSWERS
Absorption - Correct Answer: Movement of a drug from the outside of the body into the blood stream.
Agonist - Correct Answer: An extrinsic drug that activates the receptor site of a cell and mimics the
actions of naturally occurring drugs.
Antagonist - Correct Answer: An extrinsic drug that blocks the receptor site of a cell, preventing the
naturally occurring substance from binding to the receptor.
Bioavailability - Correct Answer: The percentage of a drug dose that actually reaches the blood.
Black Box Warning - Correct Answer: A notice that a drug may produce serious or even life threatening
effects in some people in addition to its beneficial effects.
Cytoxic - Correct Answer: A drug action that is intended to kill a cell or organism.
Distribution - Correct Answer: The extent that a drug absorbed into the bloodstream spreads into the
three body water components.
Duration of Action - Correct Answer: The length of time a drug is present in the blood at or above the
level needed to produce an effect or response.
, Extrinsic Drugs - Correct Answer: Drugs that are man made or derived from another species; not made
by the human body.
First pass loss - Correct Answer: Rapid inactivation or elimination of oral drugs as a result of liver
metabolism.
Generic Name - Correct Answer: National and international public drug name created by the United
States Adopted NamesCouncil to indicate the usual use or chemical composition of a drug.
Half Life - Correct Answer: Time san needed for one half of a drug dose to be eliminated.
High Alert Drug - Correct Answer: A drug that has an increased risk of causing patient harm if it is used in
error.
Loading Dose - Correct Answer: The first dose of a drug that is larger than all subsequent doses of the
same drug; used when it takes more drug to reach steady state that it does to maintain it.
Mechanism of Action - Correct Answer: Exactly how, at the cellular level, a drug changes the activity of a
cell.
Minimum Effective
Concentration - Correct Answer: The smallest amount of drug necessary in the blood or target tissue to
result in a measurable intended action.
Percutaneous Route - Correct Answer: Movement of a drug from the outside of the body to the inside
through the skin or mucous membranes.
Pharmacodynamics - Correct Answer: Ways in which drugs work to change body function.
Pharmacokinetics - Correct Answer: How the body changes drugs; drug metabolism.
PHARMACOLOGY ESSENTIALS FOR
MEDICATION SAFETY 2ND EDITION
WORKMAN AND LACHARITY.LATEST
EDITION WITH COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT REVISED
ANSWERS
Absorption - Correct Answer: Movement of a drug from the outside of the body into the blood stream.
Agonist - Correct Answer: An extrinsic drug that activates the receptor site of a cell and mimics the
actions of naturally occurring drugs.
Antagonist - Correct Answer: An extrinsic drug that blocks the receptor site of a cell, preventing the
naturally occurring substance from binding to the receptor.
Bioavailability - Correct Answer: The percentage of a drug dose that actually reaches the blood.
Black Box Warning - Correct Answer: A notice that a drug may produce serious or even life threatening
effects in some people in addition to its beneficial effects.
Cytoxic - Correct Answer: A drug action that is intended to kill a cell or organism.
Distribution - Correct Answer: The extent that a drug absorbed into the bloodstream spreads into the
three body water components.
Duration of Action - Correct Answer: The length of time a drug is present in the blood at or above the
level needed to produce an effect or response.
, Extrinsic Drugs - Correct Answer: Drugs that are man made or derived from another species; not made
by the human body.
First pass loss - Correct Answer: Rapid inactivation or elimination of oral drugs as a result of liver
metabolism.
Generic Name - Correct Answer: National and international public drug name created by the United
States Adopted NamesCouncil to indicate the usual use or chemical composition of a drug.
Half Life - Correct Answer: Time san needed for one half of a drug dose to be eliminated.
High Alert Drug - Correct Answer: A drug that has an increased risk of causing patient harm if it is used in
error.
Loading Dose - Correct Answer: The first dose of a drug that is larger than all subsequent doses of the
same drug; used when it takes more drug to reach steady state that it does to maintain it.
Mechanism of Action - Correct Answer: Exactly how, at the cellular level, a drug changes the activity of a
cell.
Minimum Effective
Concentration - Correct Answer: The smallest amount of drug necessary in the blood or target tissue to
result in a measurable intended action.
Percutaneous Route - Correct Answer: Movement of a drug from the outside of the body to the inside
through the skin or mucous membranes.
Pharmacodynamics - Correct Answer: Ways in which drugs work to change body function.
Pharmacokinetics - Correct Answer: How the body changes drugs; drug metabolism.
