CNPR, NAPSR Exam Questions with 100% Correct Answers ()

Margin of safety Correct Answer the difference between the usual effective dose and the dose that induces severe or life threatening side effects Rights of drug administration Correct Answer right patient, right medication, right does, right route of administration, and right time of delivery Injection routes Correct Answer intramuscular, intrathecal, intravenous, subcutaneous intramuscular Correct Answer drugs given by direct injection into muscle tissue intrathecal Correct Answer needle is inserted between to vertebrea in the lower spine an into space around the spinal cord intravenous Correct Answer injected directly into the veins subcutaneous Correct Answer needle inserted into the fatty tissue just beneath the skin Bioavailablility Correct Answer how quickly and how much of a drug reaches its intended target site of action Bioequivalent Correct Answer when drugs contain not only the same active ingredients but also produce virtually the same blood levels over time Therapeutic equivalence Correct Answer production of the same medicinal effects Areas of drug elimination and excretion Correct Answer Lungs, breast milk, sweat tears urine feces, bile, saliva, and exhaled air medication error Correct Answer failure to administer drug in the correct form Powders Correct Answer a drug that is dried and ground into fine particles pills Correct Answer a single dose unit of medicine made by mixing the powdered drug with liquid such as syrup and rolling it into a round or oval shape granules Correct Answer a small pill usually accompanied usually accompanied by many others encased within a gelatin capsule; quite often releasing medication over time