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CORE CONCEPTS IN PHARMACOLOGY NURSING EXAM TEST QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS VERIFIED
1.What is pharmacology?: The study of drugs (chemicals) that alter functions in the
living organisms
2.What are the four different effects in pharmacology?: 1. Local
2.Systemic
3.Acute
4.Chronic
3. What is drug therapy?: Use of drugs to prevent, diagnose or treat signs and
symptoms, and diseases.
4. What are medications?: Drugs given for therapeutic purposes
5. What are the 4 drug sources in pharmacology?: Plants, animals, minerals, and
synthetic compounds
6. What are prototypes?: The firs drug in a particular drug classification
7. What is the generic name of a drug?: Lower case name, usually harder to pronounce.
Related to the chemical name independent of the manufacturer. Often indicated the
drug group.
8. What is the brand name?: Upper case name, trade name, and name is designated by
the company that manufactures the drug. Ex: Advil and Motrin
9. What is the difference between a prescription and an over the counter
medication?: Prescriptions require a written order whereas over the counter
medications do NOT require a written order.
10. What is pharmacokinetics?: Drug movement through the body to reach sites for
action for absorption, metabolism, and excretion.
11. What is absorption?: Process that occurs from the time a drug enters the body to
the time it enters the bloodstream to be circulated.
12. What are some factors that affect absorption?: Route, surface area, and
circulation.
13. What is bioavailability?: How much of the drug actually reached the circulation
and can act on the body
14. What are the routes of absorption of medications from slowest to fastest?-
CORE CONCEPTS IN PHARMACOLOGY NURSING EXAM TEST QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS VERIFIED
1.What is pharmacology?: The study of drugs (chemicals) that alter functions in the
living organisms
2.What are the four different effects in pharmacology?: 1. Local
2.Systemic
3.Acute
4.Chronic
3. What is drug therapy?: Use of drugs to prevent, diagnose or treat signs and
symptoms, and diseases.
4. What are medications?: Drugs given for therapeutic purposes
5. What are the 4 drug sources in pharmacology?: Plants, animals, minerals, and
synthetic compounds
6. What are prototypes?: The firs drug in a particular drug classification
7. What is the generic name of a drug?: Lower case name, usually harder to pronounce.
Related to the chemical name independent of the manufacturer. Often indicated the
drug group.
8. What is the brand name?: Upper case name, trade name, and name is designated by
the company that manufactures the drug. Ex: Advil and Motrin
9. What is the difference between a prescription and an over the counter
medication?: Prescriptions require a written order whereas over the counter
medications do NOT require a written order.
10. What is pharmacokinetics?: Drug movement through the body to reach sites for
action for absorption, metabolism, and excretion.
11. What is absorption?: Process that occurs from the time a drug enters the body to
the time it enters the bloodstream to be circulated.
12. What are some factors that affect absorption?: Route, surface area, and
circulation.
13. What is bioavailability?: How much of the drug actually reached the circulation
and can act on the body
14. What are the routes of absorption of medications from slowest to fastest?-
