NSG 318 EXAM 1 2026 PRACTICE TEST PACK
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED INSIGHTS
◉ photosensitivity.
Answer: - sensitivity to light
- ranges from the ability to orient to the sun to the ability to see
◉ factors affecting absorption.
Answer: Blood circulation
Pain, stress
Food texture, fat content, temperature
pH
Route of administration
◉ factors affecting bioavailability.
Answer: Drug form
Route of administration (IV is best)
Gastric mucosa and motility
Administration with food and other drugs
Changes in liver metabolism
,◉ what can affect absorption.
Answer: Blood circulation, pain, stress, pH, administration route,
and food texture, fat content, and temperature
◉ What is bioavailability?.
Answer: The percentage of administered drug available for activity.
◉ what can affect bioavailability.
Answer: The form of the drug, route of administration, gastric
mucosa and motility, administration with food and other drugs, and
changes in liver metabolism affect it.
◉ what metabolizes drugs.
Answer: liver
◉ what excretes drugs.
Answer: kidneys
◉ what impacts drug excretion.
Answer: drugs that affect renal excretion, drugs that decrease
cardiac output, diuretics, drugs that compete, urine pH, and
decreased renal/ hepatic function
, ◉ pharmacodynamics.
Answer: what the drug does to the body
◉ pharmacodynamics phases.
Answer: receptor binding, postreceptor effects, chemical reaction
◉ primary response.
Answer: desirable response
◉ secondary response.
Answer: desirable or undesirable response
◉ potency.
Answer: amount of drug needed to get a response most of the time
◉ therapeutic index.
Answer: relationship between therapeutic and toxic dose
◉ onset.
Answer: Time it takes drug to reach minimum effective
concentration
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED INSIGHTS
◉ photosensitivity.
Answer: - sensitivity to light
- ranges from the ability to orient to the sun to the ability to see
◉ factors affecting absorption.
Answer: Blood circulation
Pain, stress
Food texture, fat content, temperature
pH
Route of administration
◉ factors affecting bioavailability.
Answer: Drug form
Route of administration (IV is best)
Gastric mucosa and motility
Administration with food and other drugs
Changes in liver metabolism
,◉ what can affect absorption.
Answer: Blood circulation, pain, stress, pH, administration route,
and food texture, fat content, and temperature
◉ What is bioavailability?.
Answer: The percentage of administered drug available for activity.
◉ what can affect bioavailability.
Answer: The form of the drug, route of administration, gastric
mucosa and motility, administration with food and other drugs, and
changes in liver metabolism affect it.
◉ what metabolizes drugs.
Answer: liver
◉ what excretes drugs.
Answer: kidneys
◉ what impacts drug excretion.
Answer: drugs that affect renal excretion, drugs that decrease
cardiac output, diuretics, drugs that compete, urine pH, and
decreased renal/ hepatic function
, ◉ pharmacodynamics.
Answer: what the drug does to the body
◉ pharmacodynamics phases.
Answer: receptor binding, postreceptor effects, chemical reaction
◉ primary response.
Answer: desirable response
◉ secondary response.
Answer: desirable or undesirable response
◉ potency.
Answer: amount of drug needed to get a response most of the time
◉ therapeutic index.
Answer: relationship between therapeutic and toxic dose
◉ onset.
Answer: Time it takes drug to reach minimum effective
concentration
