NUR 311 Exam 1 Questions with Correct Answers

What is a chemical that affects living processes? Correct Answer Drug What is the study of drugs in living systems? Correct Answer Pharmacology What specifically applies to the study of drugs in humans? Correct Answer Clinical pharmacology What diagnoses, treats, and prevents disease or pregnancy? Correct Answer Pharmacotherapeutics What are the three most important properties of drugs? Correct Answer Effectiveness, safety, and selectivity What is THE most important property of drugs? Correct Answer Effectiveness This means that the drug only causes desired effects Correct Answer Selectivity True or False: There are drugs that exist that only causes the desired effect. Correct Answer False Selectivity means that: a. only certain populations respond to the drug. b. the drug only causes desired effects. c. the dosage determines the effects of the drug. d. the health care organization determines the drugs on the formulary. Correct Answer B The drug concentration is related to what? Correct Answer How the drug is administered The doctor has ordered your patient the medication Advil to be administered orally. Is the concentration for this medication most likely to be high or low? Correct Answer High This is also known as how long it takes for you to get rid of 50% of the drug in your body. Correct Answer Half-life What is the impact of body on drugs? Correct Answer Pharmacokinetics What is the impact of drugs on the body? Correct Answer Pharmacodynamics