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PHARMACOLOGY-NURSING EXAM TEST QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS VERIFIED 1, CHAPTERS 1, 2, AND 3
1.Drug: any substance capable of producing biologic responses within body
2.pharmacology: study of medicines
3.pharmacotherapeutics: (pharmacotherapy) clinical application of drugs to prevent
and treat diseases. alleviates human suffering and improves quality of life
4.What is the therapeutic classification of drugs?: clinical use (what specific issue is
being treated by drug)
ex: antidiarrheals treat diarrhea
5.what is the pharmacologic classification of drugs?: mechanism of action (how the drug
acts within the body)
ex: antidiarrheals slow peristalsis; allow more fluid and electrolyte absorption in large
intestine
6. Drug prototype: agent to which all other drugs in its representative class are compared.
ex: by knowing actions and adverse effects of penicillin, this knowledge can be extended
to all other drugs in the same class of antibiotics
7. what is the chemical drug name: -only one name, often complicated and difficult to
pronounce/remember
-clear, concise meaning about nature of drug
-exact make-up of drug
atom placement or molecular
structure
8. what is the generic drug name: -less complicated and easier to remember than
chemical names
-only one name, recognizable by certain components
-written in lowercase
-usually less expensive than brand names
9. what is the brand or trade drug name: -assigned by pharmaceutical company
marketing drug and followed by trademark symbol
-short and easy to remember, but more than one name
-first letter capitalized (this is unique from generic)
10. pharmacokinetics: study of drug movement in body
-what body does to drug after its administration
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, Pharmacology- Exam 1, chapters 1, 2, and 3
Study online at https://quizlet.com/_55977r
-how drug is altered as it travels through the body
11. what are the 4 processes of pharmacokinetics?: -absorption
-distribution
-metabolism
-excretion
12. drug absorption: movement of drug from administration site into the blood
13. higher dose=_______ absorption: quicker
14. lower dose=________: takes longer to be absorbed
15. what are the routes that drugs can be administered from quickest to slowest rate
of absorption: IV, IM, ID, SQ, oral
16. what are the two types of interactions we can have with drugs: drug-drug: ex:
antacids delay absorption of tetracyclines
drug-food: ex: high-fat meals slow stomach motility and delay absorption of oral drugs
taken with them
17. what is important to know about the pH and the absorption rate of drugs?-
: acid drugs work better in acidic environments, basic drugs work better in basic
environments
18. what is important to know about blood flow and the absorption rate of drugs?:
greater blood flow = faster absorption
19. what is important to know about surface area and the absorption rate of drugs?:
the greater the surface area the faster the rate of absorption
20. bioavailability: the rate or extent that the drugs active ingredient is absorbed and
available at the site of action to produce its effect
21. define prodrug: drugs that require metabolism to produce their therapeutic
effects
22. first-pass effect: before reaching general circulation, large number of oral drugs
inactivated in liver after absorbed from GI tract into hepatic-portal circulation
23. What do you have to do if there is a pt with a liver impairment: -require drug
dosage reductions
-monitor labs (liver function tests)
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PHARMACOLOGY-NURSING EXAM TEST QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS VERIFIED 1, CHAPTERS 1, 2, AND 3
1.Drug: any substance capable of producing biologic responses within body
2.pharmacology: study of medicines
3.pharmacotherapeutics: (pharmacotherapy) clinical application of drugs to prevent
and treat diseases. alleviates human suffering and improves quality of life
4.What is the therapeutic classification of drugs?: clinical use (what specific issue is
being treated by drug)
ex: antidiarrheals treat diarrhea
5.what is the pharmacologic classification of drugs?: mechanism of action (how the drug
acts within the body)
ex: antidiarrheals slow peristalsis; allow more fluid and electrolyte absorption in large
intestine
6. Drug prototype: agent to which all other drugs in its representative class are compared.
ex: by knowing actions and adverse effects of penicillin, this knowledge can be extended
to all other drugs in the same class of antibiotics
7. what is the chemical drug name: -only one name, often complicated and difficult to
pronounce/remember
-clear, concise meaning about nature of drug
-exact make-up of drug
atom placement or molecular
structure
8. what is the generic drug name: -less complicated and easier to remember than
chemical names
-only one name, recognizable by certain components
-written in lowercase
-usually less expensive than brand names
9. what is the brand or trade drug name: -assigned by pharmaceutical company
marketing drug and followed by trademark symbol
-short and easy to remember, but more than one name
-first letter capitalized (this is unique from generic)
10. pharmacokinetics: study of drug movement in body
-what body does to drug after its administration
1/8
, Pharmacology- Exam 1, chapters 1, 2, and 3
Study online at https://quizlet.com/_55977r
-how drug is altered as it travels through the body
11. what are the 4 processes of pharmacokinetics?: -absorption
-distribution
-metabolism
-excretion
12. drug absorption: movement of drug from administration site into the blood
13. higher dose=_______ absorption: quicker
14. lower dose=________: takes longer to be absorbed
15. what are the routes that drugs can be administered from quickest to slowest rate
of absorption: IV, IM, ID, SQ, oral
16. what are the two types of interactions we can have with drugs: drug-drug: ex:
antacids delay absorption of tetracyclines
drug-food: ex: high-fat meals slow stomach motility and delay absorption of oral drugs
taken with them
17. what is important to know about the pH and the absorption rate of drugs?-
: acid drugs work better in acidic environments, basic drugs work better in basic
environments
18. what is important to know about blood flow and the absorption rate of drugs?:
greater blood flow = faster absorption
19. what is important to know about surface area and the absorption rate of drugs?:
the greater the surface area the faster the rate of absorption
20. bioavailability: the rate or extent that the drugs active ingredient is absorbed and
available at the site of action to produce its effect
21. define prodrug: drugs that require metabolism to produce their therapeutic
effects
22. first-pass effect: before reaching general circulation, large number of oral drugs
inactivated in liver after absorbed from GI tract into hepatic-portal circulation
23. What do you have to do if there is a pt with a liver impairment: -require drug
dosage reductions
-monitor labs (liver function tests)
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